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Two months after the introduction of the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 ('Bill') to the Parliament, Caltex has announced an initiative to establish a $20 million assistance fund for workers underpaid by its franchisees.

Bird & Bird's Gambling group is working with the betting and gaming industry to tackle the issue of diversity and inclusion on a global scale with a first of its kind initiative, the All-in Diversity Project. Led by partner, Andy Danson, the team is providing legal support to the All-in Diversity Project - an industry-driven initiative which aims to benchmark diversity, equality and inclusion across the global betting and gaming sector. As the primary resource for all data relating to diversity and inclusion across the sector, the All-in Diversity Project aims to measure, and facilitate an open and objective discussion about diversity across the entire industry on a global scale.

Data is essential to any successful modern franchise. Online sales, electronic and mobile marketing, and advances in analytics offer exciting opportunities for franchisors and franchisees. At their core, these technologies all rely on data.

Welcome to the first edition of Bird & Bird's APAC Frontline, our brand new quarterly newsletter that gives you the low down on the significant changes to have come into effect across Australia, Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Singapore.

Ofgem announced last week that it has made a decision in relation to a number of energy storage systems co-located with Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROC) accredited solar generation sites.

Business contracts have many functions - to define obligations, establish rights and remedies, specify procedures for how the parties interact, and many others. It's the language of the contract which determines the scope of these. Another common feature of many contracts is to give one party the power during contract lifetime to decide a matter affecting the other. (Common examples are: an approval right for an assignment; the right to consent to proposed new uses of intellectual property; or the right to approve the management of a fund. There are countless other examples).

The UK Government has now published its new Data Protection Bill, which will implement derogations and exemptions from the GDPR while closely following the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Third party funding in the context of international arbitration remains a highly relevant issue which is worth re-examining in light of recent changes which have impacted both on the permissibility and recoverability of third funding and will no doubt increase an already voracious appetite for it amongst parties to arbitral proceedings.

The first three rounds of negotiation of the UK's withdrawal agreement between the UK government and the European Commission have now been completed. Representatives of the UK and the Commission are holding negotiation sessions for one week every four weeks, in principle, and the next round is expected to commence on 25 September 2017.

As the competition between states to attract high-growth innovative space companies grows, what gives certain states the edge is a supportive, enabling regulatory framework and an informed regulator.

Bird & Bird's Gambling group is working with the betting and gaming industry to tackle the issue of diversity and inclusion on a global scale with a first of its kind initiative, the All-in Diversity Project. Led by partner, Andy Danson, the team is providing legal support to the All-in Diversity Project - an industry-driven initiative which aims to benchmark diversity, equality and inclusion across the global betting and gaming sector. As the primary resource for all data relating to diversity and inclusion across the sector, the All-in Diversity Project aims to measure, and facilitate an open and objective discussion about diversity across the entire industry on a global scale.

Bird & Bird privacy and data protection associate, Gabe Maldoff, has been selected to join the Arbitration Panel for the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. Members of the Arbitration Panel are selected jointly by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission on the basis of their expertise in EU and US privacy and data protection laws.

International law firm Bird & Bird is advising client Secret Escapes, the members-only flash-sale site offering exclusive deals on hand-picked luxury travel, on its largest corporate acquisition to date.

Two months after the introduction of the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 ('Bill') to the Parliament, Caltex has announced an initiative to establish a $20 million assistance fund for workers underpaid by its franchisees.

Data is essential to any successful modern franchise. Online sales, electronic and mobile marketing, and advances in analytics offer exciting opportunities for franchisors and franchisees. At their core, these technologies all rely on data.

Welcome to the first edition of Bird & Bird's APAC Frontline, our brand new quarterly newsletter that gives you the low down on the significant changes to have come into effect across Australia, Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Singapore.

Bird & Bird The Hague hosts its annual Media Seminar on Tuesday 10 October. There will be two parallel sessions with four different topics: e-Privacy Regulation Reform EU directive AVMS Intermediary liability Update ...

Bird & Bird's Tech & Comms Group are delighted to invite you to our flagship event of the year, our Annual TechLaw Day. We will focus on the legal and commercial issues associated with new and developing areas of technology.

We are seeing the aviation and defence industry being transformed by technology and the digital world. This is a truly exciting time for our sector. This event provides a platform to listen to industry experts, understand what the ...