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International Law Firm opens office in Paris
March 6th, 2017
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, expanded its international presence today by opening an office in Paris, France. Ogletree Deakins’ Paris office broadens the firm’s European footprint, which includes Berlin and London, ...
International law firms accused of owning millions to Cayman Islands
March 2nd, 2017
Opposition members of the Legislative Assembly alleged Monday that Cayman Islands law firms have denied the nation $50 million in fees over the past decade by averting local licensing. The accusation comes amid heated debate over the proposed Legal ...
Singapore launched multimillion programme to help law firms to adopt technology
March 1st, 2017
A S$2.8 million programme was launched on Monday (Feb 27) to help small- and medium-sized Singapore law firms adopt technology, announced the Ministry of Law, the Law Society of Singapore and SPRING Singapore. Small and medium firms – those ...
Two leading global law firms to merge
February 23rd, 2017
Combination brings together two leading global law firms US practice will have approximately 1,000 lawyers New York office will rank among the city’s 25 largest with more than 300 lawyers Washington, DC office will grow to more than 130 ...
Malta’s new draft law raises concerns over internet freedom
February 22nd, 2017
Several thousand people took to the streets of Malta on Sunday (19 February) to protest against a new bill that is expected to force online news sites to register with the government. The protest, organised by Malta’s opposition Nationalist ...
European Parliament calls for robot law
February 17th, 2017
EU-wide rules are needed for the fast-evolving field of robotics, e.g. to enforce ethical standards or establish liability for accidents involving driverless cars, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs ask the EU Commission to propose rules ...
International law firm sues eight partners who quit
February 14th, 2017
Herbert Smith Freehills has sued eight of the 10 partners who quit last year to launch White & Case in Australia. The case, filed at the Supreme Court of New South Wales, named Melbourne partners Andrew Clark, Joanne Draper, ...
Founders of Panama Law Firm Mossack Fonseca arrested
February 13th, 2017
Police in Panama arrested the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, on money laundering charges after authorities raided the firm’s headquarters as part of investigations into Brazil’s largest-ever bribery scandal. ...
Leading law firms pull away from Qatar
February 10th, 2017
Leading law firms pull away from Qatar Two of the world’s largest law firms are set to shut up shop in Qatar. Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills are both closing their offices in the region in the coming ...
The Law Society UK reports on technological innovation in Legal services
February 8th, 2017
The independent professional body for solicitors in UK, The Law Society, has published the research report “Capturing Technological Innovation in Legal Services”. Unprecedented technological change offers solicitors exciting opportunities to innovate in ways that benefit clients, technological innovators and ...