Day: April 16, 2004
Corporate Finance: Takeover Code resources
Simmons & Simmons’ Takeover Code Resources, launched in February, comprise a collection of tools and resources for corporate finance professionals engaged in UK public takeovers. Simmons & Simmons is a firm with a wealth of expertise in UK public mergers and acquisitions and with lawyers who, through their experiences on secondment with the Panel on […]
Legal Practice: New email guidelines for solicitors
The Law Society has published email guidelines for solicitors, intended to assist principals or others in solicitors’ firms responsible for drawing up or approving a firm’s email policy. The guidelines deal with such issues as confidentiality, record keeping, the statutory environment, e-commerce, spam and email security. Law Society Email guidelines[updated]
Intellectual Property: Enforcement Directive
The European Parliament has voted to approve the controversial Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive by a vote of 330 to 151. While the law was originally drawn up to target professional pirates, criminals and counterfeiters who make copies of goods such as football shirts or CDs, the directive was later expanded to cover any infringement […]
Legal Publishers: Lawzone relaunched
As presaged in our February item, TheLawyer.com relaunched LawZone last month. All traces of its former identity have disappeared and LawZone is now a subsite of TheLawyer site, presentationally similar to the other main sections, Lawyer News, Lawyer Jobs, Lawyer Diary, Lawyer Directories and Business Watch. LawZone presents News and Features and Articles provided by […]
