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Germany Poised For Big Step Towards Corporate Restructuring Best Practice

A draft bill to facilitate restructurings comes amid an expected COVID-19 corporate distress wave from January 2021.
5 minute read

International Edition

A New Methodology to Help GCs Deal with COVID-19 ESG Issues

GCs have focussed on corporate governance for some time, but the 'E' and the 'S' of ESG have now moved further up the agenda.
4 minute read

International Edition

Will On-The-Job Lawyer Training Take A Back Seat Post-COVID?

Linklaters' global head of learning and a manager at Slaughter and May have shared their predictions on the impact of the lockdown on law firms' training initiatives.
5 minute read

International Edition

Why Facial Recognition Technology Was Deemed Unlawful

Legal complexities surround the use of such tools after a UK police pilot scheme was blocked.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Implications for Facebook After Germany's 'Anti-Competitive' Ruling

The tech giant will now have to decide whether to adopt a different data collection policy for the German market than it does for the rest of the world.
6 minute read

International Edition

COVID-19 and Force Majeure: French Courts Stick With the Contract

With the outbreak of Covid-19, disputes based on force majeure clauses have increased and this important French ruling has implications for future cases.
5 minute read

International Edition

London Remains No. 1 for Resolving International Commercial Disputes

The Commercial Court in London heard cases involving parties from 72 countries in the year ending in March 2020, and the London Court of International Arbitration was referred 406 cases from 138 different countries last year.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Incoming EU Collective Redress Directive – What the US Experience Tells Us

Affected companies can learn from how the those in the US have dealt with the threat of class action lawsuits.
6 minute read

International Edition

Prepare for Regulator Scrutiny of Law Firm Culture on Diversity

UK industry regulators are expected to take action if firms have a toxic working environment on racial diversity.
4 minute read

International Edition

We Must Do More to Help Stressed Out Junior Lawyers Who Are Being Punished for Covering Up Mistakes

Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of legal mental health charity LawCare, is calling for a safer environment for junior lawyers to admit mistakes and avoid damaging the reputation of the industry.
6 minute read

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