Lawyer Monthly Magazine - July 2019 Edition

5 Editor’s Note JUL 2019 www. lawyer-monthly .com Jaya Harrar Editor - Lawyer Monthly PUBLISHER Universal Media Limited 179,587 net digital distribution SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Lawyer Monthly is published 12 times per year. Annual print subscription rates: £795.00 GBP €895 EUR $1075 USD Digital Edition Subscription - Free Available from: www.lawyer-monthly.com/subscriptions LAWYER MONTHLY © 2019 Universal Media Limited Lawyer Monthly is published by Universal Media Limited and is available on general subscription. Readership and circulation information can be found at: www.lawyer-monthly.com The views expressed in the articles within Lawyer Monthly are the contributors’ own. All rights reserved. Material contained within this publication is not to be reproduced in whole or in part without prior permission. Permission may only be given in written form by the management board of Universal Media Limited. Universal Media Limited: Garrick House, 2 Queen Street, Lichfield, WS13 6QD Tel: 0044 (0) 1543 267633 EDITOR Jaya Harrar Editor@lawyer-monthly.com PRODUCTION MANAGER Emma Tansey Production@lawyer-monthly.com SALES MANAGER James Southern James.Southern@universalmedia365.com Find Us On Facebook Lawyer Monthly @lawyermonthly Tweet Us Lawyer Monthly @LawyerMonthly Stay Connected Lawyer Monthly www.linkedin.com/company/lawyer-monthly Follow Us On Instagram Lawyer Monthly @lawyermonthly Happy Pride Month! With June commemorating the Stonewall riots and the strong movements the LGBT+ community have made in society over the years, we thought it was of utmost importance to address their rights. Your workplace is the last place you would expect to be discriminated against, but unfortunately, it still happens to this date, especially to those in the LGBT+ community. Thus, we have decided to address this topic. Speaking to employment lawyer Steven Fingerhut, he explains the rights anyone from the LGBT+ community has and the laws which protect them in the workplace. With different states across the US having mixed opinions towards facial recognition technology, with some arguing it violates the publics’ privacy, I decided to explore whether or not this technology breaches human rights and privacy. Further to this, we also touch on every lawyer’s favourite topic: GDPR. We hear from expert Luca Daffra on whether it is legally sound to use social media to perform checks on your potentially new employee. We hope you enjoy all the content in this month’s edition! See you next month. A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR