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How to make your CFO happy – transforming litigation from liability to asset | Harbour Litigation Funding

Picture the scene. Your trusted external law firm advised that you have a strong claim, likely to yield a significant financial upside for your business. The budget to run the claim is £2m, including adverse costs risk, but subject to possible change. The firm cannot agree to a fixed fee. They also advise that your …

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Disrupting legal markets – can you get your lawyer to think again about fees? | Capital law

If you are a chief executive, finance director or general counsel, you might have some set ideas about how lawyers charge for their work. You might also think your business has a good claim, but are reluctant to pursue it. Whether it is a lack of resource – both human and financial – or a …

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Taking advantage of group litigation offerings | Therium Capital Management

Corporate clients are of course no strangers to litigation. Listening to in-house counsel talk about how they approach litigation, they will often regard it as an inevitable, if undesirable, by-product of doing business. When it arises out of their core business activity, and particularly for large organisations – banks and insurance companies, for instance – …

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New money laundering standards – what you need to know | Trowers & Hamlins

The government enacted the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the MLR 2017) on 26 June 2017. These are based on the same principles as the pre-existing rules, but contain significant changes which affect how regulated organisations must structure their anti-money laundering (AML) functions and carry out …

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Warranties and Indemnities (W&I) Insurance in Austria | Vavrovsky Heine Marth Rechtsanwalte GmbH

While Warranties and Indemnities Insurance (“W&I Insurance”) has long since been anchored in Anglo-American transactional practice, this type of insurance has only recently gained importance in continental Europe and, in particular, on the Austrian market.

Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules July 2017 | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

A new statement of changes to the UK Immigration Rules was presented to Parliament on 20 July 2017, to implement changes to the family Rules under Appendix FM following the Supreme Court judgment in MM (Lebanon) & ors v the Secretary for the Home Department [2017]. In particular, the statement of changes inserts new general …

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All change in Scottish Civil Litigation Funding? | Brodies

On 1 June 2017, the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill was laid before the Scottish parliament. It was considered by the Justice Committee on 13 June. Following that meeting there was a call for evidence and it is anticipated that stakeholders and interested parties will give oral evidence to the justice committee …

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The revolution in food and agricultural technology is only beginning | Yigal Arnon & Co.

In 2009, the UN-FAO released a report predicting that the world’s population would grow 34% by 2050. Among the many challenges posed by a growing world population, a primary challenge will be to ensure an adequate food supply for this vast population. This challenge is further complicated as the predominance of population growth will occur …

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An analysis of the UK’s offering to EU Nationals living in the UK post Brexit | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

On Thursday 23 June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted for a British exit (Brexit) from the European Union in a historic referendum. Almost exactly one year later, on 26 June 2017, the UK government published its proposals to ‘Safeguard the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living …

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Intellectual Property – Comparative Guide Introduction | Gowling WLG

History does not stand still, so nor does intellectual property law. 2016 and so far in 2017 we have seen change and the indication of upheaval to come.