Best legal reads of the week: April 20-24
Published on 24th Apr 2015
In this week’s edition of Osborne Clarke’s best reads, we pick out the key themes for employers coming out of the upcoming general election, take a look at the EU’s digital single market strategy and discuss Google’s latest algorithm changes.
Here are the must read posts of the week…
Following our alerts on the key themes for employers coming out of the general election, the manifestos are out and with more and more promises and pledges being made see our “by party” highlights for employers in this blog post.
6 March 2015 marked the first anniversary of the coming into force of Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, which froze the assets of certain members of the former government of Ukraine and was passed by the Council of the European Union in response to the escalating violence in Ukraine. Over a year on, the EU continues to pass sanctions legislation (with direct effect in EU member states) and looks set to continue to do so. Read the full article here.
On 6 May 2015 the European Commission will unveil its comprehensive “Digital Single Market Strategy”. Taking “ambitious legislative steps towards a connected digital single market” was a key part of Jean-Claude Juncker’s campaign to be President of the European Commission. Now that his Commission is in place, this has become a centrepiece of the Commission’s 2015 Work Programme. Read more about it here.
Smart grid technology will make our power transmission networks fit for the 21st century, balancing energy supply and demand and incorporating renewable sources of energy more effectively. read the blog post on our smart cities site here.
In this post, Robert Wood and Mathias Loertscher have devised the top ten tips to prepare for a VC fundraising. Read it in full on LinkedIn here.
On the 21 April Google changed their algorithms to favour websites that are well-adapted to mobile platforms, Simon Marshall, Head of brand and communications at Osborne Clarke discusses the changes and how law firms must adapt to stay at the top of the search rankings. Read the full article in The Lawyer here.
