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 […]
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 […]
Finding and Using Social Media Content in US Civil Litigation Litigators have long known that electronic-mail messages are a fertile source of discovery because people often send their unguarded and candid thoughts by email. But social media posts can be a litigator’s nirvana or hell, depending on the circumstances, because many people reveal even more […]
Following the death of Charlie Gard last year from a rare genetic illness, Charlie’s parents are pressing for ‘Charlie’s Law’ to be introduced. Rebecca Fitzpatrick, partner and specialist in health law at Browne Jacobson, discusses its legal implications with Lawyer Monthly. The Charlie Gard case was a best interests case in 2017, involving an infant […]
Those of us in private client practice will no doubt have come across the scenario of Attorneys, acting under a Lasting or Enduring Power of Attorney, misusing Donor’s money. More often than not they have a reasonable explanation; usually that they didn’t realise what they were doing was wrong or had not understood the boundaries […]
On the back of recent EU statements regarding anti money laundering practices throughout member states, leading economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Professor Panicos Demetriades, discusses the overall vulnerability of the EU’s financial system and where the risks lie in the responsibilities given to member states. The recent announcement by the […]
Paul Sachs is a leading expert in the field of legal technology, as well as the founder and CTO of digital evidence management platform CaseLines. Below he offers insight into the future of blockchain within the legal system and court proceedings. There’s no shortage of commentators pushing their ideas on how artificial intelligence and blockchain […]
With the House of Lords examining the effectiveness of the Bribery Act, Aziz Rahman of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli argues that the Act seems unnecessarily hard on SMEs. As the House of Lords has appointed a committee to examine what it calls confusion surrounding the Bribery Act, it seems that now is the time […]
Week after week media outlets spout out news about large companies failing to disclose old breaches, suffering current security breaches or refusing to explain their situation surrounding a breach of data. All these scenarios carry different circumstances for each individual companies and each of them carry implications for customers and questions surrounding regulatory framework. Over […]
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