Deals – September 19, 2018
China Re buys Lloyd’s broker Chaucer, Chinese EV maker NIO IPOs in New York, GLP launches China fund and other deals from around the region.
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Developments in competition law in Africa
At LEX Africa’s June seminar on developments in competition law in Africa, speakers discussed the increasing trend of governments to try and use competition law as an important part of their industrial policy …
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How the Mental Health Act affects employees
Mental health conditions, which include anxiety and panic disorders, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse and addictions, have become a pervasive issue which permeates our present society …
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Major amendments to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secrets Protection Act
Following its amendment on April 17, 2018, the new provisions of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secrets Protection Act took effect on July 18, 2018 …
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Hitting the sweet spot: Regulation of sweetened alcoholic beverages
Health Canada issued a notice of intent to restrict the amount of alcohol in highly sweetened alcoholic beverages.
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Toward an innovative new strategy for In-House Counsel
An in-house legal team can achieve much more than saving money, but it requires a more strategic approach than most companies have adopted, writes Mitchell Kowalski, the Gowling WLG Visiting Professor in Legal Innovation at the University of Calgary Law School …
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Lawyering in the gig economy
Mardi Wilson, head of ES Agile in Hong Kong, talks to us about how working on an interim basis offers the benefit of flexibility and greater work-life balance for lawyers …
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Cryptocurrency regulations and their prospects in Korea
Lawmakers and regulators have struggled to come to terms with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies …
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My journey from Big Four to Singapore legal tech startup
Michael Lew, founder of LegalComet, talks about his move from working with large corporations to the world of legal tech startups in Singapore …
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IMF Bentham wins Singapore third-party funding agreement
Litigation funding has taken a step forward after a court ruled to allow a commercial funding arrangement to proceed.
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