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Incentivising an influencer: towards greater transparency
17 October 2016Jo Farmer has authored an article for Digital Business Lawyer on the increasing use of social media personalities by global brands to advertise their products and services and the need to clarify when online content is paid-for advertising.
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Modern slavery - transparency in supply chains
28 December 2017Although many organisations take steps to promote ethical business practices and have policies to protect workers from being exploited, the Government considers that there is a significant way to go to tackle so-called “modern slavery”.
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New regulation requiring fairness and transparency from the platform economy
26 November 2018The EC is proposing to introduce new legislation to govern the provision of online intermediary services.
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Lewis Silkin advises Cirkle on “transformational” Employee Ownership restructure
26 April 2018Leading law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has advised Cirkle, the PR and digital consultancy, on its move to become 60% owned by employees.
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Lewis Silkin mentioned in Transform magazine: The employer brand in Asia
05 July 2017Lewis Silkin has been cited in the Transform magazine as one of the 'region’s leading lights in employee engagement' to attend a recent summit in Hong Kong on employer brand in Asia.
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Singapore - Changing terms & conditions, cross-border transfers and terminations across APAC
19 September 2017Altering business structures, varying contractual clauses, terminating employment or transferring employees from one office to another – workforce changes are inevitable in any global business.
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Hong Kong - Changing terms & conditions, cross-border transfers and terminations across APAC
21 September 2017Altering business structures, varying contractual clauses, terminating employment or transferring employees from one office to another – workforce changes are inevitable in any global business.
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Confirmation that collectively agreed terms are ‘static’ for transferring employees
08 March 2017In two joined cases referred to the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) by the German Federal Labour Court, an Advocate General (“AG”) has handed down an advisory opinion on the effect of a TUPE transfer on employment terms governed by a collective agreement.
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Big spending China a major shift in transfer market
26 February 2016Karish Andrews has been quoted in an article by Associated Press which discusses the money spent by Chinese Super League Clubs in the recent winter transfer window.
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Test for ‘old-style’ transfer of economic entity requires multifactorial approach
08 March 2017The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has ruled that an employment tribunal, in finding that the termination of a franchise agreement gave rise to a relevant transfer under TUPE, made the mistake of focusing on one particular factor and failing to adopt a multifactorial approach assessing all the relevant circumstances.
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Continuous service for notice pay preserved on transfer
22 September 2017The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has considered an interesting TUPE issue concerning continuous service, arising in a case referred by the Swedish Labour Court.
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Automatic transfer of employees applies on ‘pre-pack’ sale
25 September 2017The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has confirmed that, in the event of a “pre-pack” sale aimed at rescuing all or part of an insolvent undertaking as a going concern, EU transfer of undertakings law requires that the employees automatically transfer. This is consistent with the position in the UK under TUPE.
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Comment: Amazon cases reveal transatlantic trade mark contrasts
10 December 2015Simon Chapman writes an article for Essential Retail on the legal implications of online marketplaces offering competitor's products when searched items are not in stock.
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Lewis Silkin advises Gerald Eve on the acquisition of five key transactional teams from Deloitte
04 May 2016Lewis Silkin LLP has advised Gerald Eve LLP, chartered surveyors and property consultants, on its acquisition of five key teams from Deloitte Real Estate. These deals will see Deloitte’s 38 - strong West End leasing, City leasing, lease advisory, lease exit teams and national investment team transfer across to Gerald Eve with effect from 1st June 2016.
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International outlook of trainees threatened
01 May 2013In an article for Lawyer2B, Raj Shah discusses how changes in immigration policy are making it increasingly difficult for firms to recruit immigrants as trainee solicitors. Until recently, international students could switch from the Tier 4 student migrant category to the Tier 2 category. However, changes to the Immigration Rules mean that students cannot switch from Tier 4 to Tier 2 unless they have passed a UK-recognised bachelor or master’s degree or attained certain awards in education.
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Relaxation of Sunday trading hours and problems for retailers from a property perspective
25 July 2015Rachel-Francis-Lang's letter to The Grocer highlighting the problems for retailers from a property perspective, should Sunday trading hours be relaxed, has been featured in the 25th July edition of the publication.
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Trading secrets safely in Europe (Brands & IP Newsnotes - Issue 2)
28 March 2016In December 2015, while most of us were busy wrapping presents and eating mince pies, the representatives of the European Parliament and Council agreed the text of the Trade Secrets Directive.
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Lewis Silkin LLP advises FinTech platform Tradeteq, on its $6.3m funding round led by ADV
19 July 2018Leading law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has advised Tradeteq, a Trade Finance Distribution Platform, on its $6.3 Million seed extension funding round led by Accelerated Digital Ventures (“ADV”).
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Trader loses 'ludicrous' case against dismissal
12 December 2013Commenting in an article for The Times, Michael Anderson discusses the recent sacking of an oil trader who was dismissed after a heavy night of drinking.
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Amazon loses High Court trademark case with cosmetics retailer Lush in search marketing row
11 February 2014Following Lewis Silkin and Lush's successful trade mark win over Amazon, The Drum have covered the High Court ruling which determined that the online retailer breached the copyright of cosmetics company Lush by attempting to divert customers to similar products through online search results.