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Investors launch legal battle over alleged £50m fund fraud run by Capital World Markets

20/08/2015(0)
Victims of an alleged £50 million fund fraud have taken legal action in a bid to get their money back, according to The Times. The class action sheds light ... Read More
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The Technology Behind Bitcoin Could Replace Lawyers, Too

20/08/2015(0)
Smart contracts promise to relieve businesses of the costs and lag-time of corporate legal work. This software-based change could affect services firms everywhere. Everyone has heard the hype about ... Read More
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Law firms head to the banks as lawyers target expansion

19/08/2015(0)
Lending tops £7.3bn as firms borrow to fund M&A, overseas offices, and lateral hires Long-term lending to UK law firms has risen by 28 per cent over the last ... Read More
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South Korea’s third stage of the local legal industry liberalization

18/08/2015(0)
Market liberalization keeps law firms on their toes As South Korea is set to enter the third stage of its opening of the local legal industry, the legal circle ... Read More
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British Trader Charged in ‘Flash Crash’ Released After Bail Reduction

17/08/2015(0)
Navinder Singh Sarao, the British futures trader charged by United States authorities with contributing to a sudden plunge in American stock markets five years ago, was assigned a reduced ... Read More
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Goldman Sachs Pays $272M to Settle Suit Over Mortgage-Backed Securities

14/08/2015(0)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $272 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the Wall Street bank defrauded investors about the safety of about $6 billion of residential ... Read More
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U.S. judge upholds gas market manipulation charge against BP

14/08/2015(0)
A U.S. judge on Thursday found that BP Plc (BP.L) manipulated the natural gas market in 2008, as alleged by the U.S. energy regulator, but did not address a ... Read More
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Dentons agrees to train Ross the robot in legal research

13/08/2015(0)
Dentons is one of a number of US-based law firms which have agreed to train a robot developed by the University of Toronto to carry out basic legal research, ... Read More
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E-conveyancing among legal industry’s biggest IT concerns

12/08/2015(0)
Sixty per cent of firms are planning to adopt a digital platform for conveyancing, Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), in the next two years, a new survey indicates. Legal software ... Read More
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Mid-Size and Small Law Firms Confident They Can Succeed

12/08/2015(0)
Survey from Thomson Reuters and Managing Partner Forum shows positive market outlook Leaders of mid-size and small law firms are meeting or exceeding their profitability goals, and are confident ... Read More
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