All Legal Cases articles – Page 5

  • Features

    Bowing to the inevitable

    20 December 2004

    Change is in the air for corporate governance across the globe, and there are plenty of good reasons for that, says Kenneth McKenzie

  • Features

    Stress in the workplace

    15 September 2004

    Helen Hatchek discussed the growing problem of stress and how employers can deal with it

  • Features

    GOING BARE FOR SHAREHOLDERS

    16 March 2004

    Lee Coppack discusses BP's approach to risk and insurance

  • Features

    A Local Outbreak

    15 September 2003

    An unhealthy building can lead to a mini epidemic among employees

  • Features

    The Dark Side Of Charisma

    25 April 2003

    Lee Coppack looks at what went wrong at WorldCom

  • Features

    Is data property?

    11 March 2003

    Conflicting legal decisions on data and software claims suggest that risk managers and their insurers would do well to clarify exactly what property policies cover.

  • Features

    A Risky Business?

    28 January 2003

    Using other people’s trademarks is dangerous. Mark Lomas gives an extra time match report and risk assessment on the case of Arsenal Football Club against Reed

  • Features

    Behind Closed Doors,

    13 January 2003

    When litigation threatens your reputation

  • Features

    Changing Public Perception

    26 September 2002

    Two recent court cases point to product safety increasingly becoming a matter of public expectation

  • Features

    Government-sponsored litigation

    26 September 2001

    US state and city governments are becoming increasingly formidable, and willing, plaintiffs, says Christopher C. Iliff.

  • Features

    New markets, different rules

    26 September 2001

    Having a website may mean you can sell widgets to customers in Outer Mongolia - but do you really want to? David Smellie and Paula Lennon outline the dangers and how to avoid them.

  • Analysis

    Stress claim dismissed

    26 September 2001

    An office manager who brought a claim against her employers for work-related stress has had her case dismissed.

  • Features

    Reassessing longtail exposures

    18 June 2001

    A recent court decision will cause some companies to reassess their liabilities where past operations have exposed their employees and others to asbestos.

  • Features

    Deadly cost of driving

    18 June 2001

    Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.

  • Features

    Don't jeopardise your brand

    18 June 2001

    Every organisation with an identity has a brand that it must manage and protect in order to survive and prosper.

  • Features

    Don't knock lightly

    15 June 2001

    The cost of media campaigns is enormous, and having to abort one is a disaster.

  • Analysis

    USA v Microsoft

    14 June 2001

    Matthias Beck and Lynn Drennan suggest that Microsoft's inability to prevent the break up the software giant could be the risk management failure of the century.

  • Features

    The threat from abroad

    14 June 2001

    If you have subsidiaries in developing countries, you could face unexpected claims, warns Fiona Gill.

  • Analysis

    UK ruling alerts ALARM

    12 June 2001

    The UK House of Lords ruling on 27 July in Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon has important risk management implications for local education authorities and the public sector in general.

  • Features

    Sharewatch

    11 June 2001

    Sam Parkhouse looks at the relationship between strategy and share performance.