Tougher competition – the growing impact of antitrust marquee deals
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Two guest experts debated external factors shaping competition policy
Anatomy of a workplace investigation in Ireland: how to handle some of the practical issues | Maples Group
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Complex workplace investigations were the exception and not the norm until a few years ago. In the year 2000 a one-page statutory code of practice was published in Ireland to guide employers through the humdrum of workplace disciplinary and grievance investigations containing only one sentence regarding the issue of employee representation in investigations. Fast forward …
The Takeover Panel – that crucial first week
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Our panelists swapped tactics for dealing with the regulator effectively in the early stages
Psychosocial risks versus healthy companies in Spain | Grant Thornton
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In the last decade, the manner in which work is organised and managed has suffered significant changes. This fact has caused either beneficial or harmful consequences, such as emerging psychosocial risks and new challenges. The main questions are: what are the psychosocial risks? What are their consequences for the workers and for the company? What …
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Auctions – how to play the game
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Plenty of useful advice for buyers and sellers alike in a key session at the M&A summit
Dealing with discrimination and harassment in Australian workplaces | People + Culture Strategies
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In Australia, as in the rest of the world, employers bear onerous legal obligations to ensure that workplace culture does not condone sexual harassment, or indeed any other kind of bullying or vilification. Perhaps unlike other parts of the world, the laws dealing with workplace discrimination and harassment in Australia are particularly complex, not the …
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Big pharma, small partners: the key transactional trends in life sciences
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Experts from major pharmaceuticals gathered to discuss corporate activity in the sector
Crisis, what crisis? | Black Dog Crisis Management
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It’s 11.30pm, you are just drifting off after another long day at the office – and then the phone rings. It’s your chief executive – your building is up in flames, or flooded, or your servers have been hacked or… you know what to do right? You are the trusted source of advice for the …
Profit-sharing litigation in Mexico: A challenge to a common corporate structure | Sánchez Devanny
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Companies starting an operation in Mexico normally analyse variables that will have an impact on their businesses, like an efficient tax structure, the regulatory framework, and certainly, labour and employment matters. A key feature in the Mexican Federal Labour Law (FLL) is the mandatory 10% distribution of the employer’s annual January to December profit among …
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Change is the only certainty in employment law | PwC
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How far and fast the world of work is changing is evident from a quick scan of recent headlines. It’s rare that an employment law issue won’t be prominent in the news. From establishing the status of workers in the gig economy to addressing the gender pay gap, employment rights and employers’ obligations are attracting …
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Big beasts
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Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis still form the dominant players of the legal tech establishment. Can they stay on top amid a changing industry?