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Fund giant wins £10.4m legal claim against co-founder

05/10/2016(0)
Marathon Asset Management has won a four-year legal battle against co-founder Jeremy Hosking, winning a £10.4 million claim against him for breach of ‘contractual and fiduciary duties’. Marathon, which ... Read More
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Law firm introduce penalty system for lawyers; If fail to hit seven hours of work, their computer will block

05/10/2016(0)
London-based law firm Howard Kennedy has introduced a penalty system in which lawyers – including partners – who fail to clock up seven hours of work per day will ... Read More
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Over 50 lawyers have formed the Digital Currency coalition

04/10/2016(0)
Over 50 lawyers that focus on the legal issues facing digital currency users have formed a coalition to connect their users with pro bono legal resources. Organizations like the ... Read More
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Apple Ordered to pay $302 million in damages in a Patent legal case

03/10/2016(0)
A federal jury in Texas on Friday night ordered Apple to pay more than $302 million in damages for using VirnetX Holding Corp’s patented internet security technology without permission in features ... Read More
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Tesco faces UK legal action over accounting scandal

03/10/2016(0)
Tesco is facing a legal action by a group of investors who claim to have lost £150m due to the supermarket’s 2014 accounting irregularities scandal. “Shareholders were misled by ... Read More
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Three international Legal firms are to merge

30/09/2016(0)
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang confirm ‘combination’ talks Three London-headquartered international firms with a combined turnover of nearly £1bn are to merge, according to press reports last night. An announcement ... Read More
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Former BlackRock fund manager charged with insider dealing in UK

29/09/2016(0)
Mark Lyttleton, a former fund manager at the UK division of asset manager BlackRock Inc , has been charged with insider dealing by Britain’s markets regulator. The Financial Conduct ... Read More
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Multinational law firm signed a deal with an AI software developer

28/09/2016(0)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has announced a strategic partnership with machine learning software provider, Kira Systems. The firm will use Kira in its Legal Services Centre to support ... Read More
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Cartier win battle against counterfeit websites

27/09/2016(0)
Counterfeiters beware – a recent court decision was good news for luxury companies. In a decision which should be well received by the luxury goods sector, the Court of ... Read More
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Ex-HBOS Bankers Accused of Getting Travel, Escorts in Fraud

27/09/2016(0)
Defendants mismanaged troubled businesses for their own gain Participants used cash and high-class escorts as rewards Ex-HBOS Plc bankers accepted expensive gifts, luxurious foreign travel and high-class escorts to ... Read More
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