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Foley Gardere Announces Finance and Energy Counsel in Houston

Press Releases / July 9, 2018

HOUSTON – Foley Gardere announced today that Neal A. Bakare has joined the firm’s Finance Practice Group andEnergy Industry Team as of counsel in the Houston office. He joins from Macquarie Bank Limited, where he served as Senior Vice President of Legal Risk Management. Bakare is an experienced lawyer whose background includes time as both an in-house attorney and

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AML CFT – Client Profiling and Why It Is Not Fully Understood

New Zealand Law News / July 9, 2018

AML360 – Following on from my article last week, I will continue on the subject of client profiling. It is an area in the AML CFT Act that is not well understood – from both the obligations to conduct client risk profiling, as well as the purpose and advantages that arise from establishing a

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AI & Insurance – Planning for An Intelligent Future

Norton Rose – The insurance industry is looking at the means to develop new business models that rely on the mining of large data sets in order to identify customers, price risk and analyse claims. Not only does the application of artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to reduce costs by reducing headcount, it also

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Magic Pay For Magic Circle Partners

Headlining, Law Firms, Lawyers, UK Law / July 8, 2018

The reporting season for London’s Magic Circle firms has started with some mouth-watering figures emerging, lead by Freshfields’ partner pay packets. So what are the numbers? Leading the field with profit per equity partner (PEP) are Freshfields – £1.73 million Allen & Overy – £1.64 million Clifford Chance – £1.6 million. All firms displayed revenue

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FARA – A New Era?

Briefings, Briefings / July 8, 2018

Baker & McKenzie – On 28 June 2018, Baker McKenzie hosted a breakfast and briefing in the Washington, DC Office on the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The event provided a forum to discuss legal and policy issues relating to increased FARA registrations and a possible new era in FARA enforcement by the US Department of

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Baker McKenzie appoints David Cambria as Global Director of Legal Operations

Press Releases / July 8, 2018

Baker McKenzie today announced the appointment of David Cambria as the Firm’s first Global Director of Legal Operations. Cambria will be responsible for ensuring that the strategies for pricing, legal project management, and other commercial activities are closely matched to increasingly sophisticated client needs and expectations. He brings a unique “voice of the client” to

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Morrison & Foerster Adds Senior Tax Partner in New York

Press Releases / July 7, 2018

Anthony Carbone joins Morrison & Foerster to further expand the firm’s Bankruptcy, M&A, Private Equity, and Fund Formation practices, and to serve as co-chair of the Global Tax Department 06/26/2018 NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 26, 2018) – Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Anthony (“Tony”) Carbone has joined

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US Attorney Files Civil Injunction Against Convicted Tax Preparer Preventing Further Tax Work

Press Releases / July 7, 2018

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing of a civil complaint against SAMUEL GENTLE, who was previously convicted of preparing fraudulent federal tax returns through a tax preparation business, to prohibit him from preparing tax returns for others or engaging in activities that substantially interfere

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Law firm Clarke Willmott unlocks ‘opportunity to grow’ with London expansion

Press Releases, UK Law / July 7, 2018

Law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has celebrated its recent move to a bigger office in London with a Summer in the City reception. Over 150 people gathered for the event at 5 Helen’s Place, the company’s new base near Bishopsgate and the iconic Gherkin building. Speaking at the gathering, chief exec Stephen Rosser said the relocation from

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California’s GDPR – Could Be Trouble For Companies Selling Personal Data

Briefings, Briefings / July 7, 2018

Nixon Peabody – Just a month after the European Union’s notoriously strict General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, California followed suit with a landmark law of its own: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Authored by democrats Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblyman Ed Chau, AB 375 passed unanimously in both chambers of

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