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Legal Staffing Lessons for Today’s Marketplace

Attorney at Work

Law firms didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of profitability or performance in 2020. on average in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Thomson Reuters — and 15% among AmLaw 100 firms. Some executed successful staffing strategies using contract attorneys in 2020. Real estate finance or M&A?

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

Conflict of Laws

Written by Eduardo Silva de Freitas (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam/Utrecht University) , members of the Vici project Affordable Access to Justice, financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), www.euciviljustice.eu.

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The Future of Anti-Fraud Technology

LawTechnologyToday

Supervisory Technology (SupTech) is essentially the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to support the supervisory missions of a department within a financial institution charged with maintaining company oversight, such as due diligence or cybersecurity. The Future of Anti-Fraud Innovation is Already Here.

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Litigation Finance: The Indian Scenario

LexForti

This article discusses the scope and growth of litigation finance in India. Concept of Litigation Finance. However, the litigant has to undergo a stringent process of due diligence to avail funding. AK Balaji clarifies that there is no bar on non-lawyers to engage in legal financing agreements. TPLF Heyday.

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Friday Wrap: Four Notable Legal Tech Deals as Athennian Raises $33M, Nexl Acquires Jade, Proof Raises $7M, and Justpoint Raises $6.9M

LawSites

I first wrote about Athennian in 2020, when it stepped out of its stealth development mode to announce an $8 million CAD Series A investment, on top of a previously unannounced $2 million CAD seed financing round in 2019. . Fishman founded Jade in Atlanta in 2020. ” Nexl Acquires Jade. .

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Is the Ticker Symbol the New Social Media Handle? VSCO Seems to Suggest So

The Fashion Law

Beyond that, Brooke and Bermeo-Andrade note that “courts have held that investors are generally sophisticated customers that conduct proper due diligence before buying into a company.” The other issuer? Zoom Video Communications (ticker symbol: ZM), the company behind the widely-used remote meeting services platform.

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From ESG-Focused Lawsuits to a New Industry Taskforce: The Year in Sustainability

The Fashion Law

Since then, Burberry announced in September 2020 that it would offer up a £300 million ($385 million) sterling sustainability bond with sustainability strings attached. Companies’ S-1 Filings Are Getting Longer, Mentions of ESG Are Increasing.