ESG regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) passed by the European Parliament in June, and clarifications to existing directives, such as those on SFDR published in the spring, are posing growing challenges for companies. Even more so that we see the same trend in the USA, the UK and even in …
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Sanctioned Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin is set to make a legal challenge in the UK Supreme Court next week over a $6bn marital settlement sought by his ex-wife, cementing London’s reputation as the “divorce capital” of the world. Potanin is appealing against a court ruling that gave permission for his former wife Natalia Potanina to …
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Expert legal commentators appear to be divided over the impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which received royal assent today. The House of Lords nodded through the measure, after months of parliamentary back-and-forth, hours after the government rejected amendments which their backers said would close gaping loopholes. Former lord chancellor Sir Robert Buckland …
I’d walk around on the verge of tears all day long, every day. I felt really scared. I felt sad. I felt angry. I felt like a failure. I felt worried about my young children. And, I felt very very alone. I’m referring to a time in my life several years ago, when I was …
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Merchants entrenched in litigation against Visa for years may still be owed as much as $4 billion, the card network company recently told analysts. In a call to discuss a share exchange offer Visa recently floated with its stockholders, Visa CEO Ryan McInerney told analysts the card giant values the unresolved claims at between $1.4 …
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A man accused of fatally shooting the judge who presided over his divorce case had a history of controlling and cruel behaviour towards his ex-wife, according to court documents. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson died from gunshot wounds at his home in Hagerstown, Maryland on Thursday evening, hours after he awarded Eugenia Argote …
For the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, anything done by an employee over their employment is treated as having also been done by the employer. An employment tribunal considered whether it was discriminatory to use a gendered swearword to insult a transgender staff member, and also what might amount to “a reasonable steps defence.” …
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A woman who was raped by her former partner has told how her fight for justice in the family courts left her traumatised. The woman, who has a son with her ex-partner, first put the allegation of rape to the court in 2021 after the father, who she also accused of coercive and controlling behaviour, …
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Digitisation of the court system is adding to the delays plaguing the civil court system and undermining people’s access to justice when they need it most, hundreds of solicitors have told the Law Society. Responses to a survey of practitioners who have used the damages claims, public family law and probate portals has uncovered the …
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Employers like IBM that conduct layoffs while integrating more artificial intelligence into operations face potential exposure to age bias lawsuits if older workers are among the first to get a pink slip. Human resources departments increasingly have been adopting AI-powered tools to help streamline their business processes and efficiently complete tasks like drafting job descriptions …
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