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Robot law: Deloitte estimates automation to cut legal sector jobs by 39% over the next two decades
March 17th, 2016
A new report released by Deloitte is warning law firms to prepare for changes as the rise of automation is likely to cut legal sector jobs by 39% over the next two decades. The report titled ‘Developing legal talent: ...
CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms with Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, and Operating in an Unregistered Capacity
March 16th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options ...
CFTC: Banc de Binary Ltd and ET Binary Options Ltd are among Binary Options Firms ordered to pay $9 Million penalty
March 10th, 2016
Federal Court Orders Banc de Binary Ltd., ET Binary Options Ltd., BO Systems Ltd., BDB Services Ltd., and Oren Shabat Laurent to Pay More than $9 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Violating the CFTC’s Ban ...
NextLaw Labs signs second portfolio company: Apperio
March 10th, 2016
NextLaw Labs, the global collaborative innovation platform developed by global law firm Dentons, today announced its investment in Apperio, a legal tech startup that is changing the way law firms handle matter management. This is the second portfolio company ...
New international law firm launches
February 23rd, 2016
Gowling WLG, a new international law firm created by the combination of Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), a leading UK-based international law firm, launched on 22 February. With more than 1,400 ...
What impact will new European law have on the buy-to-let market?
February 19th, 2016
At the moment buy-to-let lending is not regulated. But new rules from 21 March 2016 mean that around one in ten of this type of mortgage lending will come under the regulatory control of the Financial Conduct Authority. What ...
Can technology bring lawyers into the 21st Century?
February 17th, 2016
The legal profession is perhaps more associated with bulging files of papers, odd clothing and arcane procedures than with technological innovation. But several start-ups are trying to give this most conservative – and sometimes vexing – of professions a ...
Top London Lawyers Now Cost More Than £1,000 Per Hour
February 8th, 2016
Report says hourly rates for elite London firms at record high Lack of competition and opaque fee structures are to blame The cost of hiring a top London lawyer has risen to more than 1,000 pounds ($1,445) an hour, ...
Looking to find lawyers online? A new website transforms the way we find them
January 28th, 2016
Brisbane lawyer launches comparison shopper site for legal firms A young Brisbane woman has transformed the way we find lawyers online by creating a website likened to Webjet for lawyer services. LawyerQuote provides an online platform for users to ...
CNMV Spain warns on unregistered financial services firms
January 21st, 2016
The regulatory body of the Spanish Stock Market, Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), has issued a press release to inform public in relation with financial services firms that are not authorised to provide investment services in Spain ...
