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Third of lawyers say no to partnership in favour of work-life balance

21/05/2015(0)
Perception of the legal profession’s glass ceiling not seen as a main impediment to law firm leadership roles Work-life balance and stress are the primary reasons lawyers are not ... Read More
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Big Law Firms Winning More of Intellectual Property Work

20/05/2015(0)
As disputes over patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets have grown, the nation’s biggest law firms have wrested away much of the lucrative intellectual property litigation work from smaller ... Read More
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Sarao Loses Bail Appeal as Judge Says He Is a ‘Flight Risk’

20/05/2015(0)
Navinder Singh Sarao lost a bid to secure bail while he fights extradition to the U.S. on market-manipulation charges as a judge said the 36-year-old trader was a clear ... Read More
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UBS to Plead Guilty on Libor, Fined by Fed in Currency Probe

20/05/2015(0)
UBS Group AG said its main unit will plead guilty to fraud in the U.S. for manipulating benchmark interest rates and pay $203 million in fresh fines after the ... Read More
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Apple Gets Partial Win on Appeal in Samsung Patent Case

19/05/2015(0)
Apple Inc was handed a mixed ruling by a U.S. appeals court in the latest twist in a blockbuster intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, as a ... Read More
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Dentons launches NextLaw Labs and creates legal business accelerator

19/05/2015(0)
Dentons, the global law firm, today announced that it is launching NextLaw Labs, a global collaborative innovation platform focused on developing, deploying, and investing in new technologies and processes to ... Read More
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New York Weighs Jurisdictional Rule for Foreign Firms

18/05/2015(0)
Some lawyers say bill is at odds with recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling New York lawmakers are weighing a bill to make foreign companies submit to the jurisdiction of ... Read More
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Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards: Winners 2015

18/05/2015(0)
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards have firmly established themselves as a highlight of the region’s legal calendar. The awards, which are now in their fourth year, celebrate legal excellence ... Read More
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U.S. SEC a stumbling block in banks’ forex guilty pleas – sources

15/05/2015(0)
Banks want assurances from U.S. regulators that they will not be barred from certain businesses before agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges over the manipulation of foreign exchange ... Read More
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Law firms struggle with over-capacity and new competitors

14/05/2015(0)
Although the recession has eased and business levels and confidence is noticeably higher, law firms are still battling for growth in the face of competition from the profession and ... Read More
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