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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Environmental, social and governance issues are currently one of the biggest priorities for all organisations around the world.
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Digital & Social Media
As Digital and Social Media continues to disrupt and provide challenges and opportunities across the Media and Entertainment industries, we are perfectly placed to understand the issues and provide converged and innovation solutions and advice.
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Environmental, Social and Governance issues
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are currently one of the biggest priorities for all organisations around the world.
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We are driven to make a difference to our clients, our people and our communities. Our social impact work is about empowering people and improving lives, with a strong focus on raising aspirations and improving outcomes for young people.
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#acknowledge: advertising compliance on social media
26 June 2013In an article for Law In Sport, Alex Kelham discusses various celebrity tweets which have fallen foul of advertising compliance codes and laws. Alex suggests that in order to avoid the indignation of ASA complaints, perhaps the answer is for agencies to do what they do best - get creative.
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Lewis Silkin awarded Best Social Mobility Programme at the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards
24 March 2014City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has received the award for ‘Best Social Mobility Programme’ at the 2014 Awards for Management Excellence by the Managing Partners’ Forum.
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Social Media and Online Issues - Defamation and Privacy
19 July 2015Online publishing via social media is now instant, free and easily accessible. Anyone can publish content without much in the way of control or the input of an in-house legal team to veto high risk content. Such freedom and accessibility raises issues for online publishers who face the possibility of claims of defamation and breach of privacy.
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Social faux pas: Brands and celebrities
21 October 2016An Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling in September illustrates that some brands and their agencies are still getting it wrong when it comes using a celebrity’s social media presence to promote their product.
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How will the current crisis shape the social contract and business landscape?
23 July 2020“We’re facing the twin-track challenges of creating a society with better 'good work' yet also facing the headwinds of an economic crisis. Few want to return to the world exactly as it used to be. In the world of work, we have a unique opportunity but also a unique once in a generation challenge, for both employers and the government, in re-thinking the who, how, what, and where of work.” James Davies, Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP
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Government considers imposing ‘Duty of Impartiality’ on social media platforms
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 major social media platforms are extremely important. The flow of information, misinformation and disinformation clearly has the power to influence societies and the outcome of elections.
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Health and Social Care Levy: increase in employment costs
09 September 2021As widely anticipated, the government has announced the introduction of a levy to help pay for the NHS backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in social care.
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Lewis Silkin Social Mobility Week: meet our scholarship winners
09 February 2024Social mobility is one of our two focus areas for Responsible Business, alongside sustainability, and the annual Lewis Silkin Social Mobility Week is an opportunity to learn more about this issue and how we’re contributing to positive change.
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I have more than a decade’s experience helping businesses and private clients to navigate UK immigration law.
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Immigration bill barring EU nationals accused of hypocrisy: Naomi Hanrahan-Soar comments for HR Magazine
22 May 2020In this article for HR Magazine, Naomi Hanrahan-Soar comments on how the government’s immigration bill can be seen as hypocritical for its proposal to end ‘unskilled’ immigration in December, ignoring the fact that many low-earning key workers are EU nationals.
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I am a partner in the firm’s Employment, Immigration and Reward department, based in our Oxford office.
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Jonathan Carr comments for the Raconteur: I liked the people so I bought the company
18 October 2017Jonathan Carr has commented in an article for the Raconteur which discusses Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of 2,000 HTC staff.
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Parent company’s limited liability. Not quite so limited?
11 July 2019It is a basic principle of company law that the liability of a shareholder of a limited company is limited to the amount unpaid on the shares it holds in that company. Right? That’s why it’s called a limited company? This is generally true. However, in some cases, a parent company can be considered to have assumed responsibility for the negligent acts of its subsidiary.
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I am Co-Head of Lewis Silkin's Data, Privacy & Cyber Group. I work in three main areas: data, privacy & cyber and general employment law, and sports law.
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Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR in articles for In-House Community and Insurance Asia News
09 April 2018In articles for In-House Community and Insurance Asia News, Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR and the compliance obligations for companies come the May deadline.
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Alex Milner-Smith comments for Asian Legal Business: Dealing With the Data
11 April 2018In an article for Asian Legal Business Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR and how Asian companies are not ready for the approaching deadline.