DWF is forcing the pace on greater billing discipline across the firm with an aim to reduce lock-up by between five and 10 days on average each month. The firm is piloting a new workflow billing process which it expects will shave at least five days off the current monthly lock-up cycle and it hopes […]
Offshore firm Mourant Ozannes has hired Farrer & Co’s former senior partner Jim Edmondson as head of its international trusts and private client practice. Edmondson will join Mourant Ozannes as a consultant in London on 1 May. He will take over as head of the trusts and private client team on 1 September when incumbent […]
The legal chief of British engineer Invensys is to leave the business in April following the company’s £3.4bn takeover by Schneider Electric. Due to her senior position on Invensys’ board, legal chief Victoria Hull has to leave her position at the end of the financial year along with her fellow chief executives. The former Clifford […]
What constitutes Greek yoghurt in the eyes of the law? A year after Mr Justice Briggs smoothed out a major IP battle between two major yoghurt manufacturers, the case was back in the London courts for a second outing. This time around Lord Justices Longmore, Lewison and Kitchin delivered a legal definition for the healthy […]
When is Greek yoghurt Greek yoghurt? Should a Kit Kat be trademark protected? It was all up for debate in the courts in January. Kit Kat versus Cadbury? We’re not asking for your favourite snack, but referring to yet another legal battle over whether the quintessential British snack should be protected from imitation. What about […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently published the priorities of its National Exam Program (NEP) for 2014 (the ‘2014 Priorities’). The 2014 Priorities focus on areas perceived by the SEC staff to ‘have heightened risk’. The OCIE report addresses both market-wide priorities and priorities that are specific […]
The Serbian government has taken the first steps of implementing a new court system with the passing of a new law on seats, jurisdictions of courts and public prosecution offices (Official Gazette RS no. 101/2013), and amendments to the law on the organisation of courts (Official Gazette RS no. 116/2008, 104/2009, 101/2010, 31/2011, 78/2011 101/2011, […]
By Rob Cruise Following Zoopla’s decision to end its sponsorship of West Bromwich Albion as a result of Nicolas Anelka’s ‘quenelle’ goal celebration, we explore how sponsors can protect themselves against the bad behaviour of their athletes. There is no doubt that companies and brands can increase their profile and goodwill dramatically and therefore up […]
Channel 4’s investigative journalism is the most challenging area for the broadcaster’s legal team. For the channel’s head of legal and compliance Prash Naik, his 20 years with the broadcaster have involved getting some of the UK’s most provocative shows on air – think Plane Crash, which crashed a Boeing 727 to study the effect […]
On 17 December 2013, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) legislature passed the Arbitration Act 2013 (the ‘Act’), which came into force on 23 January 2014. It is a modern and long-awaited statute, which will transition BVI’s already modern litigation tools yet further to serve the needs of its international clients. The Act repeals and replaces […]
By John Goulios, Biswajit Chatterjee, Daniel Sharma LLM and Joywin Matthew The winter session of the India parliament concluded on 20 December 2013. Against the backdrop of the slowing growth rate and demands from the investment community for economic reforms, one critical piece of legislation that was expected to be considered by the parliament was […]
DLA Piper has released the 28 January 2014 issue of its Health Alert, which focuses on judgments, legislation and reports in the health sector. If you are registered and logged in to the site, click on the link below to read the DLA Piper briefing. If not, please register or sign in with your details […]