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Luxury elite lawyers and founders get ready for Luxury London
March 16th, 2018
Around 250 of luxury’s elite lawyers and businesses will join forces in London on 14/15 May. Lawyers dealing with the luxury marketplace will gather together to discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in the marketplace in London on 15 ...
Statement on potentially unlawful online platforms for trading digital assets including coins and tokens in ICOs
March 8th, 2018
SEC has released a Statement on potentially unlawful online platforms for trading digital assets including coins and tokens offered and sold in so-called Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”). Below is the Statement as it was released: Online trading platforms have become ...
Law firms join blockchain platform
February 28th, 2018
A group of top law firms have joined forces with an enterprise software company including Baker & McKenzie and Clifford Chance. A software firm R3 has launched the Legal Centre of Excellence (LCoE) as a platform for the global ...
Volkswagen Settles U.S. Emissions Lawsuit Just Before Trial
February 26th, 2018
Volkswagen AG came to an agreement to settle a lawsuit over the company’s marketing of clean-emissions vehicles, resolving a contentious fight over consumer fraud claims just before it was about to go to trial. The suit was dismissed on ...
Toronto lawyer turned to social media to serve a claim
February 6th, 2018
A Toronto lawyer turned to social media to serve a claim on a defendant she had been unable to track down. Ontario Superior Court allowed Tara Vasdani, an associate at Mason Caplan Roti, to serve a statement of claim ...
Deloitte set to take on traditional law firms
January 11th, 2018
The Big Four accountancy giant is the latest to enter the legal playing field with major plans to develop its offerings to corporates and compete with law firms. Deloitte has announced plans to become a major legal player. The ...
Spotify Has Been Hit With a $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit
January 4th, 2018
Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher. Wixen, an ...
Three UK law firms announce global expansion plans
December 19th, 2017
UK law firms are continuing to open up offices globally and link with local firms with the latest three law firms announcing plans to expand abroad. Pinsent Masons has joined forces with Saudi Arabian law firm Alsabhan & Alajaji ...
Google faces mass legal action over ‘unlawful’ data collection
December 4th, 2017
A UK Campaign group is taking Google to court in a £1 billion mass action alleging the tech giant unlawfully collected information from Apple’s iPhone handsets. The group, Google you owe us, is led by former Which director Richard ...
American law firm Sedgwick is to close after some 85 years in business
November 23rd, 2017
The closure follows a raft of lawyers exiting the firm in recent years, most recently a defection to UK law firm Kennedys. ‘We have concluded that the best way to allow our lawyers to continue providing great service to ...
