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Robot lawyer Visabot is available in beta on Facebook Messenger
November 17th, 2016
Visa lawyer bot pledges to ‘help immigrants make America great again’ A bot that helps people complete visa applications to enter the United States has launched in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Available in beta on Facebook Messenger, Visabot helps complete ...
Lawyers for Julian Assange may ask Trump to close the criminal investigation
November 16th, 2016
Lawyers for Julian Assange have said they may ask US President-elect Donald Trump to close the criminal investigation into the WikiLeaks co-founder, and hope that Sweden will soon close the probe into allegations of sexual assault. The Obama administration ...
European law firm announces merger with Chinese firm
November 15th, 2016
The tie up sees JS Partners adopt the new name ‘Fei Shi’ and the Fieldfisher brand. European law firm Fieldfisher announces its latest merger with Chinese firm, JS Partners. The merger, structured as a Swiss Verein, takes effect from ...
Law firms to combine and create a global law firm with 1,000 lawyers across US, Europe and china
November 14th, 2016
Arnold & Porter LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP today announced the two firms have agreed to combine effective January 1, 2017 to become Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. This strategic combination brings together renowned regulatory expertise, sophisticated litigation ...
European law firm Fieldfisher and commercial law firm Hill Hofstetter announced merger
November 11th, 2016
Fieldfisher has merged with the 18 partner Birmingham firm that specialises in corporate, litigation, real estate and employment law. European law firm Fieldfisher announces it will merge with leading commercial law firm Hill Hofstetter. Hill Hofstetter is a commercial ...
International law firm developed Artificial Intelligence robot for contracts solution
November 10th, 2016
International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the roll out of an AI-powered commercial contracts solution to support clients responding to challenges posed by Brexit. The firm has developed a three-step tool to help clients identify risk in existing ...
Offshore law firm opens Hong Kong office
November 9th, 2016
Carey Olsen, one of the largest offshore law firms With 49 partners and 200 lawyers has issued an announcement to inform for its Hong Kong office opening. According the announcement: The Hong Kong practice has a dispute resolution and ...
UK based international law firm launched £500K mentoring programme for FinTech start ups
November 8th, 2016
UK based international law firm Addleshaw Goddard has announced the launch of a programme worth up to £500,000 to support FinTech growth in the UK. The programme is designed to support more established, as well as start up, FinTechs ...
WJP Rule of Law Index 2016; The Top performing countries
November 7th, 2016
The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® is the world’s leading source for original data on the rule of law. The 2016 edition expands coverage to 113 countries and jurisdictions (from 102 in 2015), relying on more than ...
Bank fined $215 Million by DFS for violating Anti Money Laundering Laws
November 7th, 2016
DFS Investigation Uncovers Intentional Actions to Obscure U.S. Dollar Clearing Transactions, Including Counterfeit and Falsified Invoices involving China and Russia and Omission of Information Regarding Possible U.S. Dollar Trades with Sanctioned Counterparties Bank Management Silenced and Severely Curtailed the ...
