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SEC Chair Mary Jo White Announces Departure Plans
November 15th, 2016
SEC Chair Mary Jo White, after nearly four years as the agency’s head, today announced that she intends to leave at the end of the Obama Administration. Under Chair White’s leadership, the Commission strengthened protections for investors and the ...
Attorneys went to court to ask that a civil fraud suit against Trump be delayed
November 12th, 2016
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump went to court Thursday to ask that a civil fraud suit against Trump scheduled to begin in less than three weeks be delayed, a reminder of the unusual complications facing Trump as he shifts ...
Offshore law firm opens Hong Kong office
November 9th, 2016
Carey Olsen, one of the largest offshore law firms With 49 partners and 200 lawyers has issued an announcement to inform for its Hong Kong office opening. According the announcement: The Hong Kong practice has a dispute resolution and ...
UK based international law firm launched £500K mentoring programme for FinTech start ups
November 8th, 2016
UK based international law firm Addleshaw Goddard has announced the launch of a programme worth up to £500,000 to support FinTech growth in the UK. The programme is designed to support more established, as well as start up, FinTechs ...
U.K. Court Puts Brexit in Hands of Parliament
November 4th, 2016
A U.K. court put a hurdle in the country’s route out of the European Union, ruling that Prime Minister Theresa May can’t start the process without approval from Parliament. The High Court decision offers a potential opening to lawmakers to disrupt ...
Multinational law firm turns to Artificial intelligence to meet clients’ needs
November 1st, 2016
When international clients contact King & Wood Mallesons to ask whether a deal requires Foreign Investment Review Board approval, its lawyers turn first to a computer to generate a response, rather than relying simply on human brainpower. Artificial intelligence ...
New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog
October 31st, 2016
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost that momentum when the agency’s chief left, putting a licensing ...
Robot judges: Artificial Intelligence predicts judicial outcomes
October 27th, 2016
Advances in artificial intelligence have some envisioning a future in which machines could be entrusted to dispense justice. While the idea of robot judges may never move beyond science fiction, computer scientists are getting better at using algorithms to predict judicial ...
U.S. based law firm launched what may be the first practice aimed to help the management of law firms
October 22nd, 2016
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today that it has launched a Consultants and Coaches for the Profession Practice™. The new practice will focus on helping law firm leaders address complex business- and management-related challenges and opportunities involved in effectively managing ...
Multinational law firm agrees partnership with Chinese law firm
October 18th, 2016
Leading global law firm Hogan Lovells and Fujian Fidelity Law Firm (“Fidelity“) have entered into a formal association in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone (“Shanghai FTZ“). This move reflects the firm’s growth strategy in Asia and the importance ...
