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 …
Continue reading “Online courts adding to delays, solicitors claim | News”
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 …
Continue reading “Rising AI Use Paired With Layoffs Invites Age Bias Litigation”
It isn’t necessary to read Bleak House, centred on the infamous Jarndyce v Jarndyce inheritance dispute which dragged on for many generations devouring the entire estate, to understand the problem that is the costs of litigation. The author’s view of the chancery court system is withering: “Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather …
Continue reading “Litigation costs: an age-old problem, a fixed solution”
Since Elon Musk took over at Twitter – now known as X – it has been interesting to watch how the somewhat divisive changes being made could play out for the business. With Musk pushing “hardcore” working conditions and rumours that some employees have taken to sleeping in the X office, both the media and …
Continue reading “Litigation as a business strategy: learning from X”
Divorce can be a testing time for mental health. Detangling yours and your partner’s lives inevitably comes with an emotional toll while at the same time your energy and focus is absorbed by the necessary practicalities and negotiations of the divorce process. When it’s hard to prioritise self care With so much else to think …
Continue reading “World Mental Health Day: wellbeing during divorce”
Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez got married in May 2021. Pop singer Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez have settled their divorce with the artist paying Mr Gomez $1.2 million tax-free, as a settlement since they signed a prenup agreement at the time of their wedding, as per a report in TMZ. The couple split up …
Continue reading “Ariana Grande To Pay Ex-Husband Dalton Gomez $1.2 Million As Divorce Settlement”
Tony Pritzker, 62, is divorcing his wife of 33 years Jeanne Pritzker Pritzker owns the third largest house in Los Angeles, is the heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, and brother of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker He is now seeking to enforce his prenup after claiming his wife has refused to sign a document acknowledging …
Just a year ago, at the beginning of October 2022, the media leaked that both Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady had hired divorce lawyers. After a summer in which the American media spoke of a clear distance between the couple, who had been together for almost 15 years, this last bit of news, together with …
Climate change-driven regulation and litigation have been gaining greater traction at board level in recent years. Since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was signed, the number of climate-related litigation cases worldwide has more than doubled, according to a report by The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate …
Continue reading “How to manage the growing risk of climate change litigation | Opinion”
