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News 5 mai 2020
Kennedys promotes thirteen to global partnership
We are delighted to confirm the promotion of thirteen lawyers to our partnership across practice areas including commercial, employment and healthcare, as well as specialist areas of insurance and liability that include cyber, property and construction, professional liability, travel, abuse and fraud. Eight of those promoted are based in the UK, with four in the US and one in Australia. Our worldwide partner count is now 264.
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News 1 mai 2020
Kennedys celebrates office anniversary by launching Sheffield healthcare practice with new partner hire
We are pleased to announce that we have hired healthcare partner, Tom Armstrong, to head up a new healthcare team based in our Sheffield office, which opened in 2010. Tom, who joins from Browne Jacobson, will lead a team in Sheffield able to defend clinical negligence claims against GPs, NHS Trusts and private healthcare providers. Tom will be working closely with our healthcare lawyers in Birmingham, Cambridge and London.
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News 8 abr 2020
Meet the Claims Handling Team
Taunton-based partner Vittorio Cinque is responsible for managing our claims handling team and, in order to find out more about what the team does and how they can help clients, we had a quick catch-up while he has been working remotely.
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Case review 7 abr 2020
Morrisons in the Supreme Court: data breach implications for D&Os
On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court held that Morrisons was not vicariously liable for an extensive data breach intentionally caused by a disgruntled employee.
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News 30 mar 2020
Strong growth prompts Melbourne move to larger premises
Following two years of solid growth, Kennedys in Australia is pleased to announce that we have moved to new premises in Melbourne Central Tower.
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Article 5 mar 2020
The Unexpected Indemnity: cautionary tales from cyber’s front-line
Over the past few months, many of you will have been asked to carry out some ‘horizon scanning’ to identify the trends that we are likely to see in the coming year.
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Article 5 mar 2020
Brazil’s data protection law will transform risk landscape
In 2018, the Brazilian Data protection law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados - LGPD) passed by the legislature and, in August 2018, the former Brazilian President – Michel Temer – assented to this law.
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Case review 20 fev 2020
Prioritising privilege: the importance of legal privilege in cyber incidents
The Court of Appeal’s decision this week in the Financial Reporting Council Ltd v Sports Direct International Plc is a timely reminder of the importance of legal privilege, which particularly resonates in the data protection/cyber sector.
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Article 17 fev 2020
De-crypting targets of freezing orders: cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies are relatively recent innovations. While the common law appears to be evolving in line with the technology, statute and regulation are moving at a much slower pace. We must therefore consider that, although cryptocurrencies can be the subject of freezing orders, should they be?
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Article 5 fev 2020
Non-affirmative cyber risk: phase 2 classes of business
On 29 January 2020, Lloyd’s published Market Bulletin Y5277 containing an update in respect of its approach to non-affirmative cyber risk. Lloyd’s strategy for the oversight of cyber risks will ultimately require all policies to exclude or provide affirmative coverage for cyber risks.