Increase in suicides by law enforcement officers leads to request from Congress for report WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the release of “Law Enforcement Officer Suicide: 2020 Report to Congress.” The report is a result of a request from Congress, driven by the increase in suicides
Sanctions imposed on a barristers chambers could lead to ‘self censorship’ in UK legal profession The Financial Times reported recently on the move by China to impose sanctions on a prominent barristers’ chambers, which lawyers say could lead to self censorship in the UK profession with a move that another lawyer said “took your breath
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The Google lawsuit involved code used in the Android operating system and has been a landmark copyright dispute Google has succeeded in its long-running lawsuit against Oracle over software used in the Android mobile platform, with a 6-2 decision involving around 12,000 lines of code. The code was taken from the Java application programming interface
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(April 5, 2021, Ft. Lauderdale, FL) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Chad Bickerton has joined the firm as an insurance coverage litigation partner in Ft. Lauderdale. Prior to joining KDV, Bickerton was a partner in the Sarasota, FL office of Goodman McGuffey LLP. He is the second
Arent Fox is pleased to announce the return of Copyright Partners Ross J. Charap and Matthew L. Finkelstein to the firm’s New York office. Ross and Matt previously worked at Arent Fox from 2010 – 2014. Their team includes Counsel Celeste M. Moy and Associate Jackie Robinson. “We are delighted to have Ross and Matt back as part of the Arent Fox family. Music
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Survey Results & Predictions on Challenges, Changes, and Legal Tech What are the biggest trends in legal tech in 2021? What are the types of technologies organizations planning on investing in? And what are the metrics we all might want to start measuring? Those are exactly the kinds of questions we asked top corporate legal
Lawyers looking for love can be a brief too far for many overworked, stressed legal professionals, but a London legal entrepreneur has developed a dating app for lawyers-use-only – hoping to change the lawyer dating game for good. Release over a week ago, the new Lawyr app has already proven a success based on the
A Google search for the term ‘Attorney’ will return you around 533 million results – give or take a million or so. A similar search for ‘Lawyer’ returns 640 million. So, within the 100 million region they two can be regarded in search terms as largely similar in terms of online search popularity. But the
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“Leading with Influence” is a new research study Morrison & Foerster has completed in partnership with Global Leaders in Law, aimed at helping you, our global GC community, lead and thrive as you juggle increasingly complex roles, in uncertain times. Over 150 global legal executives participated in this comprehensive study to understand the competencies crucial
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31 March 2021 | – The Court of Appeal decision released today has confirmed the liquidators were successful in the Court of Appeal. The court found the liquidators “are entitled to an award of compensation in respect of the director’s breaches”. Liquidators of the failed Mainzeal group of companies, Andrew Bethell and Brian Mayo-Smith of
