Legal Briefing

Addressing ESG in your supply chain: A practical approach | Walker Morris

Businesses are addressing the legal, regulatory and commercial pressures to get their ESG approach right in house. But recent and forthcoming developments indicate the need for businesses also to address ESG issues in their supply chain.  Our sustainability and supply chain specialists, Ben Sheppard and James Crayton, explain what businesses need to know, and the practical steps they can …

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Climate change and collective proceedings | Brodies LLP

Collective proceedings are a long-standing mechanism for bringing claims in the USA and Australia. They are now a feature of many legal systems around the world, including in the EU, England and Wales, and, most recently, Scotland. Collective proceedings are typically used by multiple claimants who have the same or similar ground or grounds of …

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Significant matters – Summer 2024

TfL plans journey with new line-up of legal advisers Transport for London (TfL) is in the process of shortlisting firms for its new legal services framework, as the current roster enters the last year of its existing line-up. The government body is reviewing submissions from firms to draw up a shortlist of bidders to be …

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Competition focus – Türkiye | Actecon

What are the key components of Türkiye’s competition law framework, and how does it compare to EU competition regulations? Türkiye’s competition law framework, primarily governed by Law No. 4054 on the protection of competition, focuses on prohibiting anti-competitive agreements; preventing the abuse of a dominant position; and regulating mergers and acquisitions. In addition to the …

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The return of PPPs | DAC Beachcroft

Katherine Calder and Alison Martin at DAC Beachcroft give their analysis of the return of PPPs in the infrastructure industry and what form they may take.

‘Ditch the external counsel mindset’: how in-house lawyers can take their careers to the next step | King's Business School

In-house lawyers can sometimes find themselves stuck in a rut professionally, playing the narrow role of technical expert within their organisations. Others struggle to make a complete transition from their previous roles in private practice to being an equal part of a broader team that shares responsibility for their organisation’s overall objectives. Yet there is …

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What to expect from the new Labour government’s net zero and green agenda | Linklaters

The national election on 4 July 2024 ushered in a new Labour government in a landslide vote after 14 years of a Conservative government and on 17 July the King’s Speech set out the new government’s legislative programme. So what does the new Labour government’s net zero and green agenda have in store for us?

AI in the workplace | ACCRALAW

The prevalence and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is nothing short of revolutionary. While it appears that AI does not yet have one official definition, it can colloquially be referred to as technology that allows machines or computers to utilise human-like intelligence to learn, create, analyse, and perform other functions or activities that were previously …

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Mass termination of employees in China for business reasons | Anjie Broad

China’s labour laws give adequate termination protection for employees. In China, an employer may terminate an employee’s employment contract by mutual termination or unilateral termination. Employers have no right to terminate an employment contract for no reason. To unilaterally terminate an employee’s employment contract, an employer must have one of the causes under the Labour …

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Combatting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements in the Turkish labour market | Biçer Güner

Introduction In recent years, the Turkish Competition Board (‘TCB’) has increasingly focused on the labour market, especially on the targeting agreements that may hinder competition, such as gentleman’s agreements and no-poaching clauses. In this article, by analysing TCB’s rulings on this matter, we aim to delineate the criteria of the TCB in regulating labour market …

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