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October 12, 2021

Under pressure: when culture and values collide

LawCare recently published the findings of its Life in the Law research study. The study into wellbeing across the legal profession captured data between October 2020 and January 2021 from more than 1,700 legal professionals in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

One of the key findings was that 69% of legal professionals surveyed had experienced mental ill-health in the 12-months prior to completing the survey. In addition, burnout was found to be endemic within the industry, with the average burnout score putting legal professionals at high risk.

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October 11, 2021

Meet an Editor: Live Drop in Q&A

Ever wondered about what life is like on the Practical Law editorial team? We often get substantive questions about our content but sometimes people are curious to see behind the scenes too.

Later this week, one of our editorial directors will be hosting an informal chat about life on our editorial team. You’ll hear from a couple of our editors about their experiences at Practical Law and have a chance to ask any questions of your own.

Sign up to join us here.

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October 8, 2021

Achieving net zero: in-house counsel’s critical role

In-house counsel can play a vital role in helping their organisations guard against greenwashing and achieve legitimate net zero by ensuring that they deliver on their environmental commitments, and it also means that individual counsel are aligning with their own values. This is a complex and fast evolving field, and Lawyers for Net Zero has been established to support in-house counsel to navigate it.

The number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate risk indicators are growing exponentially, from the North American wildfires to the Central European floods, together with a myriad of legal, societal and economic factors. They all highlight the need for businesses to act rapidly if they are to become part of the solution and avoid reputational or regulatory failure.

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September 27, 2021

What’s on the agenda for in-house lawyers in October 2021?

The Autumn 2021 Budget will be delivered on 27 October, while changes to the Immigration Rules come into force on 1 October and the extended deadline for gender pay gap reporting ends on 5 October. The government has also published a consultation proposing reforms to the current right for employees to request flexible working.

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September 27, 2021

Data privacy and cybersecurity: Autumn agenda 2021

Following the European Commission’s adequacy findings for the UK back in June, to a collective sigh of relief, there has been continued focus on cross-border data exports over the summer. On 11 August, the ICO launched a public consultation on key aspects of the post-Brexit international transfer regime under the UK GDPR .

The consultation covers proposals for:

  • Updated ICO guidance on international transfers.
  • Transfer risk assessments (TRAs), including a new TRA tool.
  • A new international data transfer agreement (IDTA) to replace the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.

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September 20, 2021

The Centre for Legal Leadership webinar series: Leading and managing in-house legal teams

Please join us on 19 October 2021 (2.00pm-3.30pm) for a webinar hosted by The Centre for Legal Leadership (CLL) on leading and managing in-house legal teams. Whether you lead a team, aspire to lead one or simply work within one, it is always helpful to understand the leadership and management context in which you work.

The discussion will explore a range of issues, including:

  • Leading through change.
  • How to develop management skills.
  • Leading and managing recruitment and staff development.

The discussion will be led by our guest presenters, Rebecca Staheli (Head of Competition Law and Regulatory Law at the BBC) and Richard Macmillan (General Counsel at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust). The session will be moderated by Anthony Inglese and Paul Bentall of CLL, and will include a Q&A session.

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September 14, 2021

Building your resilience, reputation and personal networks

Last week The Centre for Legal Leadership hosted the latest in its series of webinars in conjunction with Practical Law on building your resilience, reputation and personal networks. This post discusses the key themes that were covered during the session.

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September 10, 2021

To mitigate threats, GCs need to focus on corruption risk as offices reopen

It can be easy for corruption risk to be put on a back burner as workplaces reopen and organisations get back to business at least partially onsite. A year of slow, or no, growth can pressure everyone from the top down of an organisation to focus purely on accounts receivable. But a wise General Counsel (GC) would keep a keen eye on corruption risk as elements of a still-dispersed workforce could be tempted to make the wrong choice.

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REUTERS | An aerial view of tulip fields near the city of Creil, Netherlands April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
September 6, 2021

5 tips for virtual compliance training

  • by Moritz Homann
  • Managing Director Corporate Compliance, EQS Group

Compliance training in a classroom setting is popular with compliance managers. And for good reason: compliance officers and employees can come together, interact, ask and answer questions directly and even undertake role plays and group work. However, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and changing work practices, face-to-face training is, and looks likely to remain (at least for some time), challenging.

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