I was lucky enough to chair Olswang’s semi-annual CPD catch-up day for in-house lawyers today. It was a very interesting set of talks (for those who are interested I commented using twitter, see: #olswangcpd), which covered a wide range of topics:
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Employment update: the latest red tape changes and other hot topics |
Daniel Aherne | |
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Commercial tax update post Finance Bill 2011 |
Natalie Coope | |
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Dispute resolution: What are my options – which one should I choose? |
Anna Caddick | |
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Bribery Act 2010 – When? What? Why? A practical look at what businesses need to do to comply |
Steven Corney Oliver Gayner |
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Hot topics for borrowers: what increased regulation means for you (including the cost of borrowing, Basel III and accounting for leases) |
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Social media marketing and the law: an overview of the relevant legal principles and risks, including the new ASA CAP Code provisions effective from 1 March 2011 |
Ashley Hurst | Click for Slides |
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Commercial boilerplate quiz: a practical look at recent case law developments and how these impact on day to day drafting |
Rob Bratby Claire Walker |
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Convergence: does it add up? Highlights from Olswang’s 2011 Convergence Survey |
John Enser |
Rather than attempt to summarise everything, I thought I’d pull out from the morning a couple of take-away issues that impact telecoms and technology.
The first was the observation that as banks were diversifying their lending books that some banks with historic over-exposure to real-estate were nevertheless open for business to borrowers from the TMT sector. The second was the impact of the extension of the CAP code to social media – the full impact of which has yet to play out. The final thought was the continued life of linear TV programming – isn’t it interesting that although technology may enable us to watch whatever we like, whenever we like, human psychology still prefers watching programmes with friends so you have someone to chat to?