News – Page 16
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Regulators support ‘aspirational’ pro bono targets
Idea floated as the profession decides how best to respond to the lord chancellor’s proposal to get City firms to fill the justice funding gap.
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New York may relax foreign lawyer rules
Amendment of rules by New York State Unified Court System would allow jurisdiction to register foreign lawyers ‘in good standing’.
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Essex backs ABS plans to net £1.8m a year
Councillors agree to make application to set up an alternative business structure.
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Banks’ in-house legal teams face shift
Legal teams at banks will have to restructure to meet requirements on business continuity and independence under wide-ranging reforms.
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Women lawyers’ pay lags in-house
The gap is larger for women from under-represented or minority groups.
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Russia hits companies’ anti-corruption strategies
Russia’s competition authorities are using competition law to hit foreign businesses that try to eliminate corruption from their supply chain.
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BSB plans to relax restrictions on employed barristers
Planned changes will allow barristers to contract services through agencies or corporate vehicles.
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IBA 2015: go beyond your client duty, Annan tells lawyers
Former UN secretary general urges corporate advisers not to wait for black-letter law.
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Top GC makes plea for gender quotas
‘If you really want to make change, you need a law,’ said Vodafone group general counsel.
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In-house counsel safe from automation
Being replaced by a robot isn’t going to happen just yet.
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VW emissions scandal spurs global litigation
Slater and Gordon says that thousands of people and car dealerships could have a group claim against Volkswagen and possibly other manufacturers.
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LSB consults on in-house lawyers regulations
The Legal Services Board is consulting on a set of principles that will inform decisions it makes about regulatory arrangements for in-house lawyers.
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Supermarket in-house team revolutionises contract process
Annual number of contracts handled by legal team has risen by 342.5% since 2012, senior lawyer says.
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Microsoft highlights in-house importance
Brad Smith will take on the title of president and chief legal officer. He will remain general counsel.
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In-house service reflects workforce ‘shift’
Addleshaw Goddard is the latest firm to establish a contract lawyer offering.
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Law Society in-house engagement push
Five-point engagement plan will be unveiled at an event in London on 17 September.
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Councils slash legal spending in austerity response
Research also finds authorities finding new ways to reduce legal budgets.
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In-house ‘more likely’ to open phishing emails – study
Latest study examines data breaches in more than 60 countries including the UK.
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Ex-Leeds Utd boss Haigh jailed
Solicitor and in-house counsel held in custody for a year without charge is convicted of 'breach of trust'.
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Man flu? Women solicitors take more sick leave, study suggests
Law Society publishes report on health and wellbeing of practising certificate holders.