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European Parliament Begins Panama Papers Inquiry

29/09/2016(0)
The European Parliament has begun its inquiry into the Panama Papers with a hearing with the investigative journalists behind the leak. The European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money ... Read More
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Baker & McKenzie retains 88 per cent of qualifying trainees

26/09/2016(0)
The Chicago-headquartered law firm is keeping on all but two of its 16 qualifying trainees in London. Retention figures released yesterday by Baker & McKenzie confirmed that 14 of ... Read More
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Date set for FIFA corruption probe Trial

21/09/2016(0)
Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer’s global governing body FIFA are in talks with U.S. officials about possibly pleading guilty, a U.S. prosecutor said on ... Read More
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Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots

15/09/2016(0)
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 ... Read More
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China’s elite law firms moving from strength to strength

12/09/2016(0)
China’s legal market is defying a slackened economy, with turnover on the up at most of the country’s elite law firms. The latest revenue ranking of Chinese law firms ... Read More
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Four in ten senior associates regret choosing a career in law

07/09/2016(0)
If you had your time again, would you still choose to become a lawyer? This was the question put to respondents in industry publication The Lawyer’s most recent Salary Survey. ... Read More
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Dubai: No access to lawyers due to financial constraints? Now there is free legal consultation

05/09/2016(0)
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 ... Read More
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Hanjin takes legal steps to prevent ship seizures as more vessels blocked

05/09/2016(0)
South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping plans to take legal action in jurisdictions worldwide to prevent its vessels being seized, as more of its ships were blocked from docking at ports in the ... Read More
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Cheers! Lawyers net £200m from SABMiller deal

01/09/2016(0)
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 ... Read More
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Fake law firm used Craigslist to find real lawyers to do their work

26/08/2016(1)
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. ... Read More
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