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Domain Name “Infringements” and Cyber-squatting
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With online competition more intense than ever before, businesses are increasingly reliant on their Internet traffic. Dennis Lee and Edouard Gout examine the legal rights of businesses to stop unauthorised or fraudulent use of their brands on domain names.
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Annual Copping Joyce Charity Football Tournament (NDE)
November saw the Silverman Sherliker five-a-side football team enter and win the annual Copping Joyce Charity Football Tournament against teams from Barclays Bank, Close Brothers, Lloyds Bank and Copping Joyce.
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Attention: Mortal Danger! Asbestos and the Law
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The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) has made assessing and managing the risk of asbestos in buildings a legal duty. Richard Gordon and Alexander Mulroe look at the requirements of The Control of Asbestos Regulation 4 for protecting building and maintenance workers, as well as anyone who may unknowingly be exposed to asbestos.
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The 12 DOs and DON’Ts of Disciplinary Hearings
As 2009 comes to an end, employers should now be getting comfortable with the ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures which was introduced in April. Disciplining employees is always fraught with difficulties and the requirements of the Code: Victoria Russell highlights twelve key points for employers to remember to do… and not to do.
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If Something Looks Too Good to be True it Usually is
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The recent intervention by the SSO into the affairs of Gilher Inc – an investment company run by John Hirst, which offered a ’20 percent per annum guaranteed return’ – has inevitably revealed yet another example of a cheap investment scheme gone wrong.
Jonathan Silverman explains how this should be a warning to even sophisticated investors.
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Companies Act 2006 – what’s now in force and how may it affect your Business?
With a few exceptions, all the key provisions of the Companies Act 2006 have now come into force, notably increasing the level of transparency as to the legal requirements affecting both existing companies and newly incorporated bodies. Izabela Mountford reflects on some of the most significant changes now in place…
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Pensions: Worthy of a Rebrand?
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Axa has announced that it is launching a competition to find a new name for “pensions” after a survey revealed that 18 percent of respondents associated it with “grey” and 72 percent of younger people associated it with old age. Well – d’uh…yeah! Jennie Kreser looks behind the image to uncover some hard facts…
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Agency Regulations: Rights and Responsibilities
Businesses may not be aware of all the rights an agent has under the Regulations, especially those in relation to the agent’s right to be compensated on termination. There are important questions both the principal and agent should address before entering into or terminating agency agreements.
In the second part of his review of Agency Agreements, Shane Morris looks at duration and termination arrangements…
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Client Showcase: Vital Music
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Vital Music is a meeting of music industry minds – those of established DJ / Artist agencies Vital Edge (est. 1999) and Select DJs (est. 2003).
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And finally, WITHOUT PREJUDICE: Silverman Sherliker LLP’s Dispute Resolution Team, together with everyone else here at the firm, would like, entirely without prejudice and without derogation from any argument that we have had during 2009 or may have in the coming year, to wish all of our clients and adversaries a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
And to our clients, we look forward to helping you in 2010.
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