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Promoting cryptoassets: what you need to know and next steps
23 June 2023New legislation, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023 (FPO Amendment Order) has been made which brings certain cryptoassets within the UK’s framework for regulating financial promotions.
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New space, new opportunities: are you hybrid working ready?
13 July 2023A move to a new headquarters is the ideal time to instil an improved workplace culture and working patterns. It’s vital not to miss the opportunities a new office can provide and to avoid mistakes of the past. With only a quarter of employees thinking that their company is ‘very prepared’ for a hybrid work future, this article looks into what needs to be considered ahead of the move.
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Financial Promotions Gateway goes live – are you impacted?
29 September 2023The FCA has introduced a new regulatory gateway to provide greater oversight of the approval of financial promotions. Companies that approve financial promotions for third parties will need to consider whether they need to apply to be included in the gateway or whether their activities are exempt.
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£3.3 billion of unused apprenticeship levy funds have been returned to the Treasury – should you be thinking about apprenticeships?
06 November 2023We’re now almost two months into the new academic year and what would have been the start date for many new apprentices. Whilst the next academic year may feel a long way off, with over £3.3 billion of unused apprenticeship levy funds returned to the Treasury, now is a good time to consider your apprenticeship recruitment strategy for 2024 and how you can make the best use of apprenticeship funding.
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Environmental Regulation – what do you need to know?
29 April 2024Both the UK and EU have seen a number of significant developments relating to environmental regulation throughout 2023 with more updates still to come.
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: “Warrants”, “represents”, “undertakes” – are you using them correctly?
07 May 2024Lawyers often use the terms “warrants”, “represents”, and “undertakes” in English law contracts. The terms are often found bundled together preceding contractual assurances or obligations – for example, you’ll see the following wording in many commercial contracts: “the Supplier warrants, represents and undertakes that it [insert assurance/obligation]”.
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: How you can ease the logistical headache!
20 August 2024Businesses and consumers alike want their goods to be delivered accurately and quickly and for any returns to be processed swiftly. Logistics is an increasingly critical part of the supply chain and can include activities such as picking, packing, packaging, labelling, inventory management, transportation, customs clearance, warehousing and reverse logistics (returns).
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Digital, Commerce & Creative 101: As the operator of a business-to-consumer online platform, what consumer law issues should you be thinking about?
14 October 2024From a legal perspective, online platforms, including marketplace platforms, are amongst the most complex, and most regulated, business models in the UK. With the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (“DMCC Act”), the potential for eye-watering fines, and the new powers given to the Competition and Market Authority (“CMA”), if you are an online platform, understanding and complying with consumer laws should be at the forefront of your agenda.
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Key lessons from Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s botched racism review: Karen Baxter comments for International Employment Lawyer
10 November 2021Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s investigation into allegations of racism has made headlines for all the wrong reasons following the leaking of an independent report to the press earlier this month.
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Cliff Fluet chairs the DWIH New York breakfast & panel discussion on deepfakes
13 March 2022A networking breakfast to be hosted in tandem with the Global Women in AI & Robotics, followed by a panel discussion on questions around the positive sides of deepfakes. This forms part of the SXSW Conference & Festival (March 11-20, 2022).
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Gender Pay Gap Reporting in Ireland – are we there yet?
25 November 2020In this article, we review the current position on the gender pay gap in Ireland, what’s happening with the proposed legislation to introduce mandatory reporting and what employers should be doing now.
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Brexit: No clarity yet on Premier League clubs being able to sign Irish teenagers. Stephen O’Flaherty comments for The Irish Times
03 December 2020The continued ability of Premier League clubs to sign Irish players before their 18th birthday from January 1st next year has yet to be clarified. This despite the publication this week in England of extensive new rules with regard to the recruitment of footballers from abroad.
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New duties to prevent sexual harassment – but not yet
29 July 2021The government has committed to introducing a new proactive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment, alongside considering new laws which would make employers liable if third parties harass their employees and possibly extending the time limit in which to bring discrimination claims. It is likely to be some time, however, before any changes are put into effect.
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Influencer disclosures: The ASA raises the bar yet again
08 March 2023Among influencers, platforms, agencies and brands, there is increasing frustration and confusion with the ASA's approach to social media disclosures. The ASA's approach seems to harden and get more confusing every month that goes by.
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What would a Yes vote mean for ad regulation?
08 September 2014Brinsley Dresden is quoted in the Marketing Week article "What would a Yes vote mean for ad regulation?".
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LLPs 10 years on
08 May 2012Fergus Payne discusses the last 10 years of the limitied liability partnerships (LLPs) which were introduced in April 2001, in his article for the Law Society Gazette.
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100 Years of Employment Law
18 June 2013Richard Lister wrote an article for the Impact magazine to mark the centenary of the CIPD, taking a look back at how UK employment law has evolved over the past 100 years.
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Lewis Silkin named one of Britain’s best employers for eight years running
29 February 2016City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has once again been recognised as one of the UK’s best employers by The Sunday Times’ esteemed ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ survey.
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The London Olympic legacy dream was real – but four years on, is it still alive?
18 August 2016As we find ourselves enjoying both the carnival-style spectacle of Rio 2016 and the success of the British athletes at the Games, the build-up felt somewhat tainted by the media frenzy surrounding the clear health risks faced by the athletes and visitors (and the wider global community), the Russian doping scandal and the ongoing protesting on the streets of Rio.
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Michael Burd comments for Legal Week: 'It contains things I have never seen in 30 years' - employment partners question Allen & Overy's Weinstein NDA
29 March 2018Michael Burd discusses the details of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) drawn up by Allen & Overy (A&O) for the settlement between disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his former assistant, in an article for Legal Week.