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International law firm promotes 21 lawyers to partnership

April 11th, 2017 (0)
Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of 21 lawyers to its global partnership. The promotions take effect on 1 May, 2017. Demonstrating the firm’s commitment to investing in its global network of offices and ...

Robots are lawyers’ friends not threat

March 22nd, 2017 (0)
Lawyers need not fear being replaced by robots but instead breathe a sign of relief that their human skills will remain a necessity and AI will be their friend and potentially help improve working conditions. With more than 280 ...

Lawyers are being replaced by machines that read

January 27th, 2017 (0)
Lawyers are the professionals everyone loves to loathe. Jokes about attorneys abound, and Shakespeare’s line from Henry VI remains a cultural favorite: ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Soon, that dream may come true, and ...

Keyboard for lawyers debuted

January 10th, 2017 (0)
A lawyer frustrated at just how complicated it is to insert section symbols into a brief he was typing has come up with a keyboard designed for lawyers. The keyboard called LegalBoard, showcased at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show ...

Fifa calls in lawyers to help resolve staff disputes

January 9th, 2017 (0)
Fifa has called in two lawyers to act as mediators in conflicts with staff amid mass changes at world football’s governing body, based in Zurich. A Fifa spokesman said that specialist labour lawyers Nirmala Dias and Andreas Blattmann would ...

Female lawyers in Saudi courts: ‘We are equal to male counterparts’

December 30th, 2016 (0)
After years of being prohibited from appearing in court, female lawyers in 2013 achieved a significant victory in being able to practice law and argue their cases in Saudi courtrooms. Female lawyers have the right to advocate for issues ...

Why Lawyers Sue Yahoo?

December 19th, 2016 (0)
On Wednesday afternoon, Yahoo disclosed that it had discovered a data breach exposing the private information of more than one billion user accounts. Less than 12 hours later that same day, a plaintiffs’ firm in Los Angeles had cranked out and ...

Lawyers less trusted than hairdressers – but more than pollsters

December 8th, 2016 (0)
Lawyers are less trusted to tell the truth than hairdressers or priests, but those who reach the bench soar in the public’s esteem. That is one finding of the Veracity Index, a poll undertaken by Ipsos Mori since 1983 ...

A ‘tsunami’ of new lawyers in Ireland

December 6th, 2016 (0)
Brexit has contributed to a ‘tsunami’ of new lawyers here, according to the Law Society of Ireland. Figures show the Society will have admitted an additional 1,347 new solicitors by the end of the year. The projected figure represents ...

Where in Europe can lawyers make the most money?

December 1st, 2016 (0)
A new study reveals in which countries lawyers are making the most money and working the least hours. Get ready to pack your bags. Feeling overworked and underpaid? The grass might not be greener on the other side. New ...
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