by Dianne Bayley | May 6, 2020 | Workplace 2020
During grappling with a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 South Africa’s credit rating was also downgraded to below investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service, write Safiyya Patel and Jayshall Vassen, from Webber Wentzel. This is likely...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
Covid-19 – the virus shaking the world – is rapidly increasing the number of employees who work remotely… and cyber-criminals await, write Jodi Hardy and Cindy Leibowitz, from Webber Wentzel. This mass exodus of employees from the “more...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 7, 2020 | Security and Legal
In business, handwritten signatures are required on nearly every document but in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak it has become almost impossible to obtain multiple original handwritten signatures on the same document. But the need to keep the economy going means...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 31, 2020 | Security and Legal
One only has to look back in history to appreciate the extent to which necessity is indeed the mother of invention, says Bernadette Versfeld, Partner at Webber Wentzel. It may come as a surprise to many that some of the greatest inventions were the product of...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 30, 2020 | Security and Legal
Patented technology holds the key to many solutions that assist medical professionals daily in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, writes Tim Ball and Naseema Sonday of Webber Wentzel. In this context, we look at several issues relating to enforcement of patents...