Emails: Only some firms send regular updates A “significant proportion” of large law firms are investing in content or ‘inbound’ marketing schemes that “simply don’t work as they should” and could even damage their reputation, a report has been found. Researchers said a “staggering” 19% of the top 100 law firms let people sign up […]
Continue ReadingAuthor: Dr Peter Coe On the 16th of February Impress, the Press Recognition Panel approved regulator of the UK press, launched its new Standards Code and Guidance (the new Code and Guidance will come into force on the 1st of April 2023). As a member of the Impress Code Committee I was involved in the […]
Continue ReadingSee below this judgment from 20 December 2022 on the merits and limitations of annual vacation entitlements. Summary On 20 December 2022, the German Federal Labor Court (“BAG”) ruled that the entitlement to statutory minimum vacation is only subject to the three-year year statute of limitations if the employer has (i) previously informed its employees […]
Continue ReadingWhy space junk matters On 4 May 2022, a heavy piece of unidentified metal crashed through the ceiling of a young Gympie family’s home – narrowly missing the bouncer in which their baby daughter had been lying moments earlier. Less than six months later, four pieces of space junk – which the United Nations says […]
Continue ReadingAs part of a continued effort to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and to provide early warning to importers and their representatives that goods may have been produced in the Xinjian Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ) will require businesses to provide a valid postal code for […]
Continue ReadingThis newsletter provides general information and is not intended to be comprehensive or to provide specific legal advice. Professional advice appropriate to a specific situation should always be sought. Contents: Court of Appeal decision on limitation periods relating to service contracts Nigeria renews its bid to overturn an $11bn arbitration award at London’s High Court […]
Continue ReadingLast Friday, February 24, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States. You can read the full proclamation here. The Proclamation states that, beginning on March 10, 2023, a 200% ad valorem tariff will be imposed on all aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles produced in Russia. […]
Continue ReadingThe trial of Alex Murdaugh began Monday, Jan. 23 and we have the latest from the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh will face his first charges in a long list of criminal and civil allegations in the deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. These two deaths were the catalyst to […]
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