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What are the prospects of a U.S.-UK trade agreement after Brexit?

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Brexit

 Kelley Drye Brexiteers claim that leaving the EU single market and customs union creates a golden opportunity for the UK to regain power over its international trade.  The potential future post-Brexit free-trade agreement that has received the most attention is that between the U.S. and the UK.  A U.S.-UK Trade and Investment Working Group was set up in […]

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The Shape of Water: Tax Disputes in the Age of Intangible Value

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Water

Baker & McKenzie – With tax disputes rising exponentially across the globe, the risk to multinational corporations is greater than ever. New research from Baker McKenzie reveals that among the Fortune 500, as much as USD 75.3 billion is currently under dispute – a figure so large it threatens to wipe out more than half

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Legal Department Operations are now front and center of internal legal department

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Legal Department Operations (LDOs) are now front and center of internal legal departments − as a decade of results show in a newly released survey sponsored by Baker McKenzie. Ten years ago, only 8% of Legal Ops directed or managed the selection of outside counsel for particular matters, and only 16% did so for panels. Today, those numbers

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A Colossal Multi-Billion Dollar Money Laundering Scandal Showed Deficiencies in AML Procedures

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Fraud protection

Ballard Spahr – This week Danske Bank released a report detailing the results of its much anticipated internal investigation into allegations of money laundering perpetrated in its Estonian branch. The results of the investigation dwarfed even the boldest predictions. The report found between 2007 and 2015 the Estonian branch processed a staggering 200 billion Euros, or $234

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Using LinkedIn for Lawyers – A New Client Cash Cow

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Using LinkedIn as a marketing tool for lawyers has increasingly become something of a no-brainer.  The ability to harness the power of the massive network, which is specifically designed for professionals and others to “network”, means that there is a receptive audience for quality leads and content. LinkedIn executive Samantha McKenna recent published a piece

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How Distributed Ledger Technology Might Influence eDiscovery

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Epiq –  Blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (“DLT”) that can occur on both public and private networks. Blockchain is revolutionary technology because it can securely and permanently record transactions without the presence of a centralized authority such as a bank or government. While this technology is complex and can be confusing, a

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What Star Hollywood Mediator Lee Jay Berman Can Tell Lawyers About The Power of Mediation and Achieving the One Thing Every Lawyer Wants

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Berman lawfuel

Mediator Lee Jay Berman may not have qualified in law, but he has become one of America’s most sought-after mediators, resolving seemingly insoluable disputes from rock band breakups to seemingly ‘irreconcilable’ business and personal disputes.  And he has some thoughts on how lawyers can use mediation effectively for the one thing every good lawyer wants

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Artificial Intelligence & The Law: Will It Take Us To Dark Places Too?

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Otago University’s artificial intelligence research will help shed light on the effect of AI innovations on law and public policy in New Zealand, including a look at some potentially harmful implications from the powerful and fast-developing technology.The Otago initiative,  Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand, is funded in part by the Law Foundation and

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Legal AI: Coming Ready or Not

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Artificial intelligence lawfuel

Baker Donelson – Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled legal tools are reaching the market at an incredible pace. Understanding and vetting such technology is critical to ensuring better outcomes for legal projects.  Every day, news articles in my social media feed address some new legal technology powered by AI. The promise of legal AI is incredible.

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Trademark Enforcement: The Creative Enforcement with Cease-N-Desist

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Foley Hoag –  Joshua Jarvis Over the past few years, we have seen numerous instances of companies protecting their trademarks in creative ways – approaches that leverage humor and the brands themselves in order to achieve an acceptable legal outcome while simultaneously promoting the company and its brands, thus minimizing the risk of public relations blowback.

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