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“At-Will” Employment: Is It As Easy To Sack A U.S. Employee As You’ve Heard?

You’ve been assigned responsibility for, among other things, managing employment law issues for your company’s U.S. operations. Your contacts in the U.S. have attempted to alleviate your anxiety...Read more

Mark Solon
Managing Director & Solicitor, Wilmington, UK
The Changing Face of Commercial Contracts in the Tech Sector
I have always loved drafting. There is something about a lovingly honed and sparingly worded clause which tickles my synapses. Elegance of expression meets elimination of ambiguity. At least, that’s...Read more

Fiona Morris
Managing Director and Global Lead Counsel, Strategic Contracting, Accenture UK Limited, UK
When a Settlement Agreement May Unsettle Everything 
Manifold are the functions of law; one of the functions of law practitioners is to guide their clients in their best interests bearing in mind that clients know their cases...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK
When a Settlement Agreement May Unsettle Everything
How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries
Manifold are the functions of law; one of the functions of law practitioners is to guide their clients in their best interests bearing in mind that clients know their cases...Read more

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
The Challenge of Integration of Regulation: Sub-sets of Financial Services

This article will look at the growth of regulation in the financial services industry in the EU. It will show how from fragmentation, there has been a move towards integration...Read more

Solomon Osagie
Chief Legal Counsel, TSYS International, UK
CAPE DISTRIBUTION LTD v CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC
How a Parent Company May be Held Liable in Torts for the Negligence of its Subsidiaries

Interestingly enough, despite the fact that over the years the English Courts have handed down a considerable number of judgments on the issue of the extent of liabilities that a...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
IACCM Contracting Principles
Whether you are a customer or a supplier, Speed to Contract (“S2C”) produces benefits. The faster parties come to “yes,” the sooner critical products or services can drive a customer’s...Read more

Sally Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, IACCM - International Association for Contract and Commercial Management, UK
Artificial Intelligence: A (semi-intelligent) Overview
‘Artificial Intelligence’ or ‘AI’. A phrase/acronym that is often bandied around but do we truly understand it? Can we? What was once nothing but science fiction is already a reality...Read more

Hersh Malhotra
Senior Legal Counsel, eBay, UK
Open Source, IP and Patent Pledges:
This article considers the use of patent promises or pledges, as a device to counter what are often seen in the Open Source world as undesirable consequences of the operation...Read more

Amanda Brock
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre of Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield, UK
Using Software to Fix Problems with the Software Supply Chain
As a young software lawyer, I simply accepted things as they were. I learned about software licenses, warranties, intellectual property indemnities and audit provisions. I tried to understand the nuances...Read more

Daniel Sanders
Senior Director, Legal, Flexera, UK