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Matching legal service providers and consumers

Matthew Briggs considers what the legal sector can learn from black cabs, holiday homes, and online dating services 

How your people dictate 'your future direction

Hiring staff who will fit into the model you want your business to follow is critical to sustaining growth, believes Viv Williams

Due diligence in 'mergers and acquisitions

For sellers, a thorough disclosure exercise will deal with any issues at the source and is the best way to avoid a claim, explains Ian Vicary

Celebrity rights across the pond

Reports of the Paris fashion retailer ElevenParis being ?on the receiving end of a lawsuit jointly filed by five ?of American's biggest music A-listers – Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Jay Z, ?and Rihanna – has reignited interest in the protection of famous personalities' global merchandise rights. 

Taming the in-house IT guru

Russell Conway says managing partners must understand the latest advances in technology

Fair is foul and foul is fair?

The Supreme Court's tackling of the law on contractual penalties will have businesses revisiting their liquidated damages clauses, explains Theo Barclay

Courts must prepare for 'barrage' of guilty pleas

New sentencing guidelines could see businesses entering early pleas to avoid £20m fines, says health and safety expert

Competing interests in 'commercial property

Denize Akbulut, Katherine Ochynski, and Hannah Rickard consider a case on pre-pack administrations, an ownership dispute, and the consultation on energy efficient taxes