Chambers Newsletter | February Updates
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This month’s Chambers newsletter covers the latest Global Practice Guides, articles, podcasts, and videos from State of the Market and Expert Focus, as well as all our upcoming events and submission deadlines.
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Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers State of the Market and Chambers Expert Focus
Our Global Practice Guides are yearly online guides that include articles written by legal experts around the world in many areas of business law. The articles in our guides are in-depth commentaries from the best in their field, and because they come from lawyers on every continent, they allow the reader to compare the legislation and procedures described in these articles across different jurisdictions.
Chambers Expert Focus provides multimedia content (articles, videos, and podcasts) featuring legal professionals who offer fresh and concise insight into international legal practices.
Trending in Global Practice Guides
HR Internal Investigations 2025
Published on 5th February 2025
“In many jurisdictions, employers have certain obligations to protect employees. Typically, such obligations may include the protection of employees’ personality rights, including health and safety. In some jurisdictions, such obligations may be further nuanced”. This recently added new e-guide to the Chambers catalogue explores the obligations that businesses in private and public employment in several key jurisdictions should guarantee to their staff; among the topics covered in this book are data protection and the proceedings carried out during an internal investigation in case of allegations and complaints by either counterparty.
Defamation & Reputation Management 2025
Published on 11th February 2025
“Clients are facing unprecedented risks to privacy, reputation and security as powerful tech brands dominate the media and our data and communications.”
Now that the dissemination of information is no longer provided solely by radio, TV and the printed press but also by commonly used electronic devices, this brand new title explains how practitioners try to safeguard our private information and freedom of expression posted on all digital platforms, stressing the need for greater diplomacy and accuracy whenever we communicate via these channels.
Employee Incentives 2025
Published on 26th February 2025
“To be profitable and drive business performance, companies need great people. Pay is fundamental to any employment relationship and will often play a material part in someone’s decision to stay in or leave a role.” As confirmed by Sonia Gilbert, the guide’s Contributing Editor from Clifford Chance UK, incentives “… play a significant role in motivating employees to perform at their best”, now more than ever. In the current competitive job market, it is essential to understand remuneration at work, which is the fundamental means used to recognise and praise the hard efforts, commitment and value of the workforce in every company. We hope this new Chambers e-guide serves as an informative tool to explore rewards, performance, and individual objectives, which can drive employees towards enhanced productivity, performance, and innovation within their organisations.
Coming Soon
- Private Credit 2025 – to be published on 5 March 2025
Another original title in the Chambers family delves into the alternative loans granted to businesses and private investors.
- Real Estate Litigation 2025 – to be published on 12 March 2025
This is also a brand-new e-book which covers all the legal proceedings relating to the estate market.
- Crises Management 2025 – to be published on 26 March 2025
An additional original guide about how to proceed when an organisation and its stakeholders are potentially threatened or at risk.
Editor’s Choice
As recommended by our editors, please find below a Trends & Development article from the law firm Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir LLP, USA.
As the international hub of celebrity culture, California has traditionally been at the cutting edge of defamation and reputation management litigation. Local LA law firm Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir’s overview of recent trends and developments in this area for Chambers’ new Defamation & Reputation Management 2025 guide explores the impacts of California’s expanded protections for sexual assault victims on litigation brought by the accusers and the accused in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The star-studded article also looks at celebrities’ increasing use of pseudonymous pleading and pre-suit discovery to shape the narrative in court and the press, as well as the latest flurry of legislation passed by the California legislature in its race to regulate deepfake technology in expressive works.
As recommended by our editors, please find below a Trends & Development article contributed by VeraLaw from the Philippines.
China claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, through which a third of global maritime trade passes. Given that the USA is a treaty ally of the Philippines, the threat of conflict hangs over the islands. Moreover, with climate change increasing the severity of typhoons, the archipelago has had to cope with more and more strandings and oil spills in its waters and a corresponding increase in claims. The Philippines provides over 30% of crew to international ships. A new “Magna Carta for Seafarers” aims to strike a balance between the protection of seafarers and employers.
Chambers Global Practice Guides State of the Market
Patent Litigation
This month, we shared a view of the Patent Litigation market with legal expert Andreas von Fal of Hogan Lovells, who, in this discussion, investigates recent changes in the field and looks at how the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will play a huge role for EU patent enforcements.
Listen to the episode here
Trade Marks & Copyright
Dale Cendali from Kirkland & Ellis provides commentary on the interaction of First Amendment-protected parody with trade mark law. In this discussion, Dale shares how copyright laws can protect tattoos.
