Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Podcasts

Tobias Brinkmann, Miriam Everett and Sian McKinley explore the charged topic of monitoring staff via technology and assessing how such trends are changing the nature of work. Speakers: Tobias Brinkmann (Counsel), Miriam Everett (Partner), Sian McKinley (Senior Associate)

In our latest podcast on diversity in pensions, Lynda Whitney, Partner at Aon and Susan Hoare, Partner and Head of Trustee Governance Service at Aon discuss their new Practical Diversity & Inclusion Guide for Trustees with Partner and Head of Employment, Pensions and Incentives, Samantha Brown. During the conversation, Lynda and Susan share: examples of the sorts of diversity and inclusion iss...

Listen to the inaugural podcast launching our Women in Tech series. In this monthly interview series we host a virtual fireside chat with a leading female figure in the technology sector to discuss their personal experience of working in the industry and their take on current opportunities and potential challenges. This month Alexandra Neri has had the pleasure of speaking with Google's Maria...

As many organisations grapple with historical claims and the aggressive approach being adopted by the regulator, the Fair Work Ombudsman, this podcast briefing will provide practical guidance and insights for employers, including what we are seeing in relation to underpayment issues, self-reporting and our experience using external accounting firms to conduct compliance audits, and what do manager...

In the latest episode of our Public Law Podcast, Andrew Lidbetter, Nusrat Zar and Vikram Sachdeva QC of 39 Essex consider the Government’s recent consultation on judicial review following the Independent Review of Administrative Law submitted in January.  You can read more about the issues discussed in this episode in the following blog posts: HSF responds to Government’s Consultation on Judicial...

We take stock the status of corporate enforcement actions so far in 2021 under long-arm anti-corruption (US FCPA/UK Bribery Act) and anti-competition legislations/ regulations, and consider whether and how the enforcement agencies' approach might change in the remainder of the year and beyond. Should compliance teams be concerned and what can they be doing now? In the third episode of our Jap...

In episode five, listen to part two of our panel event “Will tech eat our cities?” which was hosted in Sydney, Australia on 8 June 2021. Panel host Nicholas Carney (Infrastructure Partner) is joined by local guests Amy Brown (Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW), Avi Naidu (Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures) and Tibor Schwartz, Senior Advisor, Asset Management, QIC Global infrastructure) to c...

In episode four, listen to part one of our panel event “Will tech eat our cities?” which was hosted in Sydney, Australia on 8 June 2021. Our hosts Nicholas Carney (Infrastructure Partner) and Peter Jones (Technology Partner) are joined by local guests Amy Brown (Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW), Avi Naidu (Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures) and Tibor Schwartz (Senior Advisor, Asset Manage...

In episode 5, Emma and Rebekah are joined by their HSF colleague, Aaron Hayward, to talk about the recent decision on copyright and trade mark infringement in proceedings initiated by AGL over a Greenpeace advertising campaign targeting AGL.

In this episode, Harry Edwards, Peter Butler and Kara Butler will discuss how to respond to a class action threat and the immediate steps that companies should take.

In our monthly update podcast, we look at key recent judgments likely to be of interest to financial institutions. This episode is hosted by John Corrie, a partner in our banking litigation team, who is joined by Ceri Morgan and special guest Annabel Davis. You can find links to our blog posts on the cases covered in this podcast below:•Court of Appeal confirms that the Quincecare duty does not ex...

カルテル調査とリーニエンシー制度—国内外の最新動向（日本語版） 当事務所シニア・アソシエイト、 ジョエル・ルーベン が森・濱田松本法律事務所のパートナーである 高宮雄介弁護士 を特別にお招きして、日本国内外におけるカルテル調査とリーニエンシー制度の最近の動向について意見を交わします。 HSF Tokyo senior associate Joel Rheuben is joined by Yusuke Takamiya , a partner at leading Japanese law firm Mori Hamada...

Fences and ambulances: Disputes between IT customers and suppliers. The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks. In part 1, we discuss the t...

Fences and ambulances: Fences at the top – mitigating risk early and often. The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks. In part two we cons...

Fences and ambulances: Ambulances at the bottom – dealing with when it goes wrong. The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks. In part 3, w...

In episode three, infrastructure partner Nicholas Carney is joined by partners Silke Goldberg and Timothy Stutt from our global ESG leadership team, to discuss why ESG is a core element of city planning and to bring you examples of how different cities from across the world are embracing ESG to build back better.

Looking beyond the pandemic, we discuss our key predictions for consumer M&A in 2021.Speakers: Malika Chandrasegaran, Partner, Sydney and Joseph Fisher, Partner, Tokyo

In episode 4, Emma and Rebekah are joined by corporate tax expert, Michael Anderson of Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills to talk about the proposed patent box regime announced in the recent Federal budget, and unpack what is going on behind the proposal.

HSF Tokyo senior associate Joel Rheuben is joined by Yusuke Takamiya , a partner at leading Japanese law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, to discuss recent developments in cartel investigation and leniency practices. Recent amendments to Japan's Antimonopoly Law have provided the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) with wider discretion in setting cartel fines, with the aim of encouraging gre...

In episode 3, Emma and Rebekah talk “geographical indications” – what are they, why are they hitting the news, and what has it all got to do with cheese and honey?

Trends in Advertising Claims in China - Is there a fine line between yes and no? Consumer behaviour continues to be impacted by COVID-19, with the ‘homebody economy’ seemingly here to stay in 2021. We discuss the resulting trends in advertising claims in China, for example the increasing link between “clean” and “safe” for household care products. Misleading claims may lead to regulatory investiga...

In this eighth episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we will give a brief update on developments relating to jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments post-Brexit, and on disclosure, as well as considering recent cases on witness evidence, the without prejudice rule, and when the courts will hand down judgment despite the parties having agreed a settlement. We will al...

In episode two of our Future Cities podcast, partner Nicholas Carney is joined by Lewis McDonald (Global Head of Energy) and Matthew White (Head of Planning, London), to discuss the pressing need to make our energy consumption more efficient and cut emissions as our cities continue to grow.

This episode will explore the recent copyright case involving Clive Palmer and his use of the Twisted Sister hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” including what arguments were raised in defence of the copyright infringement claim and the nature of the final remedies. Click here to read our IP team’s overview of this case.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an inevitable impact on operational challenges for businesses, including commonly covered issues such as technical limitations and maintaining business continuity. One area that has not escaped the changes brought about by the pandemic is the conduct of investigations. Businesses conducting investigations, already facing a number of competing demands on their resource...