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Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker
August 13th, 2015
Investors see riches in a cryptography-enabled technology called smart contracts–but it could also offer much to criminals. Some of the earliest adopters of the digital currency Bitcoin were criminals, who have found it invaluable in online marketplaces for contraband ...
E-conveyancing among legal industry’s biggest IT concerns
August 12th, 2015
Sixty per cent of firms are planning to adopt a digital platform for conveyancing, Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), in the next two years, a new survey indicates. Legal software company GlobalX Legal Solutions recently conducted a survey of over ...
Mid-Size and Small Law Firms Confident They Can Succeed
August 12th, 2015
Survey from Thomson Reuters and Managing Partner Forum shows positive market outlook Leaders of mid-size and small law firms are meeting or exceeding their profitability goals, and are confident in their ability to succeed in the current legal environment. ...
Dentons, NextLaw Labs and IBM Cloud fuel legal tech startups
August 10th, 2015
Dentons, the global law firm, today announced that NextLaw Labs, its collaborative innovation platform, has joined with IBM to create a technology platform program using IBM Cloud to enable startups to create and deploy legal applications more quickly. NextLaw Labs ...
JPMorgan, Simpson Sued Over Mistake in GM Loan: Business of Law
August 4th, 2015
It was only a matter of time. One of the participants in a $1.5 billion term loan that JPMorgan Chase & Co. made to General Motors Corp. before its bankruptcy is now suing the bank and its lawyers at ...
Former Libor ‘Ringmaster’ Hayes Gets 14 Years for Libor Rigging
August 4th, 2015
Former UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc. trader Tom Hayes, the first person to stand trial for manipulating Libor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to rig the benchmark rate. After a ...
E&Y Japan has launched an in-house investigation into its audit in relation of Toshiba Corp accounting scandal
August 3rd, 2015
The Japanese affiliate of Ernst & Young LLC has launched an in-house investigation into its audit of Toshiba Corp in the wake of the electronics maker’s $1.2 billion accounting scandal, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Ernst ...
Standard Chartered, Societe Generale are among four banks added to Forex Lawsuit by investors
August 3rd, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc and Societe Generale SA are among four banks added to a suit by investors claiming banks manipulated the $5.3 trillion a day foreign-exchange market. The investors filed a revised complaint Friday in which they broadened their ...
Morgan Stanley to pay more than $2.3 million to a group of investors for losses
July 29th, 2015
Firm accused of unauthorized trading and other misdeeds by brokers in Jackson, Miss.-area branch An arbitration panel ordered Morgan Stanley to pay more than $2.3 million to a group of investors for losses tied to alleged unauthorized trading and other misdeeds ...
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 ...