Listen to the episode here
What’s new in Expert Focus
Recent Developments in Football: EU Court Rulings Balancing the Unique Nature of Sport and EU Law
The football scene in the countries belonging to the European Union is about to be shaken up by the introduction of amendments to the sport’s regulatory framework. In this article, Bruno Lebrun and Candice Lecharlier of Belgian law firm Janson look at recent judgments from the EU’s top court, which aim at recalibrating practices performed by organisations and governing bodies while also addressing legislation relating to the players’ best interests contracts and management. While these reforms are believed to shape the future of the popular and much-loved ‘beautiful game’, they might also potentially set a precedent for other sports worldwide.
Intellectual Property Enforcement in Mexico
In this revelatory video, lawyers Manuel Morante and Diana Martínez of Arochi & Lindner provide an overview of how intellectual property laws are enforced in Mexico but also describe the country’s difficulties in prosecuting IP crimes because of loopholes, a lack of judicial precedent and weak local enforcement mechanisms. In the video, Morante and Martinez explain these and other challenges reporting, for instance, how, during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the previous Mexican government would deprioritise checks and fines against counterfeit goods such as medicines and vaccines to be used against the virus. We are also informed that the election of a new presidential administration in the country might hopefully signify a positive shift in the prosecution of IP crimes by fighting piracy and ensuring reinforced protection for the economic interests of rights holders.
Chambers Expert Focus Podcast
Listen to our informative Chambers Expert Focus podcasts, which include legal experts sharing their knowledge and analysing key themes and market trends.
Chambers Events
Chambers UK Awards 2025
Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s inaugural Chambers UK Awards at Landing Forty Two. It was a great celebration of legal excellence and a night to remember. Photos from the ceremony can be found here.
Thank you again to our sponsors: Harvey and LawPage , and our event Charity Partner, Children on the Edge.
Chambers Africa Awards 2025
Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Chambers Africa Awards yesterday. We want to congratulate all those nominated and who won. You can view the winners here.
The ceremony is available to watch on-demand here.
Thank you to our event sponsors ETAH-NAN & Co and Miranda & Associados
Chambers Brazil Events
Chambers Events is pleased to be returning to Brazil in March for the annual forums and Brazil Awards. Details for each event can be found below:
Chambers São Paulo Fórum 2025
Join us at Hotel Unique for this full-day forum on Wednesday, 19 March 2025. This year’s event is designed to be more interactive than ever! For the first time, we’re introducing breakout discussions, allowing attendees to dive deeper into the most pressing legal topics, engage in focused conversations, and gain insights tailored to their practice. More information about this year’s event and how to register can be found here.
Chambers Brazil Awards 2025
On Thursday, 20 March, at Hotel Unique, we will host the annual Brazil Awards, which highlight the achievements of lawyers and law firms over the past 12 months. The complete shortlist of nominees can be viewed here.
Secure your table today by getting in touch with Fabio Schülter, at fabio.schulter@chambers.com.
Chambers Brasília Fórum 2025
On Monday, 24 March, we will return to Brasília for the second time to host a full-day forum. This year’s event will focus on Navigating Brazil’s legal landscape, with the goal of providing better legal stability to clients, investors, and the legal market as a whole.
Join us at B Hotel Brasília for a day of engaging legal discussions. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to network with networking coffee sessions, lunch, and a post-event drinks reception.
This year’s topics include:
- Advocacy before the STF and STJ – Virtual plenary, oral arguments and filtering the relevance of the federal issue
- The use of AI by the Supreme and Superior Courts and the impact on the lawyers’ work
- Protegendo a Propriedade Intelectual no Brasil – navegando pelos desafios de patentes em vários setores, incluindo energia renovável, produtos farmacêuticos, gambling and betting, e entretenimento
Secure your registration here.
Chambers Rio de Janeiro Fórum 2025
To close out our Brazil tour, we are delighted to be returning to Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, 27 March, at the Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana. This year’s forum will focus on Improving the business environment and encouraging investments in Brazil – key legal developments that will bring more transparency, efficiency and consistency to the legal system .
Topics for this year’s Rio de Janeiro forum include but are not limited to:
- Low-carbon hydrogen, Fuel of the Future and Paten: energy transition trends in Brazil compared to global trends
- Protecting Intellectual Property in Brazil – navigating patenting challenges across various sectors, including renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, gambling and betting, and entertainment
You can secure your registration here.
Upcoming submission deadlines:
- Chambers Latin America – 3 March
- Chambers Global – 19 March
- Chambers France – 19 March
- Chambers Germany – 19 March
- Chambers Asia-Pacific – 21 March
- Chambers Canada – 25 March
