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Dechert – European Commission Proposes Regulation on Artificial Intelligence

BigLaw / May 13, 2021

This OnPoint summarizes key provisions of the European Commission’s Proposed Regulation on Artificial Intelligence and offers some practical takeaways and strategic considerations for impacted organizations. Given the heightened interest in AI by EU and U.S. authorities, and the success European lawmakers have had in exporting the European privacy legal framework globally, companies will want to start considering the impacts

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Vice Chairs of Foley & Lardner IP Law Group

Press Releases / May 13, 2021

Courtenay Brinckerhoff is a partner and intellectual property lawyer in the Washington, D.C. office. Her practice focuses on assisting clients with all aspects of obtaining, defending, licensing, and enforcing patents and conducting freedom-to-operate and due diligence investigations. She is chair of the firm’s Associate Training & IP Policies and Procedures Committee, an active member of the

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Baker + McKenzie Dismayed At Horror of Racial Attacks

Press Releases / May 12, 2021

All of us at Baker McKenzie have watched with dismay and horror as racially motivated attacks of physical violence and harassment targeting people of Asian and Pacific Island descent have proliferated across the US, UK and in many parts of the world. As a Firm, we stand in solidarity with our Asian and Pacific Islander

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Bell Gully Former Chair In IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2021

Rankings / May 12, 2021

Bell Gully corporate partner and former chair Anna Buchly has been included in IFLR1000’s Women Leaders 2021, an elite cohort of the leading female transactional experts in local markets globally. IFLR1000 noted Anna’s impressive track record as well as her consistent recommendations by both clients and peers, selecting her for the 2021 Women Leaders list alongside many notable

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The London Law Gold Rush Sees Lateral Hires For Up To $7 Million

BigLaw, UK Law / May 12, 2021

The London offices of large US law firms are snapping senior legal talent – but they’re sometimes missing the concept of what the culture of a ‘British’ firm London law’s gold rush, stimulated by American law firms, has now reached even greater heights with legal media reports indicating top partners are shifting firms at amounts

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Legal Technology: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions eBook Shows Steps for Corporate Legal Departments to Drive Change Management

Legal AI, Press Releases / May 11, 2021

CLDs can best manage change through advanced technology, domain expertise and success management. May 10, 2021 — Even when corporate legal departments (CLDs) implement new legal technology to improve their overall performance, many are not fully prepared to adopt the product or solution and risk becoming less productive overall. To avoid this scenario, Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions advises CLDs to manage change through

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Chapman Tripp on Most Innovative Law Firm List

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Rankings / May 11, 2021

Described as the ‘one to watch’ in New Zealand’s legaltech industry, Chapman Tripp with their technology and innovation business, Zeren, has been recognised on NZ Lawyer’s Innovative Firms list for 2020. Zeren delivers automated, legal technology services to help clients become more efficient, improve performance and manage risk. Products include a document automation service, a

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Law Schools to Incorporate More Maori in Law Courses

Headlining NZ / May 10, 2021

AUT’s newly appointed Interim Dean, Khylee Quince has announced that there will be more Maori content in core law courses. Quince told online followers that the resolution to require the teaching and assessment of concepts of Te Ao Maori and tikanga Maori in core courses had been passed at the Council of Legal Education. “Well,

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Akerman LLP Expands Corporate Law Practice in Washington DC

Press Releases / May 10, 2021

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has expanded its Corporate Practice Group with Jason Northcutt in Washington, D.C. He joins as a partner from Bass, Berry & Sims. Northcutt works with leaders in the government contracting, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, industrial services, life sciences, tech-enabled services, and other business services industries. Carl Roston, co-chair of

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UK Law News – Fast-Growing Knights Buys Another Law Firm

Press Releases, UK Law / May 10, 2021

Knights, the UK’s fastest growing legal and professional services business, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Keebles LLP (“Keebles”), an independent commercial law firm primarily based in Sheffield. Acquisition rationale and background Established in Sheffield over a century ago, Keebles is a full-service independent law firm with a strong corporate and real estate offering,

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