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Understanding Sexual Harassment and its Hurdles

29th June 2018
Sexual harassment is an ongoing issue in the workplace and it has been an issue well before the #MeToo movement started. As a plaintiff side employment lawyer, Brittany Alexandra Stevens represents individuals who have been sexually harassed at their place of employment or at a place of a public accommodation, such as a doctor’s office, […]
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Top 5 Fashionable Destinations of 2018

29th June 2018
Some cities stand out more than others when it comes to their style score — they are a shopper’s paradise and a fashion blogger’s haven. Zalando, an online fashion retailer, conducted their own research and created a list of the most elegant cities in the world. Together with Frank Wright, experts in male fashion and […]
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Saving Your Business: How Foul PR Can Ruin Your Legal Battle

29th June 2018
If you were not aware of him before, you definitely are aware of him now: Harvey Weinstein – who has been charged with rape, a criminal sex act, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct for cases involving two women - has been plastered all over the papers over the past several months. And even though innocent […]
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The Knock-On Effect of India's Biggest Ever Fraudster Escape

29th June 2018
Media is rife that Nirav Modi, an Indian billionaire jeweller, has fled India and is now seeking political asylum in the UK, following allegations of a gigantic fraud. Below Rahul Batra of Hudson McKenzie explains how this has led to a chain of similar cases and developed a form of ‘Quit India Movement’ with a […]
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Algorithms, Human Rights & US Law; What’s Next?

20th June 2018
As Artificial Intelligence continues to rapidly merge with the legal sector, is it plausible to suggest that Human Rights can really be issued by a lifeless machine? Below Portia Vincent-Kirby, on behalf of Hudson McKenzie, discusses the development of algorithms in the US legal sphere. Algorithms are a hot topic in law. For instance, new […]
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Rudy Giuliani is Back in the Spotlight

4th June 2018
More than three decades after taking down the New York mafia, Rudy Giuliani is now back in the spotlight as President Trump's personal attorney. He's using the same shark-like skills he used to take down the mob to help shield his new boss from Robert Mueller's investigation. This Bloomberg Profile looks at how Giuliani has […]
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Taking on Big Pharma: How Persistence is Key

31st May 2018
Pursuit of Essure Mass Tort Litigation by Justin Parafinczuk and Marcus Susen Marcus Susen and Justin Parafinczuk of the law firm Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen have been at the forefront of the national litigation against Essure, the permanent form of birth control, which includes more than 10,000 cases across the United States. Several years ago, […]
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Hasbro Granted Trademark for the Smell of Play-Doh

25th May 2018
This week Hasbro, the internationally renown toy company, has been granted trademark rights to the very particular smell of Play-Doh, describing the smell as a “sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.” The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Hasbro a […]
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Why Legalizing Marijuana Is Stuck in Legal Limbo

21st May 2018
Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970. More than a quarter century later, a section of that law helped states to legalize marijuana.
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Start-Up To Scale-Up: 5 Key Ways To Support Clients Seeking US Investment

17th May 2018
Recent research from Penningtons Manches reveals that British tech companies are enjoying unprecedented investment from West Coast-based US firms – last year, 74 deals contributed a total value of £1.08bn, the first time Silicon Valley investment into the UK has broken the billion-pound mark. This week Lawyer monthly benefits from top insight from James Klein, […]
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