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Stella Artois bids to become real movie producer
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18 November 2013Commenting in a Marketing week article, Philip Hughes comments on alternative models of film financing, particularly tie ups between brands and film studios.
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Lewis Silkin congratulates Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and Willow DNA on award winning e-learning platform
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08 November 2013Lewis Silkin is delighted to congratulate the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and digital learning company, Willow DNA, on being awarded bronze for “Best use of e-learning to ensure compliance with external regulations or internal policies”.
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Barclays scrambles to plug staff gap after suspensions
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05 November 2013In a Wall Street Journal article, Toni Lorenzo discusses the fate of the six currency traders suspended by Barclays last week amid a probe into possible manipulation of foreign-exchange markets.
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Poundland judgment neither a surprise nor a victory
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04 November 2013Following her comments on the Supreme Court’s ‘back to work’ judgment last week, Carla Davidson's subsequent article on the case is featured in HR Magazine.
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Lewis Silkin work experience: an insight
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31 October 2013As she was about to begin the final year of her degree, it occurred to Ruth, a resident in Hyelm accommodation, that she was yet to identify a specific career path that she wanted to pursue after finishing University. Lewis Silkin offered her the opportunity to shadow some of our lawyers, which gave her some insight into what it would be like to work in the legal sector.
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UK’s Supreme Court rules ‘workfare’ legally flawed
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31 October 2013In a Financial Times article, Carla Davidson comments upon a Supreme Court ruling that the Government's controversial back to work schemes, which require jobseekers to work for free or risk losing their benefits, were legally flawed.
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Limiting liability
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29 October 2013In an article for Managing Partner, Miguel Pereira considers the differences between LLP and limited company structures in restricting the liability of owners.
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Illegal immigration: Over the top
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26 October 2013In an article for The Economist, Joanna Hunt discusses the Government's new immigration bill and the problems it may cause when immigrants respond to its tougher new laws.
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PRCA and Lewis Silkin launch industry-leading legal partnership
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25 October 2013The PRCA and Lewis Silkin LLP are delighted to announce a strategic partnership that includes an employment and commercial legal helpline for PRCA corporate members.
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Lawyers limber up to score in Brazil
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24 October 2013In an article in The Times, Alex Kelham discusses the opportunities that will arise for lawyers advising sponsoring clients looking to maximise their deals and, more importantly, how to protect them from ambush.
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Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive
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24 October 2013In an article for Accountancy Age, Clive Greenwood discusses the creation, progress, and drawbacks of Alternative Business Structures (ABS).
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Auto enrolment pension regime
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21 October 2013In a co-authored article for The Law Society Gazette, Katherine Shaw and Kathryn Pickard discuss the impact the new auto enrolment pension rules will have on law firms, and the tricky areas that they are likely to encounter.
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Ius Laboris supports first ever certified Global Reward Management Programme through top European Business Schools
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18 October 2013Ius Laboris, the world’s largest and highest quality alliance of HR law firms, has announced it is contributing the HR law training aspects of the first ever certified Global Reward Management programme in Europe.
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Policies on porn: how to tackle internet misuse in the workplace
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16 October 2013In a Reuters article, Russell Brimelow discusses large financial institutions' policies towards employees accessing, or attempting to access, pornography whilst at work.
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What you need to know about the new Social Housing Fraud Act
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15 October 2013In an article written for The Guardian's Housing Network, Paul Hayes discusses key aspects of the new act as well as raising questions that the act, designed to crack down on the estimates 100,000 social housing properties subject to fraud, leaves unanswered.
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Lewis Silkin team demonstrate pedal power with 36-hour charity cycle
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15 October 2013An 18-strong team from City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP will be embarking on a gruelling 150-mile cycle from London to Amsterdam in just 36 hours, with the aim of raising £10,000 of much-needed funds for the charity, Helen and Douglas House.
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#update: The evolution of the twitter '#' disclosure rules
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08 October 2013In an article for LawInSport, Alex Kelham discusses a complaint received by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) about a tweet Wayne Rooney posted for Nike; the second time his twitter activities have been scrutinised.
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The City takes a break from holidays
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30 September 2013In this Financial News article, Colin Leckey discusses results of the Financial News' City job satisfaction survey which found that 30.5% of survey participants did not take their entire holiday entitlement for the year.
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Employers' LinkedIn rights: another piece of the puzzle
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10 September 2013In an article for PLC Magazine, Ellen Temperton discusses a High Court ruling deciding that a former employer can exert some control over an employee’s LinkedIn account after termination in order to protect its business (Whitmar Publications Ltd v Gamage [2013] EWHC 1881 (Ch)). This is despite the fact that the LinkedIn user agreement is often in the name of the employee.
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Regulating the recruitment sector - how far will the new framework go?
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14 August 2013In an article written for the International Law Office, Carla Feakins discusses the government's official response to its recent consultation on reforming the regulatory framework for the recruitment sector.