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Clients are ‘biggest competitors’ to law firms
November 16th, 2017
Clients are the biggest competitors to law firms and are taking work from them, a top European marketer says. Andrea Miskolczi, chief business development and marketing officer at Wolf Theiss, says inhouse teams are investing in technology and, with ...
Credit Suisse To Pay Millions For Unlawful Conduct In Its Forex Trading Business
November 15th, 2017
Credit Suisse Traders Engaged in Efforts to Manipulate Prices, Profited at the Expense of Clients, and Improperly Shared Customer Information Credit Suisse Executives Encouraged Traders to Engage in Front Running, Which Deceived and Disadvantaged Customers The Bank Will Also ...
US Law Firm Received The Largest Fine Ever Profession’s Regulatory Body
November 9th, 2017
US law firm Locke Lord has received the largest fine ever levied by the profession’s regulatory body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The firm has to pay £500,000 after accepting four allegations of misconduct, including acting with a lack of ...
Law firms struggle with the digital age
October 20th, 2017
Law firms are finding it difficult to differentiate their offerings as they cannot innovate like other businesses. Law firms are still coming to terms with the new digital landscape and many are still struggling with the concept of having ...
PwC is set to compete with law firms
October 16th, 2017
The accountancy giant is set to compete with law firms for companies in need of flexible resourcing solutions with its latest New Law offering. Big Four accountancy giant PwC is set to enter the alternative legal services market with ...
Lawyers Charged With Assisting a Microcap Fraud Scheme
October 12th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two lawyers it alleges helped facilitate a microcap fraud scheme involving undisclosed “blank check” companies secretly bound for reverse mergers. In complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District ...
International law firm continues global expansion with Bangkok and Paris office openings
October 3rd, 2017
According an announcement released yesterday, the opening of new offices in Thailand and France strengthened global footprint and insurance practice for the International law firm Kennedys Law LLP. Kennedys released: Suraphon Rittipongchusit, formerly a senior partner in the insurance ...
Big Four accountancy firms gain ground on law firms
September 28th, 2017
The accountancy firms are gaining ground on law firms and could reshape the marketplace, new research from American Lawyer reveals. With over two in three law firm leaders regarding the legal arms of the Big Four as a major ...
Multinational law firm explores opportunities in Uganda
September 28th, 2017
A multinational law firm has issued a press release to inform that it will form a combination with an elite international law firm in Uganda that is expected to be launched in February 2018. According the announcement, Dentons, the ...
The first Australian Law Firm to accept digital currencies as forms of payment
September 25th, 2017
The Lehman Walsh Lawyers, a specialist Startup and General Corporate Law practice based in Australia, has issued an announcement to inform that it will be the first Australia Law Firm to accept three of the major digital currencies, as ...
