Lawyers advising on regulatory investigations should, if challenged, be prepared to justify and defend their position in relation to asserting legal professional privilege (LPP). This briefing looks at how investigations should be managed in order to preserve LPP as effectively as possible.
This report draws on the views of more than 150 deal participants - including c-suite executives, lawyers and corporate financiers - on their recent experiences of doing deals, including the areas that cause difficulty and disagreement, to establish what constitutes accepted market practice.
The High Court recently upheld an arbitrator's award which ruled that nearly £2 million of arbitration funding costs were "other costs" within the meaning of the Arbitration Act 1996 and were therefore recoverable from the Claimant.
The issues facing today's global general counsel have come to extend beyond borders – and far beyond the legal department. This article looks at how the role of general counsel is changing, and offers advice on effective leadership, innovation and mitigating risk.
A new generation of virtual reality headsets promises to fundamentally change consumer experiences of virtual environments. This briefing raises some of the major legal and regulatory challenges that companies active in the virtual reality equipment field may face.
A partner can potentially forfeit all part of his profit share if he breaches his fiduciary duties, according to a recent decision of the High Court. That has some interesting implications for partnerships and LLPs.
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