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In-house weekly highlights—3 September 2020

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Published on: 03 September 2020
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  • In-house
  • In-house tech benchmarking survey
  • Virtual networking and forum events
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Data protection
  • Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls
  • Fraud, forgery, tax and theft offences
  • Commercial
  • Brexit
  • Public procurement

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the In-house highlights, a curated summary of news analysis and new content from across the legal landscape.

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