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Lawyers must rebuild trust – Christine Lagarde
September 22nd, 2016
Lawyers have a key role to play in rebuilding public trust in institutions, the head of one of the globe’s most important bodies told thousands of lawyers gathered for the IBA’s annual conference. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the ...
Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
September 15th, 2016
Former Autonomy CEO backs startup using AI for due diligence Move comes a week after HP sold former Autonomy assets Could the armies of lawyers needed to close billion-dollar deals soon be a thing of the past? That’s what Invoke ...
Dubai: No access to lawyers due to financial constraints? Now there is free legal consultation
September 5th, 2016
Dubai: Having no access to lawyers for legal consultation in Dubai due to financial constraints will now be a thing of the past, officials said. The Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai this week launched the Legal Clinic to ...
Cheers! Lawyers net £200m from SABMiller deal
September 1st, 2016
Law firms will bank almost £200m from advising on the third-largest corporate takeover ever – brewer SABMiller’s £79bn acquisition by Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev. In total, the two companies will pay an astonishing $2bn in fees and taxes to ...
Fake law firm used Craigslist to find real lawyers to do their work
August 26th, 2016
A fake law firm reportedly used Craigslist to find real lawyers to do their work while reeling in hundreds of clients who were near being foreclosed from their homes. The Sun-Sentinel reports that the owners of The Asset Protection ...
Consumers Likely to Hire Lawyers Who Are Active on Social Media, Says New FindLaw Survey
August 16th, 2016
As social media increasingly becomes part of people’s daily lives, a majority of consumers say it plays a major role in deciding which attorney to hire, according to new survey from FindLaw. A majority of consumers say they would ...
Public Interest Lawyers to close down
August 16th, 2016
Theresa May said to be pleased at closure of Public Interest Lawyers, which submitted allegations of unlawful killing The government has said it is planning a clampdown on legal firms pursuing what it calls “spurious claims” against military personnel ...
Female lawyers have some advice for male colleagues
August 3rd, 2016
After reporting on a study showing that women were penalised at work for assertive behaviours considered acceptable in men, Law.com’s Vivia Chen got some feedback from female lawyers. One woman wrote: ‘I have been practicing for 36 years and ...
Immigration lawyers comment about how Brexit affecting them
July 14th, 2016
Nearly three weeks on from the unexpected referendum result, the world is still fascinated by what a vote to leave the EU means for the big wide world of commercial law. The details of what a post-Brexit City of ...
Lawyers claim that Brexit vote is not legally binding;primary legislation will be needed
July 11th, 2016
Hundreds of barristers have advised Prime Minister David Cameron to tread carefully before taking steps to withdraw the UK from the European Union. More than 1,000 have signed a letter to Mr Cameron which says the referendum result is ...
