International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG)

Employment law updates continue to emerge across the globe. Legal clarity, expert analysis, and the latest case law - all in one indispensable guide - are more essential than ever. The International Comparative Legal Guide - Employment & Labour Law 2025 is now available to read online ??https://lnkd.in/eHZrkphZ This year's edition has been produced in association with Stefan Martin and Jo Broadbent of Hogan Lovells, and covers employment and labour regulations across 30 jurisdictions. Additionally, this edition contains two expert analysis chapters exploring the working conditions for women and gig workers in Japan, and an analysis of major employment law decisions and policy decisions in India. Thank you to all contributing firms: Hogan Lovells | Mori Hamada & Matsumoto | Singhania & Partners LLP | HASSAN RADHI & ASSOCIATES | Stibbe | Lopes Muniz Advogados | Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP | King & Wood Mallesons | Shehata & Partners | Latournerie Wolfrom & Associés | michels.pmks Rechtsanw?lte Partnerschaft mbB | Boateng-Addo, N. Nketiah & Associates | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS Law Firm | Bird & Bird | AZB & Partners | ARMA Law | Lawfirm Sedam | Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates | De la Vega & Martínez Rojas, S.C. | ACG International | Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie | SANDS Advokatfirma DA | SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan | Kochański & Partners | Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm | Drew & Napier LLC | Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Inc. | Monereo Meyer Abogados | NORMA Advokater | Schellenberg Wittmer | Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. #EmploymentLaw

?? Court orders online gambling company to honour million-pound payout after it justified its refusal by claiming jackpot notification was the result of a computer error. The successful claimant was represented by Mark Baldock of Twenty Essex, instructed by Coyle White Devine. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/eCChXh-M

?? A banker who was central to the multimillion-dollar tuna bond scandal has swerved a custodial sentence after a New York judge praised his cooperation with US authorities. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/exsHGqHA

?? Drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech infringed Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine patents, rules Düsseldorf court, with Moderna represented by Dr. Nina Bayerl, Dr. Frank-Erich Hufnagel, Elena Hennecke, Vanessa Romy Werlin, Anton Porsche and Dr. Denise Gruber of Freshfields. Ella Fincken reports. https://lnkd.in/eKqaDT_9

?????? In the industry chapter of this year's International Comparative Legal Guide - Isurance & Reinsurance, Toby Clark and David Powell of Lloyd's Market Association review the increasing?risk of physical damage caused by malicious cyber acts, and describe?a novel coverage approach set out in two recent Lloyd’s Market Association model endorsements (LMA5478A and LMA5479A) that may be of interest to professionals in this field of insurance. The full review is free to read, online and can be found here ?? https://lnkd.in/gUmSwTTV #LMA #InsuranceLaw

?? Despite the EU Omnibus Package watering down ESG compliance requirements, US businesses are still not happy. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/eru-qPzK

?? Arizona's 2022 ban on abortions over 15 weeks' gestation has been overturned with the legal limit restored to 'foetal viability' (around 22 to 24 weeks) after the state's superior court ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, restoring women's right to choose what to do with their own bodies. ACLU Ella Fincken reports. https://lnkd.in/e_3hKgnf

?? Win for the UK government in the Court of Appeal as British Gas and E.ON fail in their challenge to the transfer of Bulb Energy's business to Octopus Energy at the height of the energy crisis. The successful Secretary of State was represented by Jason Koppel KC and Patrick Halliday of 11KBW, and Malcolm Birdling and Alastair Richardson of Brick Court Chambers, instructed by the Government Legal Department and Hogan Lovells. Interested party Octopus Energy was represented by Lord Pannick KC and Will Bordell of Blackstone Chambers, instructed by CMS. Rob Harkavy reports. https://lnkd.in/etnAYXfr

?? M&A lawyer Sylvain Dhennin has said his final goodbye to Hogan Lovells and joined Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner in London. Ella Fincken reports. https://lnkd.in/evCn7yNG

?? Frequently and inaccurately described as “French discovery”, Article 145 procedure, or “145”, is a fundamental mechanism in French procedural law. This provision allows parties, under specific conditions, to request judicial intervention to conduct pretrial investigatory measures to secure or obtain evidence.?It provides claimants with the ability to seek a court order for preserving or establishing evidence they would otherwise be unable to obtain.?In practice, it also serves as a tool to assess the viability of a claim based on the evidence secured, before initiating proceedings. In their expert analysis chapter, Patrice Grenier and Alexandre Pouray of Grenier Avocats take a deep dive into compulsory disclosure of evidence?prior to litigation in French law. Read the full chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guide - Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2025 ?? https://lnkd.in/ex9MpxzY #Litigation