News from BAB’s Members, Thought Leadership from BAB Members
Rachel Reeves MP Rachel Reeves MP Addressing Staff thebigword Prepares for Brexit Leeds, United Kingdom, 14th January 2019. With less than 80 days until Britain’s expected departure from the European Union, Global Language Services provider thebigword has been putting in place plans for all eventualities. thebigword works with a network of over 15,000 linguists…
LexisNexis Launches Global Foundation to Advance the Rule of Law January 29, 2019 New Public Charity Dedicated to Engaging in Rule of Law Projects Around the World New York, NY – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced the launch of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, a not-for-profit entity established to further achieve its…
Corporate Travel Pros Rank Delta No. 1 in Business Travel News Airline Survey for 8th Straight Year For a record eighth consecutive year, the corporate travel community has ranked Delta No. 1 among U.S. airlines in the annual Business Travel News Airline Survey. Since BTN first began surveying corporate travel professionals in 1998, no other…
Will the Law of the Future Reflect the Law of the Past? The following article was kindly provided to BAB by Portia Vincent-Kirby, Legal PA & Public Relations, Hudson McKenzie It’s a fact – law is becoming increasingly inundated with the implementation of digitalization into its system on a global scale. This is to the extent…
JobsOhio: First Group of Ohio Companies Join ELITE USA December 5, 2018 10 Ohio companies join ELITE today; follows launch of ELITE USA in Ohio to accelerate growth of midmarket companies ELITE is LSEG’s business support and capital raising initiative helping private companies prepare and structure for their next stage of growth More than…
Why the UK hits the spot for US investors The following article was kindly provided to BAB by Paul Harnick, Global Head of Chemicals & Performance Technologies, KPMG UK American businesses have invested a total of nearly US$600 billion in the UK[1] – and this confidence in the country shows no sign of abating…
Cryptocurrency & Law: Is Global Regulation Possible? The following article was kindly provided to BAB by Portia Vincent-Kirby, Legal PA & Public Relations, Hudson McKenzie It’s been nine years since the release of the world’s first ever ‘Cryptocurrency’, Bitcoin, so how will law adapt towards the new and ever-developing virtual financial system in times to…
Paul Quain, Senior Partner Mark Callaghan, Associate BREXIT – After almost three years, we are still no clearer what is going to happen With just over three months to go until the UK is likely to leave the EU (and, possibly, enters a transitional period which will last until 1 January 2021) it is worth taking…
Julie Missimore Head of Policy – Americas Embracing robotic automation during the evolution of finance We hear it time and time again – we are living in a digital age, a time of great disruption. Things are changing, and fast, and we expect this to be the new norm in the workplace. As innovation ramps…
Rights for Robots: How the Law Could Protect A.I. Over Humans The following article was kindly provided to BAB by Portia Vincent-Kirby, Legal PA & Public Relations, Hudson McKenzie What would happen if by granting Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) a ‘legal person’ status, the law eventually took sides with an artificial creation over a human being?…
