The risk report – Reputations tarnished as #MeToo fallout hits the legal profession
#MeToo blotted the risk landscape in 2018, as firms wrestled with the fallout in a year where the profession’s ethics were put under the spotlight
#MeToo blotted the risk landscape in 2018, as firms wrestled with the fallout in a year where the profession’s ethics were put under the spotlight
Compliance programmes are firmly back in the global spotlight when it comes to cartel enforcement in 2019. In Europe, the Italian competition authority recently published guidance outlining what it perceives to be the key elements of an effective antitrust compliance programme and formalising a process for granting a reduction in cartel fines where the right …
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Introductory Chapter Product Liability: An evolving legal landscape In a world of driverless cars, electronic devices with speech and facial recognition and household appliances which can be activated remotely from a mobile phone, whether the current (decades old) product liability laws are still fit for purpose is a current hot topic. Of …
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By Sylvie Rodrigue Ad. E. and Grant Worden In Canada, the sale of pharmaceuticals and medical devices is regulated by Health Canada under the Food and Drug Act and Regulations and related legislation (Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, SC 1997 c.6; Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, RSC 1985, c. C-38; Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations, …