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Robots Are Taking Divorce Lawyers’ Jobs, Too
July 7th, 2016
Online tools that are cheaper than lawyers improve access to justice. Buyers and sellers on EBay use the site’s automated dispute-resolution tool to settle 60 million claims every year. Now, some countries are deploying similar technology to let people ...
Who’s Happy After Brexit? Lawyers
June 30th, 2016
The happiest people in Britain today may well be the lawyers. Setting aside the symbolic meaning of the British vote to leave the European Union, practically speaking “Brexit” means tearing up hundreds of laws, rules and agreements governing everything ...
Brexit Aftermath: First Thing We Do, Hire All the Lawyers
June 28th, 2016
The U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union means years of uncertainty for bankers and investors—and years of extra work for lawyers. Members of the bar and their colleagues at accounting and consulting firms are shaping up as the ...
Brexit poll: 57% of lawyers want Britain to REMAIN in the EU
June 1st, 2016
The biggest stay vote came from lawyers in Scotland With the EU referendum less than a month away, a new Brexit poll has suggested that more than half of lawyers want Britain to remain part of the European Union. ...
Nearly a quarter of lawyers would quit and start their own firm
May 23rd, 2016
A poll by specialist recruiter Robert Half Legal has shown that 23 per cent of lawyers would choose to quit their current job and start up on their own if they had the capital. The figure represents an 18 ...
Statistics: Growth potential for in-house lawyers
May 9th, 2016
Law Society figures show growth potential for in-house careers According to the Society’s number crunchers, as of 31 July 2015, there are now over 5,000 commercial businesses out there taking on practising solicitors, an increase of 4.4% in only twelve ...
A new online marketplace will match individual lawyers with clients
May 9th, 2016
There are websites to match people with food, taxis and dates, but the sharing economy has entered a new sphere with LOD now launching an online marketplace to pair individual lawyers with clients. LOD’s new online marketplace, dubbed Spoke, will allow businesses ...
International Law firm launches option to work from home for its UK lawyers
May 5th, 2016
Dentons is pleased to announce that it has launched agile working in the UK. Partners, associates and legal executives across the London, Milton Keynes and Watford offices now have the option of working remotely for up to one day ...
New Treasury report claims lawyers will be worse off as result of Brexit
April 21st, 2016
A new report issued by the Treasury has claimed lawyers and other professional services will be worse off if Britain leaves the European Union (EU) because of a reduction in access to the single market. The 200-page document, titled ...
Transatlantic prosecutions drive US lawyers to the City
April 12th, 2016
The widening grip of US law enforcement is feeding a wave of American lawyers heading across the Atlantic. A growing number of US law firms are sending lawyers with law enforcement experience to work in the United Kingdom. As ...
