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Student group: Large legal firms are using graduates for “slave labour”, offering unpaid internships
September 24th, 2015
Concerns over ‘slave labour’ for legal graduates at law firms Large legal firms are using graduates for “slave labour”, offering unpaid internships and, in some cases, charging students thousands of dollars for practical legal training, a student group says. ...
New Details on Flash Crash Trader Legal Case
September 7th, 2015
Flash Crash Trader E-Mails Show Spoofing Strategy, U.S. Says Failed orders are `costing me,’ Sarao said to tell programmer Indictment’s new details seen bolstering U.S. extradition case The British day trader accused of contributing to the 2010 flash crash ...
Law Firms Vs Technology: Doing business in legal technology
September 3rd, 2015
International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), and InsideLegal, the insider’s guide to doing business in legal technology, released the findings of the “2015 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey” (survey). 2015 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey highlights include: 57% of all respondents spend ...
City Legal Index suggests UK recovery may stall
August 31st, 2015
The Law Society City Legal Index for the first half of 2015, published in partnership with Legal Monitor every six months, has been released. The index tracks publicised business deals facilitated by the top 50 UK law firms and ...
B.C. securities regulator alleges misrepresentation, illegal distributions and market manipulation
August 26th, 2015
The Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a notice of hearing alleging that three individuals issued false or misleading news releases, made illegal distributions, and participated in a market manipulation. The notice alleges that Christine Maria ...
Investors launch legal battle over alleged £50m fund fraud run by Capital World Markets
August 20th, 2015
Victims of an alleged £50 million fund fraud have taken legal action in a bid to get their money back, according to The Times. The class action sheds light on money flows from the CWM fund, which promised investors ...
South Korea’s third stage of the local legal industry liberalization
August 18th, 2015
Market liberalization keeps law firms on their toes As South Korea is set to enter the third stage of its opening of the local legal industry, the legal circle here remains split over the impact, with some viewing it ...
Dentons agrees to train Ross the robot in legal research
August 13th, 2015
Dentons is one of a number of US-based law firms which have agreed to train a robot developed by the University of Toronto to carry out basic legal research, scanning documents and case law. Like other more sophisticated robots, ...
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 ...
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 ...
