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For many in-house lawyers, participating in pro bono has become complex, with legislative and insurance restrictions and limited opportunities to participate. This DLA Piper guide offers comprehensive advice on how to enable companies to participate in pro bono projects or partnerships.

The payments industry is facing an influx of regulatory change to prepare for expected growth. In this article, DLA Piper's Michael McKee and Gavin Punia review the regulatory changes so far, what those changes mean for businesses and the impact that further change may have on the industry.

DLA Piper's legal privilege handbook 2012 provides an introduction to the scope and legal basis for lawyers' privileges in 27 European countries. In addition, the handbook answers to what extent lawyers' privileges, subject to domestic law, will have for lawyers who are not nationally qualified.

This series of updates from DLA Piper helps identify 'make or break' legal issues in international trade and the steps which can be taken to minimise risks to businesses. This particular briefing looks at the Eurozone crisis and the future of the Euro in global supply chain management.

Outsourcing projects are often complex and do not always go as planned. However, there are some clearly identifiable factors or features which will be likely to significantly increase the chances of a successful outcome. This briefing seeks to pull out some of the most prominent examples.

As of 31 March 2012, certain non-US investment advisers will be required for the first time to be registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. DLA Piper outline the three main exemptions from registration and the implications of registration.

Flexibility in sourcing contracts is becoming even more important in the current economic climate. In this article, DLA Piper provide a number of tricks that can be used to build flexibility into deals and to guard against being accidentally locked into a brittle, unworkable contract.

On Monday 19th December, the Government announced that it was accepting the main recommendations of the report of the Independent Commission on Banking. DLA Piper's Michael McKee outlines the main elements of the requirements and why the decision is a "significant setback for UK banks."

On 16 December 2011, members of the WTO adopted Russia's terms of entry, culminating the country's 18-year effort to join the multilateral trading system. This briefing summarises the main effects of WTO membership for Russia and the new trade rules with which it will have to comply.

The Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in the case of Spaceright Europe Limited v Baillavoine which clarifies the law on the circumstances in which a dismissal will be connected with a transfer of an undertaking and therefore automatically unfair under the TUPE regulations 2006.