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Global law firm joins forces with blockchain expert to launch consultancy
September 22nd, 2017
Global law firm Clyde & Co has launched an innovative new consultancy to advise insurers and clients in other sectors on all aspects of the burgeoning new area of smart contracts, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Clyde Code, as ...
Irish law firm adopts artificial intelligence driven platform
September 12th, 2017
McCann FitzGerald, one of Ireland’s premier law firms, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Neota Logic, creators of a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform to design and market applications to assist McCann FitzGerald’s clients with reducing ...
Amazon hit with lawsuit over eclipse glasses
August 31st, 2017
Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by a couple who claims defective eclipse glasses purchased through the online retailer damaged their eyes. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in South Carolina on Tuesday ...
Australian law firm is initially deploying artificial intelligence technology
August 29th, 2017
Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth is initially deploying Luminance’s artificial intelligence technology to streamline due diligence processes for M&A transactions.The law firm adopted Luminance after completing a pilot of the technology within its M&A department. It plans to ...
Slow growth for law firms in 2017
August 21st, 2017
Law firms are set for bigger expenses and slower growth in 2017, according to Citibank’s quarterly report. Figures for law firms will feature margin compression, low-single-digit growth in revenue and profits and continued dispersion and volatility in performance by ...
Ousted Uber CEO Kalanick: Investor lawsuit a ‘public and personal attack’
August 18th, 2017
Uber ex-CEO Travis Kalanick called a suit filed against him by an investor in the firm a “public and personal attack.” Powered by WPeMatico
Former Uber CEO says investor lawsuit a ‘public and personal attack’
August 18th, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The ousted chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc called a lawsuit filed against him by one of the company’s top investors a “public and personal attack” without merit, according to court documents filed late ...
Wisconsin lawmakers debate billions in incentives for Foxconn plant
August 17th, 2017
(Reuters) – The Wisconsin State Assembly on Thursday will consider a $3 billion incentive package for a proposed liquid-crystal display factory by Taiwan’s Foxconn, the first vote on the deal by a chamber of the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. Powered ...
‘Robo-Lawyer’ launched for property investing
August 10th, 2017
Legal and fintech startup Bootstrap Legal, brainchild of seasoned lawyer and crowdfunder GC Amy Wan, has launched software that automates the drafting of complex legal paperwork for those raising capital for property projects of $2 million and under. The ...
Global law firm reveals FY17 results; Record global revenues
August 2nd, 2017
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has issued today a press release to announce revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2017 (FY17). Below is the announcement a it was published: Baker McKenzie, the leading global law firm, has announced ...