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Zoom To Pay $85 Million In Settlement Over User Privacy

3rd August 2021
The claim argued that Zoom violated its users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and allowing hackers to disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice known as “Zoombombing”. In the proposed class action, Zoom’s customers would either be eligible for a $25 refund or a 15% refund on their subscriptions to […]
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Vaccine Passports: What Are the Implications?

2nd August 2021
The term “vaccine passport” has come into common parlance in 2021 as countries gradually immunise their populations against COVID-19. It is also a misnomer; a vaccine passport does not confirm its carrier’s citizenship or identity, though it does affect their ability to travel internationally or even enter certain domestic venues.
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Johnson & Johnson Not Responsible For Death Of Illinois Woman In Talc Case

2nd August 2021
Discroll died in September 2016, eighteen months after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her relatives had sought up to $50 million in damages, claiming that Johnson & Johnson knew that both its baby powder and its Shower to Shower products were unsafe. The lawsuit was brought by her niece who oversees Driscoll’s estate.  However, following […]
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The State of the States’ Consumer Privacy Laws

30th July 2021
Rita Garry examines data privacy laws in the US and how they have developed across multiple jurisdictions.
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ESG – The Challenges and Opportunities

30th July 2021
Climate change and other global issues have grown increasingly important to investors and organisations around the world. Ken Rivlin, head of Allen & Overy’s International Environmental Law Group, explores the rise of ESG as a business priority and how firms can best adapt.
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Kasowitz Benson Torres To Represent Scarlett Johansson In Lawsuit Against Disney

30th July 2021
Johansson claims that her salary was based on the film’s box office performance, which opened strong in the United States with $80million. However, the second week saw a sharp 67% decline, the steepest second-week decline of any Marvel Cinematic Universe release. Exhibitors have blamed the simultaneous release of Black Widow on Disney+ for the drop.  […]
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Law Firm Gibson Dunn Encourages Remote Working For London Lawyers

26th July 2021
As the pandemic continues to shake up traditional ways of working across the legal sector, US law firm Gibson Dunn has encouraged its lawyers and trainees to work remotely whenever doing so is appropriate. Managing partner Barbara Becker said that both clients’ and the teams’ needs should be taken into consideration, as well as the […]
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