“We see shareholder disputes arising due to a lack of transparency and either actual mismanagement or fears of mismanagement.”

In our first Business of Succession interview, we asked Ed Starling, Head of Disputes, why shareholder disputes generally arise and how he and his team help solve them.

View the full write up here.

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Part 2 of our Employment Podcast celebrating World Mental Health Day is here! Listen to Employment Partner Stephen Ravenscroft and Senior Partner Camilla Wallace continue their conversation about mental health challenges in the workplace.

How are employers raising awareness of and providing support for their employees’ mental health and wellbeing? How can they avoid or address the common obstacles and problem areas? How can they change culture and equip leaders with the tools to manage and communicate about difficult issues?

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To mark World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10 October 2024 with the theme ‘It is Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace’, the next edition of the Wedlake Bell Employment Podcast discusses how organisations can raise awareness of and provide support for their employees’ mental health and wellbeing, how to spot the common obstacles and problem areas, how to change culture and how to equip leaders and managers with the tools to address difficult issues. Partner Stephen Ravenscroft is joined by Senior Partner Camilla Wallace who shares her own experience and why she is so passionate about supporting mental wellbeing within the workplace.

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In the next edition of the Wedlake Bell Employment Podcast, Legal Director Choy Lau and Solicitor George Cornell discuss the potential changes to employment law under the new Labour Government following the King’s Speech and the top three changes that employers and businesses should be aware of in the coming months.

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How do you deal with a request for an extended period of time off during a new starter’s probationary period? Can you require an employee to take annual leave at a certain time to avoid holiday clashes? Can you allow employees to work from abroad when they are on an extended break from the workplace during the summer months? As the holiday season approaches, Partners Adam Grant and Stephen Ravenscroft discuss the laws and practicalities associated with managing annual leave entitlement in the inaugural episode of our Employment Podcast.

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In this episode, Partner, Suzanne Gill and Trainee Solicitor, Alex Beech give an overview of the articles from the latest edition of our Real Estate publication, Quarterly in Advance.

To read the latest edition of QIA, please click here.

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In this episode, Partner, Suzanne Gill and Associate, Harriet Gibby give an overview of the articles from the latest edition of our Real Estate publication, Quarterly in Advance.

To read the latest edition of QIA, please click here.

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1. Austrian DPA strikes at Google Analytics again and rejects “risk-based approach” for data transfers (link).
2. The European Commission and the United States reached an agreement in principle for a Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (link, link).
3. US Commerce Secretary Raimondo announced Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum (link) based on the APEC Privacy Framework 2015 (link).
4. House of Lords report: The advent of new technologies in the justice system (link).
5. EU Parliament REPORT on artificial intelligence in a digital age (2020/2266(INI)) (link).
6. European Data Protection Supervisor’s Annual Report 2021 with key developments (link).
7. UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) to oversee algorithms (link).
8. Dutch Impact Assessment: Fundamental rights and algorithms (link).
9. Underwood v Bounty UK Ltd & Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 888 (QB) (link).
10. CJEU confirms in C-319/20 that consumer associations may bring opt-out representative actions (link).
11. Google to introduce a “reject all” cookies button (link).
12. OECD paper on Mapping data portability initiatives, opportunities and challenges (link).
13. Chapter 4: Accountability and governance of the draft anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (link).
14. CJEU Case C-140/20 prohibiting the general and indiscriminate retention of data to combat serious crime (link).
15. Temperature checks at Brussels Airport unlawful (link).
16. CNIL fines processor €1.5M for health data breach (link).
17. Danish DPA proposes a €1.3M fine on bank for failing to delete data (link).
18. Hungarian DPA fines bank €660k for automated evaluation of customer service calls without transparency and legal basis (link).
19. EU’s Digital Markets Act to tackle Big Tech and ensure fair competition (link).
20. UK’s Digital Markets Unit (DMU) to be granted powers in the coming years to tackle Big Tech (link).
21. The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Commissioner of Data Protection clarified data transfers in Data Export & Sharing Handbook (link) and released a Country Risk Rating Assessment for Data Protection tool (link).
22. Sanso Rondon v LexisNexisRisk Solutions UK Ltd [2021] EWHC 1427 (QB) (link).
23. UK’s Tougher consumer protections against malicious apps (link).

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1. John Edwards delivers his first speech as UK’s Information Commissioner (link).

1. UK Online Safety Bill (link).

1. EU Commission announces Privacy Shield 2.0 (link).

1. US Government Surveillance Transparency Act (link).

1. EDPB on essential safeguards for cooperation between EEA and third country data protection authorities (link).

1. EDPS Case Law Digest on transfers of personal data to third countries (link).

1. EDPB guidelines on Codes of Conduct as tools for international data transfers (link).

1. ICO’s draft guidance on data processing for research (link).

1. EDPB consultation on dark patterns in social media platforms (link).

1. German DSK offers guidance to regulators about direct marketing (link).

1. Baden-Wurtenberg authority on Cookies and Tracking for web and app operators (link).

1. It is time to target online advertising, blog by EDPS (link).

1. Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) sues the Irish DPC over failure to act on massive Google data breach (link).

1. UK Government’s Online Advertising Programme consultation (link) and Digital Regulation: Driving growth and unlocking innovation (link).

1. EDPS preliminary remarks on modern spyware (link).

1. ICO Guidance on video surveillance (link).

1. Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 (link).

1. Japan’s APPI and Supplementary Rule 4 (link).

1. ICO reprimands Scottish Government over need to be upfront about NHS Scotland COVID Status app’s use of people’s details (link).

1. EDPB on the Article 60 consistency mechanism between the lead authority and authority concerned (link).

1. ENISA on Deploying Pseudonymisation Techniques (link).

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