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Global law firm launches in Latin America and the Caribbean
May 18th, 2016
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 approved the combinations. With these combinations, Colombia and Mexico are ...
Five more women added in gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG US
May 17th, 2016
Five more women have been added as named plaintiffs to the ongoing $350m (£243m) class action gender discrimination lawsuit against KPMG’s US arm. On 13 May, Sanford Heisler, the law firm representing the five plaintiffs, filed an amended complaint ...
Legal firms unleash office automatons
May 17th, 2016
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 to automate the mundane tasks that have traditionally been the ...
A law firm has hired the first “Robot lawyer”
May 16th, 2016
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 to those on the lowest rung of the ladder consists ...
French law firm opens office in Moscow
May 13th, 2016
This office, run by David Lasfargue, employs 15 people including 10 lawyers and legal experts. Jeantet is strengthening its international presence and is now the most dynamic French law firm in Eastern Europe following the opening of its Kiev ...
All five magic circle law firms named in new ‘Panama Papers’ database
May 11th, 2016
Top City firms named as a result of Mossack Fonseca leak and further investigations by press All five magic circle law firms have been named in an online database that reveals the identities of thousands of companies connected to the Panama ...
US-based law firm opened an office in London
May 10th, 2016
Holland & Knight today announced that it has opened an office in London to expand its aviation and maritime finance practices. The office will include six lawyers, all of whom previously practiced at Clark Ricketts, a well-established London law ...
US tax havens – the new Switzerland
May 9th, 2016
America is a magnet for offshore wealth, notably South Dakota, which has guaranteed secrecy In an old discount store hugging a corner in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the heirs to the William Wrigley chewing gum fortune have an office for ...
Greece adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes
May 9th, 2016
Greek lawmakers late Sunday adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes despite mass public opposition, bowing to creditor demands in a bid to unlock the next tranche of badly-needed bailout funds. The unpopular reforms, which saw ...
Leading Swiss law firm heads for Tehran
May 9th, 2016
In what is only the second opening of an international law firm in Iran since the 1979 Iranian revolution, a Swiss firm has opened its doors in Tehran. Swiss law firm Python & Peter has launched its office in ...
