Confidentiality Agreement in UK Law
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Confidentiality Constraints Within Mergers and Acquisitions: Gaining Insights Through a ‘Bubble’ Metaphor*
Mergers and acquisitions are extremely sensitive, both within and outside the organizations involved. Confidentiality agreements are therefore essential for allowing teams the ‘space’ to develop po...... ... The paper identifies a range of personal impacts on the signatories, as well as various dimensions of information transfer despite the agreement being in place. Through the use of a metaphor, the research suggests that a confidentiality agreement has many similarities with the properties and ... ...
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From a Lack of Engagement and Mistrust to Partnership? Public Attitudes to the Disclosure of Sex Offender Information
This paper discusses public attitudes to the current limited disclosure of sex offender scheme in the UK. The study focuses on two ‘countries' of the UK (ie, Northern Ireland and Wales) where, up u...... ... This often results in dis-agreement, misunderstanding between thestate and society (in both micro and ... ...
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Regulated sector professionals and reporting suspicion of money laundering: is it a disproportionate burden?
Purpose: The purpose of the research paper is to determine the efficiency of all crimes approach, their relationship with a risk-based approach and the consequences on regulated sector professional...... ... any breach may occur fromsharing of intelligence restricted by agreement if reporting to Financial Intelligence Unit(FIU) based on bona fide ... ...
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Team Management and Development in Montserrat and Anguilla
The British constitutional and political traditions of the Crown Colonies of Montserrat and Anguilla have been modified by their unique histories, particularly in a common commitment to team manage...... ... of team manage- ment are reciprocity, disposition for agreement, fairness, honesty, mutual trust and confiden- tiality. However the ... ...
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‘Pretaliatory’ Enforcement Action for Chilling Whistleblowing through Corporate Agreements: Lessons from North America
Studies have shown that potential whistleblowers are reluctant to report misconduct because they fear retaliation. In Australia, fear of retaliation is exacerbated for private-sector employees wher...... ... whistleblowing, the breadth of confidentiality undertakings contained therein may ... agreement" or corporate policy to the contrary. ... I INTRODUCTION A \xC2" ... ...
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Inter-agency evidence sharing in competition law enforcement
While transnational antitrust enforcement is becoming only more common, the access to foreign-based evidence remains a considerable practical challenge. This article appraises considerations and co...... ... article appraises con-siderations and concerns surrounding confidentiality, and looks into ways of their possibleaccommodation. It further identifies ... with foreign counterparts, also withoutany underlying bilateral agreement and on a non-reciprocal basis. This solution shows that apragmatic and ... ...
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Trust fund: politicians will never win our confidence if the lack of transparency concerning their expenses--and the feeble sanctions against MPs who abuse the system--remain, Danielle Cohen recommends more discipline and rigour in parliamentary affairs.
... ... Anyone who viewed it was required to sign a confidentiality agreement. When Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies refused to sign and ... ...
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Can you keep a secret? As a result of key decisions by the UK's information commissioners, firms competing for public contracts could routinely use the law to extract sensitive data on rival bidders. As "the public interest" increasingly outweighs the case for confidentiality, Neil Hodge considers how to shield your affairs from prying eyes.
... ... law team at Eversheds, the council pension cases are the latest to show that companies can no longer assume that a confidentiality agreement will protect them from having to make disclosures. "This ruling does not say that confidentiality agreements aren't worth the paper they are written ... ...
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Water Accounting Information and Confidentiality in Australia
A key objective of Australia's recent national water reforms is to keep water licence and entitlement holders accountable for the amounts of water they extract, trade and use. Water metering and th...... ... for their consumptive water use and water market objectives are unfulfilled, contrary to the express provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative ('NWI'). This article argues that statutory and pol icy frameworks for water accounting i n most Australian ... ...
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Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd: Limiting the Scope of Gain-Based Damages
... ... the breach concerns a restrictive covenant over land, a confidentiality agreement or intellectual property. In such instances, “[t]he defendant ... ...
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