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The legal department of a business handles legal issues that may come up in the course of business, ranging from drafting waiver forms for employees to handling lawsuits from angry customers. Many large companies have this type of department; smaller companies may choose to keep a lawyer or a staff of lawyers on retainer, ensuring that they have quick access to legal knowledge when they need it. (WiseGEEK)

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to or by third parties. It is a contract through which the parties agree not to disclose information covered by the agreement. (Wikipedia)

Pool Re plans to call an extraordinary meeting of members to vote on the fee increase. But people with knowledge of the Treasury’s thinking described it as a “final offer”. (The Financial Times)

It would appear that the RSPB put a recording device on private land without the knowledge or permission of the landowner. The resulting film was then accepted by the sheriff as competent evidence and the gamekeeper was convicted on this evidence. On whose legal authority was the recording device so placed? Were the RSPB acting without (heraldscotland.com)