Swiss employment boutique Schmid Heinzen Humbert Lerch (SHHL) has become the sixteenth firm to join international labour law network L&E Global. The Zurich-based six-lawyer firm is joining a group of member firms from across the world, with a combined workforce of 1,200 lawyers specialising in employment law. The news comes three years after L&E’s foundation […]
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson is to be left with no permanent partner presence in Paris, as office founding partner Eric Cafritz moves to London. Cafritz founded the French office for the US firm in 1993. Following DLA Piper’s hire of restructuring partner David Chijner in September (10 September 2013) he has been the […]
As is widely known, the Indonesian export ban on ore came into effect on 12 January 2014. The regulation has caused commotion in the industry and the Indonesian government was under pressure to alleviate some of the harsher consequences. At the last minute, the Indonesian government has announced certain relief measures. However, these measures are […]
By George Roberts From 14 January 2014, reports made by coroners to help prevent future deaths will be routinely published online. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 5, Coroners and Justice Act 2009, places a statutory duty on coroners to make reports to a person, organisation, local authority or government department or agency where the coroner believes […]
When the FBI gave Bridgewater Associates’ associate GC James Baker its top legal job earlier this month, we wonder if Baker punched the air and mimicked 1991 action film Point Break by over-enunciating the line, “I am an FBI agent”. Or maybe he made a celebratory sandwich instead, taking a slice of British brand Hovis […]
By Andrew Tatlock The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) has handed down judgment on two appeal cases brought by companies contesting the level of fines each received. The court rejected both appeals, providing a clear message to the sentencing courts that could have significant consequences for all corporate defendants, particularly those with a large turnover. […]
The Competition Commission, in its provisional findings published last summer, found several structural and conduct features in the private healthcare market that gave rise to adverse effects on competition. It found, for example, that there were high barriers to entry for full-service hospitals and that there were weak competitive constraints in a certain local markets. […]
Michelmores partner Andrew Oldland QC discusses the great LIBOR plea dilemma facing the SFO As further details emerge of the investigations into LIBOR fixing, a picture of a global network of conspiracies to beat all conspiracies is emerging. The sheer scale and international reach of LIBOR fixing by bank and trading house employees presents a […]
Mishcon de Reya partner Joanna Blackburn says all lawyers should keep an eye on the whistleblowing battle that is about to hit the Supreme Court On 24 March 2014, the Supreme Court will start to hear the appeal in the case of Bates van Winkelhof v Clyde & Co. It is an appeal that all […]
The Defamation Act came into force at the beginning of the year. Here Hardeep Singh asks two individuals who defended claims under the previous regime if anything has changed and what they might do differently. The Government states the Defamation Act 2013, which came into force on 1 January, will give “clearer and better protection […]
By Melissa A Reinckens and Marc E Miller Aereo, a New York-based start-up technology company financed by Barry Diller, utilises warehouses full of tiny antennas to capture over-the-air television and then re-transmits it over the internet to its subscribers’ digital devices. It claims that from a legal perspective this service is no different than when users […]
By Rhory Robertson and Aimee Stevens Social media offers its users an extraordinary and unprecedented freedom to communicate and let their voice be heard. But the abuse, bullying, harassment and trolling that has taken place in recent months on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and ask.fm has not gone unnoticed. Two Twitter trolls who sent […]