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Wimbledon: strawberries and cream for the digital age
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17 June 2015Alex Kelham has been quoted in an article by The Guardian which examines Wimbledon's attempts to stay relevant in today's market, whilst still maintaining its traditional brand image.
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Fighting back against misleading competitor advertising: How Garmin successfully navigated a route to banning misleading claims by TomTom in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
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11 June 2015Brinsley Dresden and Daniel Bugler have co-authored an article with Andrew Etkind, General Counsel at Garmin, and Daniël Haije, Partner at Hoogenraad & Haak, for the International In-house Counsel Journal. The article covers misleading competitor advertising and focuses on how Garmin successfully navigated a route to banning misleading claims by TomTom in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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US Government HR hacked: what if such a data breach happened in the UK?
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10 June 2015Steven Lorber has been quoted in an article by Personnel Today. The article examines the impact of data protection breaches in the UK, after data affecting millions of workers was hacked at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the HR department for the US Federal government.
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ISBA/IPA launch new client/agency framework contracts
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09 June 2015ISBA and the IPA are this week launching two new flexible framework contract templates designed as a starting point to help clients and agencies formalise their relationships in an era where services are converging and relationships becoming more multi-functional and complex.
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Conscience and common sense
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04 June 2015Tom Heys has been mentioned on the Economist's Erasmus blog, in an article looking at Islam, the courts and female attire.
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When councils can charge planning agreement fees and when they cannot
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03 June 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning magazine on the requirements for planning applications for waste related schemes.
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Zero hours contracts: A godsend for high-flying professionals
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20 May 2015Helen Samuel, Senior Lawyer with LS In-house - our specialist resourcing service - has written an article for City AM on the benefits of zero hours contracts for high-flying professionals.
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Lewis Silkin opens its doors in Hong Kong
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30 April 2015First international office will provide employment and global mobility advice for clients across Asia-Pacific. Lewis Silkin today announces the establishment of a new office in Hong Kong to support the rapidly expanding employment and global mobility needs of its clients across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Behind the billboard - regulating health and beauty ads
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29 April 2015Brinsley Dresden has been interviewed by LexisNexis for an article on the challenges confronting advertisers in the health and beauty industries.
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Lewis Silkin advises digital consultancy How Splendid Ltd on sale to Creston plc
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27 April 2015Lewis Silkin has advised How Splendid Ltd (‘Splendid’), the digital design and development consultancy, on its sale to Creston plc, the marketing communications group. Founded in 2003 and based in London, Splendid comprises User Experience (“UX”) specialists, designers and developers, delivering work for a variety of multinational, blue-chip clients across the finance, utilities, retail and media sectors.
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Tesco said to face possible action after firing staff by mail
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21 April 2015Michael Burd has been quoted in an article by Bloomberg which looks at the issues that Tesco Plc is facing after they conducted exit interviews with the executives involved in the accounting scandal by mail, rather than in person.
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Election 2015: employees’ rights to their opinions
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21 April 2015Karen Baxter and Sal Simao, Partner at Ford Harrison - fellow member of the Ius Laboris law firm alliance, have written an article for Personnel Today examining the workplace legislation around taking time off to vote and staking a political allegiance.
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Faith in the Party
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16 April 2015Tom Heys has been quoted in the Economist's Erasmus blog on the intersection of religion and public policy.
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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) releases international advertising law book
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15 April 2015The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (“GALA”) has released “Advertising Law: A Global Legal Perspective”, a book that provides an overview of the laws governing advertising and marketing in 55 countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
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New Law Journal covers Matthew Rowbotham's promotion to partner
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10 April 2015The New Law Journal has covered the promotion of Matthew Rowbotham to Lewis Silkin's partnership and the appointment of the five new Managing Associates.
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Religion, holidays and days off in the global workplace
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08 April 2015Tom Heys has contributed to an article for Corporate Counsel which looks at religion, holidays and days off in the global workplace.
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Neighbourhood development plans give communities a greater say
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07 April 2015We have written an article for Waste Planning magazine.
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Employment lawyers react to Labour's zero-hour proposals
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07 April 2015Colin Leckey has been quoted in HR Magazine on Labour's recent zero-hour proposals.
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Labour's zero hours clampdown highlights lack of data
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07 April 2015In a Financial Times article, Colin Leckey comments on the recent Labour proposal to clamp down on zero-hours contracts.
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There are bigger employment issues than zero-hours contracts
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07 April 2015Colin Leckey comments in an article by Solicitors Journal on the recent Labour zero-hours proposals.