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M&A surge leads to legal hiring boom

James Lavan explores the surge in legal sector hiring, driven by increasing mergers and acquisitions activity and a stronger economic outlook

Win for witnesses as courts revamp waiting rooms

Victims and witnesses of crime will benefit from improved waiting rooms in 10 court buildings across England and Wales

Firm-wide adoption of LinkedIn: managing partners must lead by example

Simon Marshall explains why LinkedIn is essential for legal professionals to stay at the top of their game

A tangled web: ‘substantial injustice’ in fundamental dishonesty claims

Jim Hester, a Barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers, unpicks the ruling in Kirsty Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports Holdings Limited [2024] EWHC 806 (KB), Cardiff District Registry, Ritchie J, 10 April 2024

CTA compliance concerns grow globally

Global businesses face growing uncertainty over U.S. Corporate Transparency Act compliance, with complex regulations causing anxiety

From gun-jumping mergers to cartel conduct, African competition regulators ramp up enforcement

Tamara Dini, Derek Lötter and Nazeera Mia explore recent developments across the continent

Corporate culture and how to prevent bribery, fraud and other economic crimes

Tom McNeill, a Partner at BCL Solicitors, assesses the failure to prevent model and its application to fraud offences committed by large organisations

Ernesto Zedillo to keynote IBA conference

Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo to deliver keynote at IBA 2024 Annual Conference's opening ceremony