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The UK's Top Legal Tech Incubators: A Firm-By-Firm Guide

A round-up of all the top startup 'incubator' style program run by the UK's Top 50 firms.
11 minute read

International Edition

PwC Appoints New Legal Services Leader

Sydney-based Tony O'Malley, who has been Australia and Asia Pacific head of PwC's legal services arm, will now oversee about 3,700 legal professionals in the firm's global legal network across 98 countries.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Considerations for Investing in China: Overcome Fears, Challenges Now

With the hype of trade war between China and the United States, China passed the new Foreign Investment Law on March 15, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Compliance Concerns Spike Over Huawei Trade Restrictions

The clamor for compliance answers isn't surprising considering Huawei's reach and the strict penalties that U.S. companies face for violating the export ban: $300,000 for each civil violation and a $1 million fine or up to 20 years in prison for each criminal violation.
4 minute read

International Edition

'Things Fell Right Off a Cliff': Global Lawyers Discouraged by Trade War

The escalating conflict between the U.S. and China will not be good for the law firms in the long-term, global trade attorneys say.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former JPMorgan Exec Hit With Bribery Charges in Hong Kong

Catherine Leung Kar-cheung, ex-vice chairwoman of JPMorgan Securities' Asia-Pacific investment banking business, faces two counts of offering an advantage to an agent. Her legal woes stem from an alleged bribery scheme involving the chairman of an unnamed logistics company and his son.
3 minute read

Law.com

Latham & Watkins Doubles Tokyo Partner Count With Morrison & Foerster Hires

Latham is the latest U.S. firm to expand its M&A practice in Tokyo as Japan sees an increase in M&A activity.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Companies Brace for New Round of US-China Trade Tensions

The new round of retaliatory tariffs in the U.S.-China trade war has caught many businesses off guard, according to international trade lawyers.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces 'First-Ever' N. Korean Sanctions Seizure

According to a complaint, the M/V Wise Honest--a North Korean shipping vessel--was part of the communist state's ongoing attempts to get around U.S. and international sanctions.
3 minute read

Law.com

Big 4 Hit Back at India Over Bans to Practice

The Bar Council of Delhi has barred the Big Four from practicing law in India until further notice.
2 minute read

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