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February 2, 2022

Life in the law: why we need to come together to improve wellbeing in the legal profession

Last year we released the findings of our research study, Life in the Law. The research, the first of its kind in this country, looked at mental health and wellbeing in the legal profession, and over 1,700 professionals from the UK, Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man took part. The study questioned legal professionals on a range of areas, including work intensity (workload and working hours). It used three recognised scales for:

  • Burnout (disengagement and exhaustion).
  • Autonomy (the ability to control what, where, how, and with whom, work is done).
  • Psychological safety (the ability to speak up with ideas and questions, and to raise concerns or admit mistakes).

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January 31, 2022

What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in February 2022?

Following the government’s removal of its work from home guidance, many businesses are likely to be organising another return to the office push in February. This month, in-house lawyers should also take note of the forthcoming introduction of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures and consultations on corporate taxation and environmental protection.

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January 27, 2022

13th annual cost of compliance survey

Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence has launched its 13th annual survey on the cost of compliance for regulated firms in the financial services industry. All information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and results will be displayed anonymously. The results will form part of a special report on the cost of compliance, which will be available to download in Q2 2022.

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January 25, 2022

Join us for a live briefing on Practical Law’s EU and Europe materials

Need to keep on top of EU law developments as they unfold? Need information on the best business vehicle to use in the Netherlands? Want to know how to set up a partnership or acquire a business in a France or Spain? Verify the execution requirements for your counterparty in Ireland or find out where to focus due diligence when acquiring an Italian business?

Join our expert editors and understand how easily you can access EU law materials and up-to-date coverage of key corporate law topics on our enhanced country pages for France, Italy, Spain, Ireland and The Netherlands at our next Practical Law Briefing on Wednesday 9 February at 10.00 am GMT. Heleen van Lil (Director, Practical Law EU), Sarah Hassan (Lead, Practical Law Europe) and Jessica Brown (Director, Customer Training) will share their perspectives on the work behind our Europe coverage.

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December 17, 2021

What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in January 2022?

COVID-19 returned to the top of the business agenda this month, with the possibility of further restrictions on commercial activity in January. In-house lawyers should also take note of two significant fines for anti-money laundering failings and a large fine for a data breach.

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REUTERS | Sergei Karpukhin
December 13, 2021

Data privacy and cybersecurity: Winter agenda 2021/22

The autumn agenda highlighted two key themes that remain at the top of the agenda for in-house lawyers with a data privacy remit. These are: the potential outcomes of the ICO consultation on international data transfers post-Brexit; and the possible repercussions of the DCMS consultation on potentially far-reaching reforms to the UK’s data protection regime. Both of these topics are dealt with in some depth in our blog post, What’s keeping data privacy professionals busy? Continue reading →

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December 7, 2021

Year-in-review discussion with your Practical Law editors

Join me on 14 December 2021 for a live webinar. I’ll be talking to selected experts from across Practical Law’s editorial team as they look back on 2021 and ahead to 2022. We’ll be talking about key developments in ESG, data privacy, employment and compliance and what to look out for on the horizon. Meet the speakers and register for free.

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December 6, 2021

Working effectively across the organisation

The Centre for Legal Leadership’s final webinar of 2021, hosted in conjunction with Thomson Reuters, considered working effectively across the organisation. This post highlights the themes raised by the panellists and via questions from the audience.

Understand the business

Get out into the business so that you can really understand it. Your aim as an in-house lawyer is to become a trusted adviser who can be relied on to provide a confidential ear in challenging times. Get to know your clients and key stakeholders, and learn about their goals and motivations.

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December 1, 2021

What’s keeping data privacy professionals busy?

As we approach the end of 2021, and after yet another rollercoaster year for data privacy, it seems a good time to reflect on what is currently on the plates of data privacy professionals and areas on which to keep a watching brief, notably the recent DCMS and ICO consultations. (For our summary of the DCMS proposals see Article, DCMS data protection reforms: summary of consultation proposals and for more on the ICO data transfers consultation see Article, ICO consultation on international data transfers: what to do now.)

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