Dear Readers,
It's no secret that predictions work best with hindsight,
but this year venturing any forecasts seems particularly fraught
with risk. Reality, including legal reality, has sped up greatly
and the number of unknowns is mounting. There are so many recent
and planned changes in law that they deserve a volume to
themselves.
This is one of the reasons we are updating the approach of the
Yearbook this time around, focusing primarily on issues faced by
specific businesses. The great majority of the articles here by our
lawyers arose out of concrete matters, from which we have
chosen those that best illustrate some broader truth and could be
helpful for others. We describe the types of matters in which our
clients more and more often seek our advice, as well as issues we
have encountered for the first time, opening new fronts in our work
for clients.
