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Risk trends ahead

02 February 2022
Issue: 7965 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Risk management
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Evolving societal expectations of business and post-pandemic employee requirements are among four emerging risk trends for legal and compliance over the next two years, according to Gartner Legal and Compliance

Its global report, ‘2022 legal, compliance and privacy hot spots’, highlights how general counsel have a role to play in helping their company understand social expectations. Staff shortages and potential ‘lawyer burnout’ are another risk general counsel should prepare for as employees have re-evaluated their lives during the pandemic.

Companies should also prepare for more geopolitical competition and corporate disruption, which is likely to increase the cost and complexity of regulatory compliance. 

Issue: 7965 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Risk management
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

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NEWS
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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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