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Artificial intelligence is coming for law firms
May 11th, 2017
Chances are if you’re a paralegal or a junior lawyer entering the field, you’d rather spend your time doing other things than scanning documents for clients’ names or other mundane information. New artificial intelligence systems designed specifically for law ...
Bitcoin hits $1,600 for the first time
May 9th, 2017
Bitcoin is “fully valued” and could see a pullback in the short term after hitting $1,600 for the first time on Monday, according to one investor, but the price could go as high as $4,000 over the next 14 ...
Deutsche Bank and other European companies to establish a pan-industry platform
May 9th, 2017
– “Master key” planned for online activities and public authorities – Initiative seeks to provide competitive, European response to international platform economy – German federal ministries welcome initiative Leading German and European companies have stated their intention to cooperate ...
EU lawyers admit that £92billion Brexit Bill is impossible to enforce
May 8th, 2017
EU lawyers admit that £92billion Brexit Bill is impossible to enforce and warn Eurocrats against attempting to make the UK pay the massive bill EU officials were told they could not ‘cherry pick’ the accounts and hit the UK with ...
As Israeli bill to ban binary options stalls, Canada prepares law of its own
May 8th, 2017
Binary options are not legal in Canada, but new legislation will make that fact explicit. Official vows endless battle, as some Israeli firms move operations overseas. Fed up with the large-scale theft, much of it emanating from Israel, known ...
The European Commission proposes simpler and more efficient derivatives rules
May 7th, 2017
The European Commission is today proposing some targeted reforms to improve the functioning of the derivatives market in the EU. The reforms provide simpler and more proportionate rules for over-the-counter derivatives to reduce costs and regulatory burdens for market ...
EU court backs airlines over bird strike claims worth £11m
May 5th, 2017
Lawyers pursuing claims for flight delays have suffered a rare court defeat in a judgment that could scupper thousands of potential claims. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that a collision between an aircraft and ...
AAT affirms ASIC’s disqualification and banning of the former MD of Provident Capital Ltd
May 4th, 2017
On 2 May 2017 the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) upheld ASIC’s decision that Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney be disqualified from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years (refer:15-033MR). The AAT qualified ...
IPoker withdraws from Poland over new regulatory regime
May 4th, 2017
The mass exodus of gambling entities leaving the Polish market increased this week, after a post on the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association (GWPA) confirmed that all skins on the iPoker Network would cease offering a product from 24 April. ...
Greece is fighting for debt relief
May 4th, 2017
Relief map for Greek debt? Not without a fight or two Easing Greece’s fiscal path forward is likely to be the next great struggle in the country’s agonizing, seven-year, three-package bankruptcy saga now that a bailout pact has opened ...