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Satisfaction survey finds majority of junior lawyers feel fulfilled despite career concerns
July 17th, 2015
Most junior lawyers are both fulfilled by their professional lives and enjoy a reasonably healthy work/life balance despite concerns over the quality of management, bonus schemes and career prospects at their firms. These are the headline findings of the ...
Unregulated advisers beat law firms in Google rankings
July 13th, 2015
Solicitor firms are missing out on vital marketing opportunities – and losing ground to the unregulated sector – by not establishing themselves at the top of Google searches, research has found. Legal Services Board chief executive Richard Moriarty (pictured) ...
India in talks with lawyers to open up legal services sector to foreigners
June 30th, 2015
The Indian government has started talks with the Bar Council of India and other stakeholders on its proposal to open up the legal services sector to foreigners in stages. Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters that discussions are also ...
How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads
June 24th, 2015
The successor to the 20-year-old European data protection directive has inched closer to becoming law, having been approved by the Council of Ministers, which represents each of the 28 EU member states. This has led to howls of anguish from some ...
Lawyers facing up to Grexit
June 22nd, 2015
If Greece goes bust, what will happen to client money? “As the spectacle of potential Greek bankruptcy unrolls before our eyes, we should put ourselves in the shoes of our Greek lawyer colleagues.” The main impact of the crisis ...
UK tax authorities pay record £605,000 to informants
June 15th, 2015
Amount paid by HMRC to reward tip-offs rises by 50% in a year in bid to recoup tens of billions lost annually to tax fraud The amount of money paid to informants by HMRC in its attempts to crack down on ...
KPMG insolvency on Alpari UK: Compensation Payments made by FSCS – Notice to Clients
June 4th, 2015
KPMG insolvency has issued an announcement regarding: Alpari UK Limited (in special administration) This information is in addition to previous information. KPMG insolvency notes that: “In light of the recent payments made by FSCS to those clients who had assigned their ...
KPMG: Big Four player poses new threat to law firms
June 2nd, 2015
KPMG is growing its legal arm beyond tax, threatening to become a major player in the legal services market. Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Jeremy Geale, the head of KPMG’s tax controversy team, said the Big Four firm is boosting the ...
Law Firm Survey: Financial Services Professionals Reveals Widespread Disregard for Ethics
May 20th, 2015
Efforts to Reform Wall Street and Fleet Street May be Faltering Labaton Sucharow LLP, which established the nation’s first practice exclusively dedicated to representing SEC whistleblowers, today announced the results of its collaborative survey with the University of Notre ...
U.S. contacts UK FX trader over Bank of England meeting – source
May 14th, 2015
London The U.S Department of Justice has requested an interview with a senior London-based currency trader who attended a meeting with Bank of England officials three years ago that ultimately became pivotal to a global investigation into allegations of ...