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International Law firm Pinsent Masons acquires majority stake in cloud-based compliance Venture
July 29th, 2015
International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced that it is to acquire a majority stake in Cerico, the cloud-based compliance joint venture which it launched in conjunction with IT consultancy Campbell Nash two years ago. Cerico is a technology-driven solution that ...
30% lawyers in the country are fake, says Bar Council of India
July 28th, 2015
Bar Council of India has also said that 20% those who claim to be lawyers don not even have proper degrees. 30% of lawyers in the country are fake, possessing ‘fraudulent’ law degrees or non-practising persons, and are degrading the profession, ...
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
FATCA Faces Lawsuit, Taxpayer Advocate’s Criticisms
July 23rd, 2015
As I expected, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and its related controversies have not gone gently into that good political night. For starters, Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky is part of a legal battle, filed ...
Whistleblower Laws Fail to Curb Toshiba Accounting Fraud
July 23rd, 2015
One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba Corp. accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower? Top executives at the Japanese industrial conglomerate, which makes everything from refrigerators to nuclear reactors, padded pretax profit by at ...
Newly listed UK law firm Gateley predicts £60 million revenue
July 21st, 2015
The first law firm to float in the UK has reported strong trading conditions. Newly listed UK law firm Gateley has reported strong trading with predictions for a 10 per cent increase in full year revenue. In its first ...
FSMA Belgium published list of investement firms operating unlawfully in Belgium
July 20th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has issues a press release to warn the public against the activities of various providers of/intermediaries in binary options and forex products, as well as against the activities of various so-called “boiler ...
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 ...
Survey: Countries poses the biggest Rule of law challenges to foreign investors
July 16th, 2015
Companies rate Australia rule of law among worst in world Only China poses bigger rule of law challenges to foreign investors than Australia, according to a new report. Hogan Lovells and The Economist conducted a survey of 301 senior ...
Costs lawyers gather strength as costs budgeting becomes more complex
July 15th, 2015
Annual survey reveals ‘costs management regime is far from perfect’ Solicitors struggling to cope with complex costs budgeting; significant growth in costs lawyers’ practices; and judicial inconsistency undermining the regime – these are just some of the findings of ...
