The General Data Protection Regulation promises the biggest shakeup of European privacy laws for 20 years. This Linklaters guide contains answers to frequently asked questions, checklists and everything else you need to get to grips with this new law.
GCs are operating in a changing landscape, as global influences and questions about values – rather than value – come to the fore. This report, which is based on responses from 150 senior in-house lawyers, looks at the development of the GC role, charting the challenges and opportunities they face.
The Insurance Act 2015 came into force on 12 August 2016, introducing major changes in English law in relation to insurance and all forms of reinsurance. This briefing focuses on to the application of this new Act so that the key advantages it offers to policyholders are not overlooked.
Legal losses continue to make headlines, and rising sanctions and conduct risk concerns are creating real behavioural change. But how does this affect legal risk? This report, which looks at in-house attitudes to legal risk, is based on a survey of GCs and risk professionals at major companies.
Following the UK's vote to leave the EU, the 27 EU heads of state or government gathered in Brussels on 29 June to exchange views on the implications of the referendum result. This briefing looks at the formal procedure to withdraw from the EU and discusses some of the key areas of uncertainty.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which recently came into force, introduces a rigorous and far-reaching privacy framework which will be an essential consideration in any M&A transaction that falls under the new regime, as this briefing explains.
This DLA Piper briefing attempts to untangle some of the issues facing English disputes lawyers in light of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, and assesses Brexit's potential impact on English dispute resolution.
Today's GCs face greater demands than ever before: their teams must be efficient and effective, they face continual demands to broaden their skillsets, and they must help to steer their businesses through the post-referendum uncertainty. This article discusses these issues and their implications.
The High Court was recently asked to consider whether the payment of dividends from a subsidiary to a parent company were based on incorrect accounts, were made in breach of fiduciary duties owed by the directors to the company or were transactions defrauding creditors.
How much is truly understood about the driving forces behind the use of offshore structures? This Harneys briefing considers the key advantages of structuring through established and reputable offshore jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the Cayman Islands.
The Supreme Court has held that a principal was entitled to recover payments collected by its agent on its behalf following the agent's insolvency. The decision demonstrates that the courts will be slow to find a constructive trust in favour of a principal whose agent has become insolvent.
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