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Record Fraud Cases in Court: Epidemic or Better Enforcement?

8th October 2018
Below Lawyer Monthly hears from Nicola Sharp, of award-winning business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli, who explains why recent fraud statistics cannot be ignored by anyone in business who wants to prevent it happening to them. It appears that we may be in the midst of an epidemic of fraud cases coming to court. Research carried […]
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Elon Musk: Is Twitter a Liability?

28th September 2018
‘Words are just words’, right? Well, not for business owners and C—Level executives. Take Elon Musk, for example, whose words have buried him in an unfavourable position, and not for the first time. Most recently, Tesla’s CEO was caught under the spotlight after calling a British diver - Vern Unsworth, who had rescued a youth […]
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Can I Sue Facebook?

27th September 2018
Facebook Inc. is built into the daily lives of most westerners, whether in social life, business or communities. Going a day without Facebook is a challenge and many can very easily admit they couldn’t live without it. On the other hand, there is a rising group of people who are unhappy with the supposed exploitation […]
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Hackers Took £11 Million from Law Firms’ Last Year, Time to Take Action?

12th September 2018
Hackers have law firms firmly in their crosshairs. According to figures from the National Cyber Security Centre, last year saw a 20% rise in cyber-attacks on law firms. Once a ‘nice to have’, law firms can no longer ignore advanced cyber security. The risk, both to a firm’s finances and reputation, is too great. Randhir […]
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Could Religious Freedom Provide a Shield for Corporations Supporting Undocumented US Immigrants?

12th September 2018
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act could provide a shield for liberal businesses seeking to support undocumented immigrants, much the same way the law has allowed conservative companies to challenge enforcement of health care and anti-discrimination laws, a researcher from Oregon State University suggests in a new paper. “We’re seeing more and more of these religious […]
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3 Key Online Resources to Enhance Your Legal Studies

6th September 2018
As a law student you probably need all the help you can get, and online resources can more than often be your best assets. Below Emma Jones, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice team at the Open University, lists three key online resources you can turn to. It wasn’t so long ago […]
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Achieving Better Wellbeing: Should Law Firms Take Better Care of Their Lawyers?

31st August 2018
The legal profession is often tagged along with stress, late nights and worrying, which easily impacts your performance at work. How can our lawyers take better care of themselves? Without a doubt exercise is the often the first go-to cure. There are reaps of benefits which extend further out from being more fit and healthy; […]
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How Has Trump’s Changes in Trade Impacted the US so far?

31st August 2018
We decided to catch up with Selwyn Whitehead, after her engaging article on if bankruptcy is truly the end for businesses. This month, she touches on America’s history with tax, why tariffs were first implemented and how tariffs today will impact her country’s future. Tariffs and trade: how has this affected (US) businesses so far? […]
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The Politics of Going Green: Law Needs to Change to Save our Globe

31st August 2018
In this insightful article, Laura Tainsh, Lead Partner in the Environmental & Waste Team at Davidson Chalmers LLP, Globalaw, and Sean G. Herman, Environmental Attorney, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Globalaw, speak on what laws need to change in order for people to seriously address environmental concerns. There has been a perceptible shift in the way that […]
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Do You Accept the Terms & Conditions… or Do They Need to Change?

31st August 2018
More than a small handful of Gmail’s 1.4 billion users went into panic mode last month, when the papers headlined that the widely accredited email server allows external companies to ‘read’ their users’ private emails. It was reported that users that connect to third party apps to their Gmail accounts, gave permission for their emails […]
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