Editor's Picks: The Paris climate change agreement: impressions from the negotiating table – and 10 key points on what's next

Legal Week Law | Editor's Picks The Paris climate change agreement: impressions from the negotiating table – and 10 key points on what's next DLA Piper - Global White Paper The Paris Agreement, an historic achievement in tackling climate change, provides a broad framework for reducing global warming through international cooperation. Lawyers from DLA Piper played an active role in the negotiations - this briefing summarises the key provisions of the agreement. Download White Paper Legal Week Law Editor's Picks Resources A litigator’s yearbook: 2015 (England and Wales) Herbert Smith Freehills UK White Paper This Herbert Smith Freehills guide looks back at some of the key developments of 2015 from the perspective of the commercial litigator, covering a range of topics including contract law, privilege, settlement, jurisdiction and various aspects of court procedure. The 12 cases of Christmas: the lessons employers can take away from 2015 Shoosmiths UK White Paper As winter sets in, Christmas fast approaches and the year draws to a close, this Shoosmiths briefing looks back at 12 of the most prominent cases of 2015 and the lessons that employers can learn from them. New year, new employment law: nine key issues on the employment agenda for 2015 Eversheds UK White Paper This Eversheds briefing sets out nine key employment law considerations for the new year - as well as the appropriate action to take now - covering subjects such as modern slavery reporting, the National Living Wage, gender pay reporting, new language fluency rules and the new redundancy pay rules. The EC's plans to regulate cross-border portability of online content: key issues of concern Latham & Watkins European Union White Paper The EC has announced proposals for an EU-wide regulation to ensure the portability of online content across the EU. Such a regulation will override territorial copyright laws, raising issues of concern for content creators, licensors/licensees, financiers and consumers, as this briefing explains. Managing a distressed IT project: what to do when things are going wrong Nabarro UK White Paper IT projects can be lengthy and complex. Even the simplest projects can quickly fall behind schedule as the customer’s understanding of the system to be delivered evolves and the scope of delivery changes. This briefing sets out a few of the main things to consider if a project is going off track. All change for penalties? The implications of Cavendish v Makdessi for contract drafters Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co UK White Paper This November, all eyes were on the combined decision handed down by the Supreme Court in the cases of Parkingeye v Beavis and Cavendish Square Holding v Talal El Makdessi, which reviewed the law on penalty clauses. This briefing considers the key implications of the ruling for contract drafters. Thin veil between discrimination and justification: an interesting employment case from France Bond Dickinson Europe White Paper The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in Ebrahimian v France that the non-renewal of an employee's contract on the basis of her refusal to remove a headscarf worn for religious reasons was lawful in order to preserve state secularism and the neutrality of public services in France. More from Legal Week Law FREE Membership to Legal Week Law As a member of Legal Week Law you will receive free access to our library of legal briefings from worlds leading law firms. Briefings are easy to find and constantly being updated. You can also discover what briefings your peers in other companies are looking at. Create your FREE Account Search Legal Week Law Commercial Law Banking and Finance Company Secretariat Corporate Employment Energy Environment Financial Services Regulation Intellectual Property Real Estate Litigation and Dispute Resolution Taxation More from Legal Week Law