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Ireland’s Construction Contracts Act 2013 before the courts

Practical Law Construction

Jonathan and I have been writing about Ireland’s Construction Contracts Act 2013 since long before it came into force in 2016. The facts giving rise to that call are relatively straightforward: A joint venture company was set up by the second and third defendants. My take aways.

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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. In other words, companies that have a member of their board with marketing experience yield higher shareholder returns.

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Five years later: Reflecting on 7 big social media trends from 2013

Communications Conversations

And, I think I can point to seven posts from my blog in 2013 as proof: Some of the hottest social networking sites of 2013 aren’t even around anymore. Should companies give up promoting holidays on Facebook? Instagram had 90 million users in January 2013. What was LinkedIn known as in 2013? Thank, God.

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Successful Libya Build 2013 Highlights Potential For a Bright Future

Waxing UnLyrical

The recent Libya Build 2013 saw hundreds of foreign companies participating. Italy, Turkey, Egypt, China, Austria, Malta and France all had a significant presence (the only US company I spotted was Caterpillar) as the focus shifts on to the massive effort required to sort out this country’s infrastructure.

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4 communication mistakes that could be costing you clients

Agility PR Solutions

Then, three months later, the company announced another breach that exposed one billion accounts to hackers in 2013. In September 2016, Yahoo confirmed a 2014 data breach that affected 500 million of its customers. Almost a year later, Yahoo, yet again, announced that the data breach had affected three billion of its customers.

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Three cardinal rules of PR that Adidas broke with Kanye West

NewsWhip

The story began way back in September, when Kanye (now known by the name “Ye”) criticized the German footwear company in interviews and on social media. Adidas could have seen the hate speech writing on the wall way back in 2013 when they first partnered with the rapper after his split with Nike. Adidas should never have signed West.

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Medical Marijuana: What Pharma Companies Need to Know

Cision

Since 2013, the majority of Americans now support legalizing marijuana. Not all pharma companies have the same agenda when it comes to medical marijuana. Pharma companies can turn these insights into actions, starting with their own internal conversations. What is likely to be the long-term impact on your company?

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