Europe: Law Practice Management

Moving from scattered experimentation to a structured approach legal teams can actually adopt. Ask a law firm CIO or corporate legal leader whether the organization has rolled out AI, and the honest answer may depend on where they look.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future. It has become part of everyday professional practice, with professionals in law, finance, government and many other fields using AI-powered tools to research issues, draft documents and analyse information.

Gartner’s latest prediction landed last week with a headline that legal technology vendors will be quoting for years: legal tech budgets will double by 2028. If you are a GC, managing partner, or director of legal operations, you are probably already fielding calls from vendors who want to be part of that spending.

In Türkiye, obtaining a Business Opening and Operating License constitutes the primary prerequisite and foundational milestone for any commercial, industrial, or professional undertaking. The legal basis of this regulatory regime is grounded in Law No. 3572 on the Adoption of the Decree Law on Workplace Opening and Operating Licenses, Municipality Law No. 5393, Metropolitan Municipality Law No. 5216, and the secondary Regulation on Business Opening and Operating Licenses.

Türkiye’de ticari, sınai veya mesleki bir faaliyetin icra edilebilmesi için kamusal denetimin ve hukuki uygunluğun ilk basamağı işyeri açma ve çalışma ruhsatının temin edilmesidir. Bu alanın yasal zeminini 3572 sayılı İşyeri Açma ve Çalışma Ruhsatlarına Dair Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamenin Değiştirilerek Kabulüne Dair Kanun, 5393 sayılı Belediye Kanunu, 5216 sayılı Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kanunu ve anılan mevzuata dayanılarak yürürlüğe konulan İşyeri Açma ve Çalışma Ruhsatlarına İlişkin Yönetmelik (“Yönetmelik”) oluşturmaktadır.

Many of Shepherd and Wedderburn's clients who are engaged in philanthropy choose to do so anonymously.

Employees are increasingly using AI to draft workplace grievances, creating lengthy, legalistic complaints that can obscure simple concerns. While AI can help structure complaints and improve accessibility, it also risks escalating conflicts, introducing data protection issues, and making resolution harder. HR teams must now balance fair treatment of AI-assisted grievances with practical, proportionate responses that focus on the real issues rather than managing overly complex documents.

Çalışanın iş görme borcunu kendisinden beklenen düzeyde yerine getirip getirmediğinin belirlenmesinde performans değerlendirmesi, işverenler açısından önemli bir araçtır. İşçinin bilgi, beceri, yetkinlik ve çalışma sonuçlarının belirli kriterler doğrultusunda değerlendirilmesine imkân sağlayan bu süreç, iş ilişkisinin devamı bakımından da önem taşımaktadır. Nitekim performans değerlendirmesi sonucunda tespit edilen performans düşüklüğü, belirli koşulların varlığı halinde iş sözleşmesinin feshine yol açabilmektedir.

Performance evaluations are an important tool for employers in determining whether an employee is fulfilling their duty to perform work at the expected level.

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