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UK: one of the biggest legal shakeup to the insurance sector comes into force
August 12th, 2016
One of the biggest shakeups to the insurance sector in recent memory comes into force tomorrow. The Insurance Act 2015 was granted Royal Assent 18 months ago. However, the bulk of its provisions, including creating a new duty for ...
Second referendum ‘perfectly possible’, say top EU law professors on Q&A Reddit thread
August 8th, 2016
University of Liverpool experts use social media to spread their wisdom There is “no obstacle” in law to the United Kingdom holding a second referendum on EU membership, according to a group of EU law experts from the University ...
Magic Circle Law firms pick up spots on new EU banking panel
August 5th, 2016
Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been joined by Hogan Lovells and PwC on a new panel created by the new EU authority responsible for winding up banks. The EU’s Single Resolution Board (SRB) tendered for legal advisers earlier this year, ...
Disbarred lawyer and his law firm have been ordered to pay penalty for a Money Pass Scheme
August 4th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an Order of Default Final Judgment (Order) against John D. Briner, a disbarred Canadian ...
Turkish goverment shut down the largest law firm in Turkey
August 3rd, 2016
On Friday, The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported that YukselKarkin — the largest law firm in Turkey, which was, until December 2014, associated with DLA Piper in the country — had been raided by “armed police,” with four of the firm’s partners ...
Nextlaw Labs turns to AI for new Brexit offering
August 1st, 2016
Dentons’ tech joint venture is developing a new tool to help lawyers assess the impact of Brexit on companies’ contracts. Nextlaw Labs has joined forces with London-based technology company RAVN to develop a new artificial intelligence tool that will ...
Regulator warns that fake law firms number is on the rise
July 28th, 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued an announcement to advise law firms and the public to be vigilant, with reports of bogus firms doubling since 2012. In SRA’s annual Risk Outlook report launched today (25 July), SRA caution that bogus firms ...
UK property price slide creates wave of Chinese interest
July 25th, 2016
Interest among Chinese buyers in buying UK property has surged since Britain voted to leave the European Union last month, as the pound’s slide has created opportunities to buy at a discount, the property website juwai.com said on Monday. ...
Immigration lawyers comment about how Brexit affecting them
July 14th, 2016
Nearly three weeks on from the unexpected referendum result, the world is still fascinated by what a vote to leave the EU means for the big wide world of commercial law. The details of what a post-Brexit City of ...
Research shows that poor online presence of Law Firms causes for miss out business
July 14th, 2016
New research indicates that the vast majority of solicitors (94 per cent) have wrong or inconsistent information online, including basic details such as a phone number or email address. Digital marketing provider Yell conducted research into how the 11,000 ...
