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New York attorney receives 5 years’ imprisonment for Ponzi scheme

20/05/2016(0)
‘I don’t want anyone here to think that lawyers are like this. It’s just me.’ A former Skaddens attorney was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after operating ... Read More
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High Court rejects Big Tobacco’s appeal against plain packaging

20/05/2016(0)
Four of the world’s largest tobacco companies have lost a high-profile legal challenge against the UK government’s new rules on plain packaging for cigarettes. British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, ... Read More
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Global Law firm to move 170 operational roles to global service centre in the Philippines

19/05/2016(0)
Global firm Norton Rose Fulbright is relocating 170 operation roles to a global service centre in the Philippines — including a number from the UK, the Gazette understands. It ... Read More
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International law firm opens office in Taipei to serve the growing demand in Taiwan

19/05/2016(0)
International law firm  Vinson & Elkins LLP announced the opening of an office in Taipei, to serve the growing demand of the firm’s clientele in Taiwan and the Asia ... Read More
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Privately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms

18/05/2016(1)
The biggest diversity survey of the legal profession yet undertaken charts patchy progress on gender and race – but privately educated solicitors remain vastly over-represented in the senior ranks ... Read More
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Global law firm launches in Latin America and the Caribbean

18/05/2016(1)
Global law firm Dentons, Colombia’s Cardenas & Cardenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde today formalized their combinations. The launches follow the initial announcement last December that partners of each firm ... Read More
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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter face legal action over hate speech

17/05/2016(0)
Three French anti-racism groups on Sunday declared that they’ll be filing legal complaints against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for failing to remove “hateful” posts aimed at the black, Jewish ... Read More
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Legal firms unleash office automatons

17/05/2016(1)
Artificial intelligence is relieving junior lawyers of time-consuming tasks Linklaters and Pinsent Masons have become the latest law firms to invest in artificial intelligence, as the legal profession tries ... Read More
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Revenues and hourly rates both up at US law firms

16/05/2016(0)
Fresh data from Citi Private Bank has placed revenue growth at US law firms at its strongest level since 2008. According to Citi’s latest report, law firm revenue grew ... Read More
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A law firm has hired the first “Robot lawyer”

16/05/2016(0)
The first job after law school can be horrendous—not simply because of the intense workload and long hours, but also the drudgery. A huge amount of legal work given ... Read More
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