Legal news

DLA Piper under fire

Former ethics officer and student protest groups target two-pronged attack on DLA Piper, according to reports by Bloomberg News.

• M&A

  

  Toughing out M&A hangover

  Baker McKenzie report reveals M&A to drop 25 percent in 2020 in the face of an uncertainty, with North America the outlier.

• LGBT RIGHTS

  

  Dentons tackle lgbt+ data concerns

  Stonewall, Dentons and NYU join forces to launch gdpr guide on lgbt+ data collection.

• GENDER

  

  Hogan Lovells barefoot in the desert

  Firm's social responsibility partnership training rural women in India is to feature at Dubai expo 2020.

• MENTAL HEALTH

  

  Profession marks mental health day

  Seventeen signed Mindful Business Charter on yesterday's World Mental Health Day, while Freshfields meets target for its first-aider programme.

Editor's picks

EXPANSION

Schjodt expands in Nordic combo

Time is ripe for Nordic consolidation says firm's head as Norway's Schjodt and Sweden's Hamilton merged to create a €108m firm.

ROBOTICS

Legal reality imitates legal art

Inspired by "Suits" legal TV series, Donna secures $2.5 million in seed funding to replace the robot within the lawyer.

DISRUPTION

Literally Amazonification of the legal market

Amazon takes to the US legal market with an new IP offering on the back of law firm network.

MERGER

Combo spikes interest

Drawing on Golden Spike history Dentons US, Bingham Greenebaum and Cohen & Grigsby on track to be "first truly national US law firm."

Blogs

LEGAL SERVICES

Niche law firms poised to benefit from artificial intelligence

Disruption has opened up a world of opportunities for the legal marketplace in the UK, says Jeffrey Catanzaro.

BLOCKCHAIN

Unlocking the blockchain enigma

With the evolution of blockchain, clients in a wide range of sectors will be impacted, says Patrick McKenna.

Business sector round up

WORLD LEGAL SUMMIT

Updated: Summit meeting welcomes Ireland's 'AI moment'

The World Legal Summit Dublin to be held August 1, 2019, now with additional sponsorship from Bar of Ireland.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

New North Sea oil Industry initiative from Pinsent Masons

The law firm will run a programme helping tech pioneers develop and market their businesses.