All In-house articles – Page 22
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NewsLaw Society outlines 2020 vision
Report looks at how the legal services market will change over the next few years.
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NewsProfession struggling to ‘figure out’ EY Law
EY became the third of the ‘big four’ accountacy firms to be granted an alternative business structure licence in 2014.
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Council ‘co-sources’ from law firm amid cuts
Enfield council has announced that national firm Browne Jacobson will be a ‘co-source’ partner in its contracts and commercial team.
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NewsFunder stakes £30m to back PLC’s litigation portfolio
New arrangement will see Burford take on company’s legal costs in return for a portion of the proceeds from the litigation matters.
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NewsLack of supply-chain visibility puts businesses at risk, GCs warned
Senior lawyer at insurer says commercial organisations are not learning lessons from ‘near misses’ arising from disruptions.
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OpinionUse cybersecurity to your advantage
In-house lawyers have an opportunity to show their mettle as organisations defend themselves.
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NewsDeal struck on ‘paradigm change’ in data protection
Businesses will face fines of up to 4% of turnover for breaching tough EU data protection rules.
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NewsEY snaps up BLP’s Whalley to run legal risk practice
’Big Four’ firm intends to double its legal services headcount in 2016.
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NewsCharity to pilot 'honorary counsel'
LawWorks wants to develop longer-term opportunities between smaller charities and in-house lawyers.
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NewsLawyers warned against ‘pseudo-cooperation’ in DPAs
Businesses seeking to ‘hinder, delay and generally disrupt’, joint head of bribery at SFO says following first deferred prosecution agreement.
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ProfileInterview: Annemarie Roberts
The Law Society’s in-house solicitor of the year works for a not-for-profit that loves to make a profit.
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News‘Punchy’ debut for deferred prosecution agreements
The first ‘plea deal’ secured by the Serious Fraud Office will be formally agreed on Monday.
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OpinionWise counsel pick and mix
Ambitious global firms need to listen more closely to their clients.
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NewsSupreme Court justice brands gender quotas ‘corrosive’
Lord Hodge says legal profession is changing at a ‘remarkable’ speed.
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NewsRegulators support ‘aspirational’ pro bono targets
Idea floated as the profession decides how best to respond to the lord chancellor’s proposal to get City firms to fill the justice funding gap.
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NewsNew York may relax foreign lawyer rules
Amendment of rules by New York State Unified Court System would allow jurisdiction to register foreign lawyers ‘in good standing’.
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NewsEssex backs ABS plans to net £1.8m a year
Councillors agree to make application to set up an alternative business structure.
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NewsBanks’ in-house legal teams face shift
Legal teams at banks will have to restructure to meet requirements on business continuity and independence under wide-ranging reforms.
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Women lawyers’ pay lags in-house
The gap is larger for women from under-represented or minority groups.
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Russia hits companies’ anti-corruption strategies
Russia’s competition authorities are using competition law to hit foreign businesses that try to eliminate corruption from their supply chain.