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India in talks with lawyers to open up legal services sector to foreigners

30/06/2015(0)
The Indian government has started talks with the Bar Council of India and other stakeholders on its proposal to open up the legal services sector to foreigners in stages. ... Read More
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Eversheds launches Consulting arm in Asia

25/06/2015(0)
Law firm Eversheds has announced the launch of Eversheds Consulting in Asia with the expansion of Eversheds Agile. The firm’s flexible lawyer service Eversheds Agile is set to be ... Read More
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J.P. Morgan, SEC in Settlement Talks Over Product Steering

25/06/2015(0)
J.P. Morgan, other banks have faced more scrutiny on conflicts policies from OCC J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is in talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a ... Read More
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How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads

24/06/2015(0)
The successor to the 20-year-old European data protection directive has inched closer to becoming law, having been approved by the Council of Ministers, which represents each of the 28 EU member ... Read More
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Barclays sued by California utility over alleged electric market manipulation

24/06/2015(0)
A California water utility filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday to recoup losses in the electric market that it blames on Barclays Bank Plc , which the U.S. ... Read More
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François Hollande calls emergency meeting after WikiLeaks claims US spied on three French presidents

24/06/2015(0)
Documents appear to show that American agents spied on Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande, even listening to their phone calls The French president, François Hollande, has called an ... Read More
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Legal Suit Sheds Light on Secret Trading Technology

23/06/2015(0)
Ashbury Heights accuses former data partner of misusing intellectual property A legal dispute in San Francisco is shedding light on the secret tools that some of the biggest quantitative ... Read More
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FIFA, Iran, HSBC Top To-Do List for Swiss Prosecutor

18/06/2015(0)
After winning re-election as Switzerland’s Attorney-General on Wednesday, Michael Lauber went straight back to work. Not that he had much choice with a to-do list that’s getting longer by ... Read More
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Herbert Smith Freehills shuts Abu Dhabi office as firm consolidates Middle East presence

18/06/2015(0)
Reduced to just one partner in Abu Dhabi, Herbert Smith Freehills is shutting the office and shifting its five-lawyer team to Dubai just six years after opening. Having launched the office ... Read More
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New York and London are world’s toughest legal markets, says Cooley

15/06/2015(0)
The ‘jaundiced eye’ through which UK lawyers view the US law practices in London is one of the main factors contributing to the difficulties facing US law firms there, ... Read More
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