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The National Press Club in Washington has issued a statement demanding the immediate release of journalist Mr. Dawit Isaak, a prisoner of conscience and the world’s longest arbitrarily detained journalist. Mr. Dawit Isaak, the 2024 Edelstam Prize Laureate, has been unlawfully imprisoned since 2001 without trial. He has not been charged with a crime, nor has he been allowed to speak with his lawyer.

Vancouver, Canada, May 14, 2024 – Shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are urging the company to assess whether it has lived up to its own commitments to respect workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

The quality of democracy in developing and transformation countries has been in steady decline over the past 20 years. The latest findings of the Transformation Index of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, now in its tenth edition, show that out of 137 countries surveyed, only 63 remain democracies, while a majority are classified as autocracies. However, there is reason for hope. The examples of the transformation countries Brazil and Poland, where voters have rebuffed authoritarian trends, show the potential for reversing democratic erosion.

Twenty-two leading global law firms announced today the launch of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association (BHRLA).

De nordiska olympiska kommittéerna, paralympiska kommittéerna och nationella idrottsförbunden har enats om att uppmana samtliga internationella idrottsorganisationer att fortsätta utesluta ryska och belarusiska idrottare och funktionärer.

Ovan nämnda organisationer har idag avslutat en nordisk konferens i Oslo, Norge. I samband med den nordiska idrottskonferensen har deltagarna särskilt diskuterat de pågående utspelen från olika internationella organisationer om att eventuellt låta ryska och belarusiska idrottare med delegater få delta i internationella tävlingar igen. Detta sker samtidigt som den ryska presidenten mobiliserar för ökad militär aggression mot Ukraina.

De nordiska idrottsförbunden uppmanar samtliga internationella idrottsförbund att visa solidaritet med Ukraina och landets idrottsorganisationer genom att inte genomföra eller förlägga tävlingar eller matcher I Ryssland och pekar på behov av ytterligare sanktioner från de nordiska länderna och EU.

Studera för livet, or “Study for Life”, is Mannheimer Swartling’s new Study and Mentoring programme for students who have just finished their first year of gymnasium. The purpose is to inspire and support students in their journey towards an academic future.

Mannheimer Swartling is proud to announce the opening of its new office in Singapore. The new office, situated adjacent to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the world leading International Court of Arbitration (ICC), will serve as the hub for the firm’s dispute resolution practice in Asia.

Mannheimer Swartling is proud to announce the election of Camilla Appelgren, Johan Berg, Anna Bryngelsson, Henrik Dock, Therese Jansson and Carl Johan Zimdahl as new partners.

Mannheimer Swartling is proud to announce the election of Camilla Appelgren, Johan Berg, Anna Bryngelsson, Henrik Dock, Therese Jansson and Carl Johan Zimdahl as new partners.

Each year, Sweden’s university and college students vote for their future dream employers in the country’s largest student survey, the Company Barometer (FöretagsBarometern). The results were presented on 20 March 2019 in Stockholm.

Mannheimer Swartling has established a new business unit, MSA Innovation Lab. The purpose of the unit is to manage the firm’s innovation work and to drive the development of legal advice of the future. Through MSA Innovation Lab, the firm will: Support and collaborate with recently started companies that develop applications for Mannheimer Swartling and the firm's clients through an incubator for start-ups within Legal Tech. Collaborate with leading researchers in digitalisation. Conduct its own development of digital applications that streamline the advice to the firm’s clients. Develop and provide digital platforms to which the firm's clients have access. "The digitalisation of the Law Industry has just begun and we are working actively to stay in the absolute forefront. Our industry is rapidly changing, and in order to cost-effectively assist our clients with the opportunities and challenges they face, we are now taking another step to meet their new and over time changing needs," s

Mannheimer Swartling is proud to announce the election of Carolina Dackö, Aron Skogman, Åsa Waller, Jakob Wijkander and Fredrik Sjövall as new partners, effective from 1 January 2019.

Mannheimer Swartling is pleased to announce the election of Azadeh Razani, Joel Mårtensson and Niklas Hagbard as new partners, with effect from 1 January 2018.

Klas Eklund has been appointed as Mannheimer Swartling’s first Senior Economist, starting in the beginning of 2018. Mr Eklund will provide the firm and its clients with strategic advice regarding national and international matters connected to the long-term development of business and the political environment. Mr Eklund will also be an active voice in the public discussion regarding these matters.

Mannheimer Swartling has released its third sustainability report. It is hoped that the report will serve as an important function for the firm's continued efforts to create value for clients, employees, and stakeholders, according to Jan Dernestam, Managing Partner at the firm.

For the 15th year in a row, Mannheimer Swartling has been ranked as the most attractive law firm to work for by law students in Sweden, according to Universum’s FöretagsBarometern.

Despite the political turmoil and an increasingly widespread uncertainty about the economic situation, Mannheimer Swartling can look back on yet another successful year.

Mannheimer Swartling has for the fourth year in a row been ranked highest in the category “Overall performance” when TNS Sifo Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm conducted its annual survey. According to the survey, the law firm won by a large margin over the runner-up, a result that is unique.