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WBD strengthens white collar crime expertise with new partner hire in London
14 Mar 2019
WBD has appointed Audrey Koh as a partner in the firm's London office. Specialising in white collar crime, Audrey will strengthen the firm's key sectors of expertise, in particular Financial Institutions, Energy and Natural Resources, Pharma, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Real Estate and Technology.
WBD opens Houston office to support growth in key sectors
30 Jan 2019
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has opened a new office in Houston to expand its offering in the global energy, advanced manufacturing, technology and life sciences sectors. Central to the firm’s growth strategy, the Houston office will initially launch with four new partners. These partners will support clients with transactional, intellectual property and litigation needs.
Brexit and… trade secrets
22 Oct 2018
Following publication of the 'agreed' text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement (the "Draft Text") between the United Kingdom ("UK") and the remainder of the European Union ("EU") on 19 March 2018, our intellectual property ("IP") team has produced a suite of briefings on key aspects of the likely implications of Brexit for IP rights and systems across the EU, to inform our clients what changes they will need to consider making to their existing IP strategies and protocols to continue dealing in post-Brexit UK and Europe. The topic of this note is how Brexit will impact confidential information and trade secrets.
BMS Repackaged: European court limits the application of established conditions for re-packaging when adding small labels to parallel imported goods
16 Aug 2018
The free movement of capital, people, services, and goods are the four fundamental pillars upon which the European Union ("EU") stands. The free movement of goods across the EU often creates friction with trade mark owners wanting to control how third parties deal with goods bearing their trade marks.
New competition partner for Womble Bond Dickinson
23 May 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has recruited competition partner Andrij Jurkiw from Mishcon de Reya where he was Head of Competition. Andrij specialises in UK & EU Competition Law and works across all sectors with particular experience of the FMCG, food, building materials, basic chemicals, recruitment, pharma, real estate, technology and transport sectors.
When will an employer be assumed to know that an employee is disabled?
22 Feb 2018
If an employee is disabled, an employer has a duty to make reasonable adjustments for them, under the provisions of the Equality Act 2010. That duty only arises if the employer either knows, or could reasonably be expected to know (para 20 Schedule 8 EqA) that the individual has a disability, and is "likely to be placed at a disadvantage" in comparison to someone who does not have a disability.
Perception is reality?
08 Feb 2018
In the case of Chief Constable of Norfolk –v- Coffey (UKEAT/0260/16/BA), the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that an employer directly discriminated on the ground of disability where it perceived that an employee's hearing loss may well become a disability in the future.
Womble Bond Dickinson launches – the transatlantic law firm close to home
01 Nov 2017
Effective today, UK-based Bond Dickinson LLP and US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP have combined to create Womble Bond Dickinson. Announced in June 2017, the combination builds on the successful strategic alliance announced by the two firms in 2016, creating a Global Top 100 firm by annual revenue ($410 million/£340million).
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