The movement of the Big Four accounting firms into the legal space continues strongly and none moreso than EY who are planning rapid expansion of their legal division. Bloomberg Big Law report that EY’s John Knox, Singapore-based and who became EY’s new global legal managed services leader in July, is working to grow the legal
Eversheds Sutherland – The government has published further details of the £1,000 employer bonus for every furloughed employee who remains employed until the end of January 2021. It has also implemented legislation to ensure that furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay, and some other statutory entitlements, based on their normal wages, rather than any reduced
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Problems created by the current pandemic are pushing up bankruptcies and the legal questions that arise as a result are matters of increasing importance for those affected by financial hardship. As has been recently reported in the New York Times, the ‘Great Lockdown’ has seen the United States with the highest household debt in history,
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Corporate shareholder oppression is when the majority of the shareholders in a company take advantage of minority shareholders in a way that unfairly prejudices them. This arises when minority shareholders are in a position where they cannot sell their stock or gain any power in a corporation, which puts them in a perilous position financially.
Many individuals who have been arrested, particularly if it’s for a first offense, wonder what the difference between a misdemeanor charge and a felony charge. Simply put, a felony charge is more serious than a misdemeanor, although that is something of an oversimplification. The US federal government generally considers a crime punishable with incarceration for
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The development of Zantac lawsuits continues as the risks related to the use of the drug are increasingly reported and it has become one of the most talked about lawsuits in the US. “Zantac” is the brand name of a popular heartburn drug (called ranitidine and can be prescribed by a doctor or purchased over-the-counter,
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If you have been injured and are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, you may have several concerns about how far your money will stretch. Paying a substantial part of what may be a quite modest amount of SSDI is not something that is regarded with particular satisfaction by the recipients. For the most part, Social
“. . our culture does not reflect a scintilla of the image we try to project to our . . pro bono partners, clients and potential recruits.” Dan Garner* Dentons have been faced with criticism that they have engaged in a raft of cultural, management and ethical issues involving their Mid-East offices in serious claims
