Clifford Chance – Climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy are top of the political agenda and present a range of challenges for businesses. We help clients to future-proof their businesses and identify risks and opportunities. Greening the Financial SystemIn this publication we have brought together our team to outline developments in […]
Proskauer Rose – Facebook recently announced that it would make changes to its news feed to prioritize content that users share and discuss and material from “reputable publishers.” These changes are part of what Mark Zuckerberg says is a refocusing of Facebook from “helping [users] find relevant content to helping [users] have more meaningful social
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Wicker Group –Throughout my many years working with law firms, I have found that interactive games can be a welcome addition to any firm retreat. In particular, games that help lawyers learn more about their colleagues are often more effective than traditional practice group panel presentations.As firms grow and change, it is important for individuals
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RepKnight –Legal firms have access to some of the most sensitive data imaginable about their clients – whether corporate or private.And just like any other company, they hold personal information about their employees, such as home address, contact details, bank account numbers and pension information.But just how secure is the average law firm? Using our
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1 February 2018 – Mayer Brown announced today that its innovative Global Mobility & Migration team, which is an essential component of the firm’s Employment & Benefits practice, has launched a blog, “The Mobile Workforce.” The blog is designed to provide businesses with up-to-date changes pertaining to global migration developments and trends.Mayer Brown partners Elizabeth
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Skadden Arps –The past few years have brought a number of large rights offerings in bankruptcies in the energy, healthcare, and retail sectors. Between January 1, 2015, and December 1, 2017, more than $5.5 billion was raised through rights offerings or private placements in more than two dozen large bankruptcy cases.In 2017 alone, seven companies
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Slaughter & May –Superhuman ResourcesSlaughter and May and ASI Data Science, the high-growth British Technology firm, have published Superhuman Resources, a joint white paper on the responsible deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in business.We believe that AI could become the most transformative workplace technology of the 21st Century, with the associated need for business leaders
Harris Beach PLC – With President Trump’s recent announcement of import tariffs on solar panels, the domestic solar energy industry now faces an additional challenge – how to continue to generate cost-competitive power in order to continue recent gains and achieve even greater energy market penetration.In recent years, U.S. solar developers have begun to successfully
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Heather McCullough*What a law firm looks like today is dramatically different than what it looked like 50 years ago. Law firms benefitted from client expansion and demand for legal services, and grew exponentially. The sheer size of law firms today necessitates doing things differently than they have traditionally been done.Partners don’t work down the hall
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Skadden Arps – Tax reform, shifting international dynamics, Trump administration goals and a potentially strong market for transactions all seem likely to impact business activity in 2018. Below are 10 areas to explore in our 10th annual Insights publication.1. Tax Reform Takes Center Stage The most comprehensive tax reform in the United States since 1986 made its way
