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New domestic and EU laws will stub out menthol cigarettes and 10-packs from tomorrow
May 19th, 2016
Smokers are in for a bitter cocktail of regulation tomorrow as EU and UK laws come into force, phasing out 10-packs, menthol cigarettes and introducing new plain packaging rules. Manufacturers will be banned from producing 10-packs of cigarettes under ...
Global Law firm to move 170 operational roles to global service centre in the Philippines
May 19th, 2016
Global firm Norton Rose Fulbright is relocating 170 operation roles to a global service centre in the Philippines — including a number from the UK, the Gazette understands. It is the latest international firm to announce a relocation of ...
Privately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms
May 18th, 2016
The biggest diversity survey of the legal profession yet undertaken charts patchy progress on gender and race – but privately educated solicitors remain vastly over-represented in the senior ranks of the biggest firms. The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s third diversity ...
Five more women added in gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG US
May 17th, 2016
Five more women have been added as named plaintiffs to the ongoing $350m (£243m) class action gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG’s US arm. On 13 May, Sanford Heisler, the law firm representing the five plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint ...
Nearly 400 LSE-listed companies based in tax havens linked to UK
May 13th, 2016
Research finds 389 firms on London Stock Exchange with market capitalisation of £225bn are registered in offshore territories Almost 400 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), with a collective market capitalisation of £225bn, are based in offshore havens connected ...
A new online marketplace will match individual lawyers with clients
May 9th, 2016
There are websites to match people with food, taxis and dates, but the sharing economy has entered a new sphere with LOD now launching an online marketplace to pair individual lawyers with clients. LOD’s new online marketplace, dubbed Spoke, will allow businesses ...
EU’s highest court upholds new restrictive law on cigarettes
May 5th, 2016
The European Union’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a tough EU law that will standardise cigarette packs, ban menthol flavouring and restrict e-cigarette advertising, paving the way for its adoption this month and dealing a blow to Big Tobacco. ...
International law firm to launch a practice in Dubai
May 4th, 2016
Withers continues its international expansion with a deal to launch a practice in Dubai with the hire of EY’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) private client chief Stijn Janssen. The office will be located in the Dubai International ...
UK and EU states call for rapid access to global beneficial ownership register
April 27th, 2016
The UK has joined forces with 19 European countries and the British overseas territories of Anguilla and Montserrat in the Caribbean, to issue a joint statement callng for rapid adoption of the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information The ...
International law firm appoints 24 New Partners
April 22nd, 2016
Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has today announced the promotion of 24 lawyers to its partnership. The new partners are drawn from all of the firm’s market-leading practices and reflect the range and depth of the firm’s capability ...
