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New issue of Music & Copyright with Australia country report: Cliff Fluet comments for Music & Copyright
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07 December 2020Why are financial investors so interested in music publishing as a financial asset? Cliff Fluet provides his thoughts on the matter in Music & Copyright.
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Hong Kong: A 2020 Refresher On COVID-related Employment Law Issues In Hong Kong. Kathryn Weaver writes for Mondaq
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07 December 2020In this article first published in HR Online, Kathryn Weaver answers some key questions on employers' duty of care and other pandemic-related issues in Hong Kong, and takes a look ahead to 2021.
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Ferrari SpA v DU: Nicholas Buckland and Elyssia White write for Intellectual Property Magazine
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04 December 2020Beneath the bonnet of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) ruling in Ferrari SpA v DU relating to a brand exuding Italian passion and flair, are essential considerations of what can amount to ‘genuine use’ of a mark.
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A guide to the new immigration rules for players coming to the Premier League and EFL: Stephen O’Flaherty writes for LawInSport
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04 December 2020With the opening of the transfer window on 2 January 2021, UK football clubs will be in uncharted territory. Not only will they face the prospect of signing European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals for the first time following the end of freedom of movement, but they will also have to navigate the UK’s new immigration system (applicable to all immigrants) and The Football Association’s new Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) criteria (relating specifically to work permits for overseas footballers wanting to play in England & Wales).
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No U18 signings, partner clubs and fast thinking: English football post-Brexit. Andrew Osborne comments for The Athletic
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03 December 2020The United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union will end in just over four weeks’ time and that momentous split ensures change is coming across all walks of life from January 1, 2021. Football is no exception.
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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
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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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Switching off: Do workers have a 'right to disconnect'? Linda Hynes comments for RTÉ in Ireland
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26 November 2020Turning your home environment into an office can make it harder to switch off at the end of the day. Many are finding it impossible to avoid responding to late-night messages. In this article for RTÉ, Linda Hynes comments on whether Ireland needs new legislation for introducing a legal 'right to disconnect' or does the current legislation already provide for this?
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Fertile Ground for Potential Disputes - Dealing with Commercial Contracts During The Second Lockdown: Clive Greenwood writes for Caterer Licensee Hotelier News
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25 November 2020Clive Greenwood article for Caterer Licensee Hotelier News discusses the impact of a second English lockdown on supply chain commercial contracts in the hospitality sector.
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Hong Kong: 2020 refresher on Covid-related employment law issues. Kathryn Weaver writes for Human Resources online
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24 November 2020The law on mental and physical wellbeing of employees hasn’t changed in Hong Kong as a result of the pandemic, but the emphasis on it certainly has. Never have employers in Hong Kong had to think more about the well-being of their employees than they have in the last year or so.
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The gender pay gap: Tom Heys and Rachel Ward comment in a briefing paper for the House of Commons
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20 November 2020This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK, looks at some of the reasons why the gender pay gap arises and discusses the duty on large employers to report on the size of the gender pay gap in their workforce.
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Imposing impartiality on social media is probably impossible: Geraint Lloyd-Taylor writes for The Times
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19 November 2020It is a lofty ideal to impose a duty of due impartiality on social media platforms. Decisions of where and whether to allow or to block various content on popular sites are extremely important, given that the flow of information, misinformation and disinformation clearly has the power to influence societies and the outcome of elections.
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The pitfalls of algorithm-based recruitment: James Davies comments for Care Home Management Magazine
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11 November 2020As use of algorithm-based recruitment becomes more commonplace, claims regarding algorithms and discrimination are also likely to become more common – something which UK employment law and enforcement mechanisms are ill-equipped to deal with.
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Long Covid: can work lift the burden? Shalina Crossley comments for Safety Management magazine
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11 November 2020Thousands of working people are struggling with ‘long Covid’; often life-changing symptoms that continue long after the initial infection. In this article for Safety Management magazine, Shalina Crossley comments on what are workplaces doing to help them?
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How Law Firms Can Preserve Their Talent Pipelines Through the Pandemic: Carolyn Soakell writes for Law.com International
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10 November 2020The challenges posed by the current pandemic and the shift to mass home-working present both opportunities and risks for firms competing to attract and retain talent.
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Lewis Silkin recognised in The Times Best Law Firms 2021
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06 November 2020We are happy to announce that Lewis Silkin has been recognised in The Times Best Law Firms 2021, a list of the top 200 legal practices in England and Wales for Employment; Entertainment & Sport; Intellectual Property; and Technology, Media & Telecoms.
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Learning from others’ mistakes: two common security failings in five data breaches - Ali Vaziri and Tamsin Hoque write for PDP journal
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06 November 2020In an article for PDP journal Ali Vaziri and Tamsin Hoque mine five Penalty Notices issued in recent years by the UK ICO for insight into how organisations can avoid making the same mistakes, and comment on the recent BA fine.
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What the new Points-Based Immigration System has in store for UK work visas: Joanna Hunt writes for Free Movement
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02 November 2020For work-based immigration, last week’s statement of changes to the Immigration Rules was in many ways rather anticlimactic. The last two years have seen a series of reports and policy statements setting out the government’s plans for a ‘new’ Points-Based Immigration System. The major changes therefore come as no great surprise.
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Inside the rise of the political micro-influencer: Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for The Financial Times
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26 October 2020Mid-tier social media stars are being hired by marketing agencies to push political messages. The Instagram account of Lauren Hansen, a Wisconsin-based blogger with around 12,000 followers, does not immediately look like a place for politics. But nestled between the fashion tips and baby videos that fill her feed is evidence that Ms Hansen has become part of a new wave of online campaigning.
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Doing business in Ireland: key differences between UK and Irish Employment law. Síobhra Rush speaks to Thomson Reuters Practical Law
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26 October 2020This video considers the key differences between UK and Irish employment law that UK businesses should be aware of when they are considering opening a branch in Ireland, or moving employees from the UK to Ireland, in light of Brexit and generally.
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Lewis Silkin shortlisted for five HK legal awards
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20 October 2020Market-leading employment and immigration law specialist Lewis Silkin has been shortlisted for five awards in the Macallan ALB (Asian Legal Business) Hong Kong Law Awards 2020.