Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to sign up to an artificial intelligence (AI) provider, taking on RAVN for a number of automated tasks. | 8yrs
Editor and journalist at The Global Legal Post
Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to sign up to an artificial intelligence (AI) provider, taking on RAVN for a number of automated tasks. | 8yrs
Norway's $850bn sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, is planning legal action against Volkswagen over the automaker's emissions scandal. | 9yrs
Specialist lawyers have said that plans to extend the scope of the 'failure to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes could be the most significant shake-up in corporate criminal law in a century. | 9yrs
A round-up of hires in the City. | 9yrs
An investigation has found that the president of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, which saw a string of high profile defections after e-commerce giant Alibaba's admission, owns stock in the company and has ties to an Alibaba VP. | 9yrs
City of London Police is to use external law firms on fraud cases for the first time after establishing a panel of firms and investigators to advise fraud victims and assist police with asset recovery. | 9yrs
International law firm RPC has launched a management consultancy intended to help senior in-house lawyers improve their operational efficiency and personal effectiveness. | 9yrs
As government officials and world leaders meet in London for today's anti-corruption summit, a study by Hogan Lovells shows that a worrying 40 per cent of CCOs do not consider anti-bribery and corruption to be a priority for chief execs. | 9yrs
French firm Jeantet Associés has launched in Moscow with the hire of a team from Gide Loyrette Nouel, having opened in Budapest and Kiev last October. | 9yrs
In a bid to tackle international corruption, the Ministry of Justice will consult this summer on proposals to extend the scope of the 'failing to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes. | 9yrs
As the Panama Papers controversy continues to make headlines around the world and ahead of tomorrow's London Anti-Corruption Summit, a raft of senior law firm leaders have publicly pledged to tackle corruption. | 9yrs
DLA Piper is cutting 200 business support jobs in the UK, in a move that will see the firm automate swathes of work and shift roles to low-wage economy Poland. | 9yrs
Dentons is to launch an office in Munich in July with the hire of three partners from Norton Rose Fulbright, among them its German senior partner. | 9yrs
A lawyer in Florida may not become a judge after paying just 20 cents too little for the candidate “qualifying fee.” | 9yrs
Gowling WLG has taken on two new partners, appointing former Herbert Smith Freehills Abu Dhabi head Andrew Newbery in projects and Dentons' Matthew Harvey in banking and finance. | 9yrs
Clifford Chance's former Sydney managing partner Mark Pistilli has launched a new corporate boutique. | 9yrs
Leading PRC law firm Zhong Lun has expanded its reach in line with its “Going Global” strategy by becoming the Chinese firm with the most extensive US presence. | 9yrs
A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 9yrs
Goldman Sachs has lost a key costs argument at London's High Court in a pre-trial review of the upcoming $1bn court battle between it and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). | 9yrs
A Southern California-based law firm specialising in workers compensation defense has sued four ex-partners, claiming that they used working hours and the firm's resources to plan the launch of a competing practice. | 9yrs