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brexit

Brexit legal text signals greater EU urgency

08/03/2018(0)
Brussels is not waiting around anymore for the U.K. to get its act together on Brexit. The European Commission’s publication of a 120-page draft withdrawal treaty will signal a ... Read More
Blockchain technology

Law firms join blockchain platform

28/02/2018(0)
A group of top law firms have joined forces with an enterprise software company including Baker & McKenzie and Clifford Chance. A software firm R3 has launched the Legal ... Read More
volkswagen

Volkswagen Settles U.S. Emissions Lawsuit Just Before Trial

26/02/2018(0)
Volkswagen AG came to an agreement to settle a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of clean-emissions vehicles, resolving a contentious fight over consumer fraud claims just before it was ... Read More
social media law

Social media companies need to do more to fully comply with EU consumer rules

22/02/2018(0)
Social media companies need to do more to respond to the requests, made last March by the European Commission and Member States’ consumer authorities, to comply with EU consumer ... Read More
legal

The big bang for alternative legal services providers

21/02/2018(0)
Will 2018 be the ‘big-bang’ year for the use of Alternative Legal Services providers, asks PwC’s Peter Workman? The current legal and regulatory environment is burdensome. General counsel and their ... Read More
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Facebook personal data use and privacy settings ruled illegal by German court

15/02/2018(0)
Facebook’s default privacy settings and use of personal data are against German consumer law, according to a judgement handed down by a Berlin regional court. The court found that ... Read More
legal-automation

Toronto lawyer turned to social media to serve a claim

06/02/2018(0)
A Toronto lawyer turned to social media to serve a claim on a defendant she had been unable to track down. Ontario Superior Court allowed Tara Vasdani, an associate ... Read More
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8 countries removed from EU tax haven blacklist

24/01/2018(0)
Eight jurisdictions have been removed from the EU’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, following commitments made at a high political level to remedy EU concerns. Barbados, Grenada, ... Read More
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Deloitte set to take on traditional law firms

11/01/2018(0)
The Big Four accountancy giant is the latest to enter the legal playing field with major plans to develop its offerings to corporates and compete with law firms. Deloitte ... Read More
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Facebook has a giant, Europe-sized legal problem

28/12/2017(0)
Europe continues to be a giant pain in Facebook’s app. Germany and France this week both hammered Facebook for its data practices, though in different ways. Germany’s competition regulator ... Read More
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