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14 Aug 2021, 12:00 am by China Law Blog
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 6:01 am by Walter Olson
“It is hoped that the new mediation stage will reduce legal aid costs by up to £100 million, while fewer expert witnesses would be required to testify before the courts. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 4:55 am by christopher
We failed to share with you last month’s Ars Technica wonderful summary of Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth . [read post]
15 Mar 2021, 1:34 pm by Marwah Adhoob
The U.K. will return $5.8 million that an ex-Nigerian Governor allegedly stole; this comes as part of the deal between the two countries. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 3:33 am by By DEALBOOK
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling urged pay restraint and moderation from British banks, and still they raised compensation, Bloomberg News reports. [read post]
12 May 2010, 6:51 am by By DEALBOOK
Fears that that Britain's new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government will "break up the banks and impose a punitive levy on their businesses loomed over the U.K. banking sector this morning," according to The Guardian. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 8:42 am by Walter Olson
At least for its employees: the London borough of Barnet admonishes staff that mother-in-law jokes, “as well as offensively sexist in their own right, can also be seen as offensive on the grounds that they disrespect elders or parents. [read post]
22 May 2011, 10:10 pm by Walter Olson
“A British judge has banned Twitter users from identifying a brain-damaged woman in one of the first attempts to prevent the messaging website from revealing sensitive information. [read post]
24 Oct 2009, 11:12 am
A remarkable story of government power from Dundee, Scotland [Daily Mail via Steyn/NRO] Tags: Child Protective Services, obesity, United Kingdom Related posts For their own good dept. (1) UK: menace of ice-cream vans (5) Tradeable permits for sinful foods? [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 3:28 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
And Facebook and Google Must Be Taxed for It – Fortune: “For the last few years, some psychologists have been warning of the dangers of social media addiction—a phenomenon that whistleblowers from within tech industry say has been deliberately fostered by companies such as Facebook and Google. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 3:04 am by By DEALBOOK
Major U.K. banks face a challenge to refinance more than $448.4 billion of government-backed funding over the next two to three years, Fitch Ratings said in a report published on Monday. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 3:48 am by By DEALBOOK
Peter Mandelson, the British business secretary, has come under fire after a parliamentary committee released a report accusing his department of doling out more than $448 million to poorly-performing venture capital funds, according to press reports. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 4:29 am by By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON
The Financial Services Authority, Britain's securities regulator, said that it would hire more than 400 staff to step up supervision of the largest financial institutions and would require an almost 10 percent increase in its annual budget, in a plan for this year and next released Wednesday. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 4:16 am by By DEALBOOK
One of the men arrested in the insider trading inquiry in London also helped advise the British government on its stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, The Financial Times reported Thursday. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 5:30 am by Nathan Koppel
Law firms have tried mightily over the years to become more racially and ethnically diverse and to achieve gender parity. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 3:31 am by By JULIA WERDIGIER
HSBC said it lost out on hiring up to 15 people for its investment banking operation in Hong Kong because it was not allowed to offer two-year guaranteed bonuses. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 6:12 am by Walter Olson
It’s seen as too risky [Daily Mail, UK] Local authorities will try to bring the event back next year; we covered an earlier suspension in 2003. [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 9:16 am by Paul Lomio
“British research libraries are protesting price increases by journal publishers, which come amid severe budget constraints in the U.K. [read post]
In a 2011 decision, the United Kingdom Supreme Court considered whether the meaning of “violence” in England’s Housing Act (the Act) could be understood more widely as including abusive behavior, such as psychological, sexual, or financial abuse. [read post]