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This One Thing Will Prevent New Year Law Firm Departures

7th January 2019
Research has revealed a simple step bosses in the legal sector can take can prevent staff departures during the dreaded January rush for new jobs. According to a survey of 1,096 UK employees carried out by bonus and incentives provider One4allRewards.co.uk, Legal sector bosses who give out bonuses in December are less likely to see […]
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How Can Law Firms Drive Informed Decision-Making?

4th January 2019
Allowing businesses to optimise their use of resources and enhance their service offering, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) can provide law firms with a number of commercial benefits. However, they can sometimes result in internal data being spread across multiple platforms, reducing visibility for decision-makers and making it more difficult to spot potential risks and opportunities. […]
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What Is an LEI and How Does It Work?

3rd January 2019
Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) established the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation to support the implementation and use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).
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What Are the Professional Implications of Unintentionally Funding Terrorism?

21st December 2018
Examining the cases of Letts and Lane and Honey Rose, Nick Barnard, lawyer at leading criminal defence law firm Corker Binning, discusses the legal implications of corporately funding active terrorism, even unintentionally.
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Employers’ Liability in the Aftermath of the Office Christmas Party

20th December 2018
But what if there was a serious incident between staff members? Would their employer be legally responsible for that? Clive Bellman was a sales manager for Northampton Recruitment and was seriously injured in an assault after the firm’s 2011 Christmas Party. What had happened was that a small group of senior staff left the venue after the […]
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10 Essential Facts You Should Know About Eminent Domain

20th December 2018
When the federal, state or local government, or any agency possessing the power of eminent domain such as the Massachusetts Highway Department or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, need a piece of property for a public purpose, it can take the title to that property from the owner by law of eminent domain. To better […]
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A Review: Mid-Market M&A Activity in 2018 and the Year Ahead

20th December 2018
As is often the case and due to the unique nature of the mid-market, it [the M&A market] behaves differently than publicly traded bonds, currency or stock markets. Sentiment is very important and public markets are sometimes critical influencers. However, most of the transactions in this market are private, cover a very broad range of […]
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