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  • 14 August 2020
  • Employment

ICO Fines – Don’t fall foul of the rules

Back in March, Cathay Pacific were fined £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data.his used to be the largest fine that the ICO could impose under the Data Protection Act 1998 but the Data Protection Act 2018 now allows for a fine of anywhere up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is greater.

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  • 12 August 2020
  • Employment

Confidentiality Clauses in Settlement Agreements and NDA’s – has anything changed?

It is well known that a select number of individuals and companies used confidential clauses in Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) and Settlement Agreements to prevent the reporting of misconduct to organisations

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  • 12 August 2020
  • Employment

The Increased Prevalence of Settlement Agreements

A settlement agreement is a contract entered into by an employer and employee whereby the employee agrees to waive certain claims they may have in return for some form of consideration. Usually the agreement will involve an end to the employment relationship but not always.

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  • 11 August 2020
  • Employment

Successful court case for unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and equal pay

The Clarkslegal employment team lead by Managing Partner, Monica Atwal were pleased to support Nadine in her successful unfair dismissal, sex discrimination and equal pay case against Splunk.

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  • 10 August 2020
  • Employment

The CBI’s 6-step action plan for “no surprise” local lockdowns

At the end of July we saw the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, make a last-minute announcement on Twitter of new local lockdown impositions, which were due to come into force less than three hours after his tweet had been posted online. The way in which the Government

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  • 06 August 2020
  • IP and Commercial

Series A Funding in the Current Climate – Not all Doom and Gloom?

It is generally accepted that Series A funding is crucial to the development and scale up of early stage business. Funding generally was very competitive prior to lock down, but with the obvious economic pressures brought about by Covid-19, what is the view moving forward and how does a business seeking such funding best prepare for investment discussion?

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