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Brexit fears overshadow UK’s pole position as leading EU legal hub
August 4th, 2017
With Britain having the largest footprint in legal and accounting, a report commissioned by the City highlights the contribution of the sector to the economy and warns of the dangers ahead. Britain’s position as the leading legal hub of ...
German automakers might face EU fines after allegations but no global legal threat, analyst says
July 26th, 2017
“I still don’t see a major global legal threat here,” Arndt Ellinghorst, head of global automotive research at Evercore ISI, told CNBC on Tuesday. EU antitrust officials confirmed Saturday they had started investigating allegations of a cartel among a ...
Legal chatbot expands to cover 1000 areas of law
July 19th, 2017
Law firms have no incentive to innovate, the legal chatbot founder of DoNotPay claims as he launches his latest idea. The legal chatbot which started out as a tool to challenge traffic tickets is expanding its remit to cover ...
John McAfee settles Intel legal action over name
July 11th, 2017
John McAfee, known for the anti-virus software bearing his surname, has settled legal action with technology giant Intel over the commercial use of his name. The chip-maker had warned Mr McAfee against renaming his current company – MGT Capital ...
Legal Analytics platform expands into commercial law
June 21st, 2017
Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today announced the expansion of its award-winning Legal Analytics® platform into commercial law, the largest of all federal practice areas, and Lex Machina’s most ambitious expansion to date. The new commercial module represents the ...
Volkswagen faces biggest legal action; A Pan-European lawsuit seeks billions refunds
June 14th, 2017
Around 220,000 car drivers in the Netherlands, England and Wales joined forces on Tuesday in what could become a pan-European lawsuit against German carmaker Volkswagen seeking compensation over its “dieselgate” emissions scandal. UK law firm Harcus Sinclair and Dutch Foundation ...
NAAM and its owner to pay more than $1.6 million in illegal precious metals transactions
June 14th, 2017
Federal Court Orders Florida-Based North American Asset Management, LLC, Alexi Bethel, and Steven Labadie to Pay More than $1.6 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions Court Also Imposes Permanent ...
The legal firms that advice L’Oreal to sell The Body shop for €1bn
June 13th, 2017
Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Baker McKenzie are advising as L’Oreal looks to sell The Body shop for €1bn to Brazilian cosmetic company Natura. Natura is in exclusive negotiations with L’Oreal, which put The Body Shop up for ...
HSBC faces fresh legal battle over forex manipulation allegation
June 7th, 2017
HSBC is facing a fresh law suit over allegations of forex manipulation. The bank’s traders are being accused of manipulating the markets for their own profit more than a decade ago, according to the Financial Times. ECU Group, a ...
Baker McKenzie enters new economy with Legal Collab
June 2nd, 2017
Baker McKenzie launches the initiative for multidisciplinary collaboration aimed at addressing pressing issues in the new economy. Baker McKenzie is to launch the Whitespace Legal Collab this June in its Toronto office – a first-of-its-kind hub for multidisciplinary collaboration ...
