2021

LegalTech Deal Sees PwC Expand Its NewLaw Offer in Australia

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  Accounting Giant PwC has bought CXINLAW ( client experience in law) to expand the company’s range of services from in-house legal help to law firms. CXINLAW was founded in 2014 by founding director Carl White, who now joins PwC as a director. The company specialises in helping law firms, chambers and corporates with transforming

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4 Factor When Choosing The Right ‘Real Estate Lawyer Near Me’

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Purchasing a house is one of the most significant transactions in anyone’s life and one of the most popular online searches when it comes to finding the right real estate lawyer is searching for a ‘real estate lawyer near me’. However, when it comes to choosing that real estate lawyer, what are the factors you

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Divorce Law Decision on De Niro Split – He Keeps Most of the Money

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Actor Robert De Niro has avoided payment of half the money he has earned through acting and his business interests after a divorce law decision from the New York County Supreme Court that found that a 2004 prenuptial agreement served to maintain those funds as De Niro’s separate property.   Grace Hightower had sought to

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New Zealand Law – DLA Piper Appoint New Senior Lawyers

Global law firm DLA Piper is pleased to announce the appointments of two senior lawyers: Carl Blake, Special Counsel, Employment and Greg Mitchell, Senior Associate, Corporate M&A. Carl Blake specialises in all aspects of employment law, health and safety and privacy. He provides strategic advice for corporate organisations, in both New Zealand and globally, on

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Law firm diversity – Freshfields Diversity Programme Sees 13 New Scholars in Scholarship Scheme

Freshfields has selected 13 new scholars to join its Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme, now in its ninth year, bringing the total number of scholarships awarded to 95. Established by Freshfields in 2013 with support from Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE, the scholarship aims to address the disproportionate under-representation in large commercial law firms and

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UK Lawyers To Have Easier Access to New Zealand Legal Practice

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The recently signed trade deal between the UK and New Zealand will permit UK lawyers to work more easily in New Zealand as it drives collaboration between legal regulators The Department for International Trade said the UK’FTA  with New Zealand will improve business travel arrangements and allow professionals such as lawyers and architects to work abroad more easily.

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Cybersecurity Law – How Should Your Firm Respond To Renewed Emphasis on Cybersecurity?

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Aaron Nicodemus* If your firm does business with the U.S. government—through a contract or receiving grant funds—your cybersecurity defenses had better be up to snuff. Recent pronouncements from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and White House make it clear the government will be far less tolerant of excuses from companies who don’t report breaches in

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Email Security Company Executives Charged With $50 Million Fraud

  Robert Bernardi, Nihat Cardak, and Sunil Chandra Raised Millions of Dollars from Investors and Lenders by Using Fabricated Documents and Impersonating a Purported Customer, Auditor, and Lawyer   Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office

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Litigation Funder’s $31 Million Trip-and-Fall Fraud Scheme Arrested

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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging ADRIAN ALEXANDER with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation for fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents.  ALEXANDER was

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