In 2024, significant changes to paternity and maternity leave entitlements were implemented in England, Scotland and Wales. Arbor Law’s Head of Employment, Fiona Morgan outlines changes to family leave to assist employers seeking to comply with the incoming rules.
In today's data-driven world, understanding and effectively managing Subject Access Requests (SARs) is crucial for businesses of all sizes.
A mutual non-disclosure agreement (NDA) template acts as a legal framework that facilitates the secure exchange of sensitive information.
Arbor Law’s Fiona Morgan discusses the governments plans to grant workers in the UK the right to request a compressed four-day working week.
The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act came into force in August 2024. As the UK now sits outside of the EU, it can set its own specific legislation regarding AI. In this follow up to a blog on the EU Act, Arbor Law’s Founding Director Ed Rea looks at the regulatory landscape for AI in the UK.
Arbor Law's founding Director, Ed Rea, examines the implications of the the European Commission's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act for businesses operating within the European Union that use AI in their products and services.
Continuing her series of blogs on changes to the regulatory landscape impacting the travel industry, Sarah Batterbury looks at the upcoming reforms to ATOL protection.
With more and more AI tools and applications coming to market, many organisations are already looking at the official use of AI within their business operations, as well facing the challenge of” shadow use” of AI.
Commercial Technology and Data lawyer and Arbor co-founder Ed Rea looks at recent reports and industry communications relating to cybersecurity. According to a recent report by IBM the average cost of a data breach by businesses in 2023 was an astonishing $4.45 million.
Sarah Batterbury, a commercial lawyer at Arbor Law specialising in the travel tech industry, will be looking at how the legislature is approaching regulating the industry post COVID over a series of blogs.
From 6th April 2024, changes were implemented to Paternity Leave entitlements in England, Scotland and Wales. Arbor Law’s Fiona Morgan addresses these changes to help employers comply with the new rules.
Employers, HR and company directors have much to contemplate when analysing the need for mass redundancies. In this blog, the second of a two-part series, Arbor Law’s Fiona Morgan looks at what they must consider regarding collective redundancies.
The first in a series of articles from Arbor Law’s James Sanford, which examines fundamental issues that any merchant business may need to consider when contracting for payment services.
From 6th April 2024, employees in England, Scotland and Wales will have a new statutory right to Carer’s Leave. Arbor Law’s Fiona Morgan addresses some of the most commonly asked questions to help businesses prepare for this new law.
Arbor Law is proud to announce that co-founder and Director Kate Bennett has today (March 7) been included in the Innovate Finance ‘Women in FinTech Powerlist 2023’.
Redundancies are a regrettable fact of life for companies of all sizes. It is important to get the process right and key to this is employers keeping abreast of regulation. In this two-part series, Arbor Law’s Fiona Morgan looks at the basic approach to making individuals redundant.
Advances in generative AI technology are forcing law-makers around the world to act quickly to try and keep up.
If you’re an angel investor or raising funds for start-up, the exemptions for High Net Worth Individuals and Sophisticated Investors are changing.
Understanding FinTech Legal and Regulatory Variations Across Borders
We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This strategic expansion marks a significant milestone in the firm's commitment to providing exceptional legal services to clients on a global basis.
Introducing the right employment contracts, policies, and procedures goes a long way to ensuring the long-term success and stability of your business.
In the final blog of the Smoother Operations series we will be discussing continuous improvement and how to ensure ensure you and your legal team keep optimising your legal function.
Smoother Operations is our blog series on all things Legal Operations. For the penultimate part of this series, we are looking at governance in Legal Operations and the three pillars of policies, communication and culture.
Understand the legal challenges and solutions surrounding AI and business law from Iain Simmons, Senior Consultant at Arbor Law.
In part two of this mini blog series, Arbor Law’s Data Protection specialist Clara Westbrook discusses the laws surrounding the use of AI and its regulation.
Arbor Law’s Data Protection specialist Clara Westbrook discusses the legal, compliance and security issues you need to be aware of as you harness the ever evolving power of ChatGPT in this article.
The pivotal role of good corporate governance in business and why it's a key determinant of corporate success, sustainability, and trust.
Arbor Law’s Legal Operations expert Neil Smith on how Legal Operations can play a part in making the life of an in-house lawyer better.
FinTech has transformed traditional financial services, harnessing technologies from cloud computing to blockchain and AI leading to a flurry of new laws and regulations.
This month's Smooth Operations series sees Legal Ops specialist Neil Smith talk about how technology is a core part of Legal Operations.
As we head towards end of year exam time and the next generation are pondering careers, we took a moment to chat to some of our team of in-house lawyers at Arbor Law, to find out what they wish they had known before pursuing a career in law.
The way we work has evolved and, even in the most traditional careers alternative paths have sprung up. Find out all you'll need to know if you are considering an alternative law career path and going it as either a freelancer, an interim lawyer or a legal consultant with an alternative model.
The business forecast is more uncertain than ever. Everyone talks about tightening their purse strings and the importance of prioritising, but how can this be applied when it’s your business at stake?
In this month’s Smooth Operations blog, we are chatting to Neil about all things Service Delivery.
A demerger of a company is time-consuming and complicated. Our corporate lawyers guide you through the process and the legal work involved.
Arbor Law was joined recently by seasoned legal operations expert Neil Smith. We spent some time chatting to Neil for his take on everything you need to know when it comes to legal operations.
Staff redundancies can be an unfortunate necessity for business owners in the current economic climate. Our team of employment specialists give their advice on how to handle this difficult task.
Disputes between shareholders can be time-consuming, expensive and an unhealthy distraction from running your business. Find out how to resolve a shareholder dispute.
The importance of big data and data protection continues to grow. Find out how your business can effectively manage data to avoid financial and reputational damage.
You’ve probably heard about NFTs, but maybe you aren’t 100% sure exactly what they are and why they matter… Here’s our introduction to NFTs, what they are and the things you need to know about them.
We might have been talking about “the great resignation” for more than a year, but it was recent events in Westminster that brought the subject of mass resignations home for many businesses across the UK.
Outsourced general counsel are changing the legal game for small businesses
This month we welcome a new senior lawyer to our growing corporate team at Arbor Law.
We’re searching for the best senior lawyers – but isn’t everyone?
We’re continuing our growth in 2022 here at Arbor Law as we welcome Nick Kelly to the team.
Three senior lawyers have joined our team at Arbor as we continue with our growth plans for 2022 and beyond.
Commercial Technology and Data Lawyer and Arbor co-founder Ed Rea summarises recent developments, trends and hot topics in Data Security Law in the following Data Security Law roundup.
Commercial Technology and Data Lawyer and Arbor co-founder Ed Rea summarises recent developments, trends and hot topics in Data Privacy Law in the following Data Privacy law roundup.
Commercial Technology and Data Lawyer and Arbor co-founder Ed Rea summarises some recent developments, trends and hot topics in Tech law in the following Tech law roundup.
The team at Arbor Law have been “virtual lawyers” for many years now, well before so many of us were required to move our entire working worlds online. We have serviced our clients with a mix of hybrid working and often fully virtually for the last decade.
Our co-founder Kate Bennett is a corporate and securities and governance and compliance lawyer who works with corporate clients of all sizes. In this blog, Kate discusses her thoughts when it comes to the all-important partnership between the General Counsel and Non-Executive Directors to ensure good governance.
As a start-up business, investing in a founders' agreement is amongst the most important legal documents to get in place. By our very own co-founder Dan Adams.