Dormant pots carry a significant administration and cost burden for pension schemes; the number of these pots could increase quickly once the power to make short service refunds from DC schemes is abolished (expected in 2014). What can administrators do to limit the burden of dormant pots? This bulletin sets out options to help schemes and members minimise the accidental creation of DC pots and consider the full range of options for dealing with existing deferred pots.
This article focuses on tensions in litigation that involves obligations to produce vs. not to produce documents in different jurisdictions (United Kingdom, France, United Sates, China, and Hong Kong).
This article explores the use of alternative working patterns in a number of jurisdictions around the globe. In particular, we look at Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.
This Top Ten provides guidance on due diligence reviews for cloud computing vendors and systems.
This QuickCounsel reviews some options for structuring multinational software licences and considers key issues that vendors and customers need to address in the licence agreement.
The purpose of this InfoPAK is to assist corporate counsel in understanding and making decisions about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and global anti-corruption law. Included is a summary of the Act, the role of the various government agencies, enforcement trends, and a discussion of steps companies can take to mitigate risk and fulfill their obligations under the Act. <p><b>Also included is a summary of anti-corruption laws in: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand.</b></p>
One year into the auto-enrolment regime, some of the complexities encountered so far by employers in practice will shortly be ironed out. New regulations will introduce more flexibility for employers, including those who have already staged into the regime. The changes cover a range of issues, from basic elements such as the deadline for auto-enrolling an eligible worker to technical points on the test scheme standards; and introduce alternative definitions of pay reference periods.
A review of legal privilege for in-house counsel in various jurisdictions around the world.
This QuickCounsel examines Brazil's new Anticorruption Law, compares it to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") and to the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the "Bribery Act"), and offers suggestions for corporate compliance departments that will need to prepare their companies to comply with the new law.
The General Counsel Excellence Report highlights <br />the growing commercialization of the role and the <br />increasing opportunities for savvy corporate counsel.