Robinson + Cole – The 2019 calendar year had a rough beginning with several massive data breaches. Now, just this week, over 600 million account details were stolen from 16 different websites: Dubsmash MyFitnessPal MyHeritage ShareThis HauteLook Animoto EyeEm 8fit Whitepages Fotolog 500px Armor Games BookMate CoffeeMeetsBagel Artsy DataCamp The account details being sold on
Davis Polk Avi Gesser* Until recently, biometric privacy was a niche area of the law that had little application to most companies. But with the rapid growth in commercial biometric data collection, including voice samples, fingerprints, retina scans, and facial geometry, as well as some recent developments in the applicable case law, it’s probably time
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White & Case are only part way through their globe-girdling growth path but have now cross over the $2 billion mark in revenues, growing revenues by $246 million in 2018. An ALM report on the firm showed that revenue per lawyer jumped 7.8 percent to $954,000, and profits per equity partner increased 6.2 percent to
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Slaughter & May – The prospect of Brexit will dominate the UK’s political, legal and economic landscape over the coming years. Our Brexit Practice Group have produced and will continue to produce publications outlining the procedural and substantive implications of the referendum result and Brexit as events develop. Members of the firm have advised and continue to advise clients
Disruption around Brexit and legal changes could lead to an uptick in the number of partnership disputes reaching the High Court, a law firm has said. Partnership and employment law firm Fox & Partners said the process of the UK leaving the EU could end the downturn in the number of partnership disputes, which dropped
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Boston Law has just changed with the announcement of a big move by Big Law giant Morrison & Foerster who have announced that they are entering the market after their two most successful years ever. The firm is extending its resources in life sciences and technology, as well as providing additional capabilities in its venture
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Moni Raad* Recently I got chatting to a friend of mine and we ended up on the topic of Canada’s immigration levels, and whether it’s easy to immigrate to Canada legally. After using my own first-hand experience and doing some research on the current policies, it turns out there are a few ways to do
How difficult it is for a woman in law to somehow manage a busy and successful legal life and an equally successful private life? It’s a career conundrum that women face and have to deal with in the face of increasing calls for greater achievement and success in the law. A recent Times article on
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THB Solicitors – A will is the only way to fully ensure that your property and loved ones are protected when you die. Yet around 58% of adults do not have a valid will. Without one, the Government directs, in a strict specified order, who should inherit from your estate. This could mean that your
Pretty much everybody understands that if you drive a car high on cocaine or opioids you’re asking for trouble. Not only are you putting yourself and others in physical danger, you’re also putting yourself at a high risk of being pulled over and arrested, fined and probably imprisoned. While a talented criminal lawyer may be
