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Paige Coulter & Julianne Hughes-Jennett map out the risky landscape of greenwashing regulation

‘Downstream’ CO₂ emissions & causation: Dr Douglas Maxwell analyses the judgments of a divided Supreme Court

In this week’s NLJ, Thomas Snider, partner, and Dalal Alhouti, knowledge development lawyer, at Charles Russell Speechlys, pick the most significant factors currently affecting this competitive field

Colin Hulme, Head of IP at Burness Paull, considers the impact of ESG programmes on the observance of copyright by corporates

Bravery is the key to ensuring you don’t end up daubed in greenwash, says Andrew Magowan

‘Every time I see this focus on sustainability regulations, I want to scream,’ General Counsel Andrew Magowan, from law firm The Legal Director, writes in this week’s NLJ. ‘At best, it’s a wasted opportunity. But at worst, it’s a dereliction of our duties as lawyers’

Law firms should be alert to ‘greenwashing’ risks, and should not describe themselves as ‘sustainable’ unless partners are confident this claim can stand up to external scrutiny.

Dispute resolution uses an astonishing amount of carbon resources, and it’s time to make it more environmentally sustainable, barrister Dr Mike Wilkinson and commercial director of AI-powered litigation platform TrialView, Eimear McCann write in this week’s NLJ.

Is litigation in its current form consistent with the UK’s carbon reduction commitments? Dr Mike Wilkinson & Eimear McCann make the case for rule reform

Everyone’s talking about ESG (environmental, social and governance), and regulatory change afoot in the EU and US will significantly expand the reporting obligations of companies with operations in either region.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough

Magic Circle hire strengthens Sharpe Pritchard’s infrastructure finance capability

Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez

Lewis Silkin adds corporate crime specialist to growing dispute resolution team

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous

Morr Co strengthens private client team with partner appointment

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NLJ this week: Fairness or formula? Rethinking discipline for dishonest lawyers

Should every solicitor found to have acted dishonestly face automatic striking off? The answer, argues John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke LLP in NLJ this week, is no

NLJ this week: Sovereign immunity still blocks award enforcement

Winning an arbitral award against a state is one thing; enforcing it is another

NLJ this week: What court losses reveal about government power

Can government success in court tell us whether the rule of law is healthy?

NLJ this week: Courts favour common sense over clumsy clauses

Poorly drafted dispute resolution clauses can trigger litigation before the real dispute is even addressed

NLJ this week: Crypto assets under the divorce spotlight

As cryptocurrency becomes mainstream, family lawyers are increasingly confronting the challenges it creates on divorce

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ESG

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough

Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous