Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 22, 2025

In an increasingly interconnected world, the application of laws by States beyond their territorial borders is an everyday reality. It identifies, inter alia, the following important trends: First, international law turns out as increasinlgy irrelevant as a direct constraint on the territorial reach of state law.

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Patently O

MARCH 12, 2023

IPH already owns five Australian IP-focused law firms (consolidated from 10), including offices in New Zealand, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Canadian law generally requires that law firms be owned by lawyers. The holding company trades on the Australian stock exchange with a market valuation of $1.8

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LawSites

AUGUST 31, 2023

Actionstep , a cloud-based law practice management platform, has acquired the Australian practice management company FilePro and its 4,000 law firm customers in Australia. Check it out in the Law Next Legal Tech Directory. Want to learn more about Actionstep? where last year it opened a U.S.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems? Consolidation continued in practice management.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The law practice management company Smokeball has secured a $30 million investment from private investors and employee shareholders in order to double down on growth, it said today. and Australia. and Australia. I hope to speak with Steele and will provide an update to this story.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2024

(Posted on behalf of Professor Reid Mortensen) We are pleased to let you know about the establishment of the Australasian Association of Private International Law (‘AAPrIL’). Organise proposals and submissions for law reform in private international law. To make AAPrIL a reality, we need your help. How do you join?

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Our system inherently understands legal relationships and keeps up with changes in the law. Target customer: In-house legal departments and law firm attorneys who serve as outside general counsel. Target customer: Law departments in 2022 and expanding into law firms in 2023. Demo video: Video on page: [link].

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It also previewed its coming integration of Casetext CoCounsel as an AI legal assistant across multiple TR products, including Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, Document Intelligence, and HighQ. starting with the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. An answer provided by AI-Assisted Research. Now we know more details.

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LawSites

JANUARY 30, 2023

The law practice management company Clio is expanding into Australia, where it will offer both of its signature products, Clio Manage and Clio Grow, and open an office and a data center to support customers there and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Just last week on LinkedIn. pleaseeeee !!

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 6, 2025

The Regulation of Lithium in Chile: Between Economic Exploitation and Environmental Protection Chiles prominence in the global lithium market, alongside Australia, is underpinned by its vast reserves and central role in emerging green industries such as electromobility, battery manufacturing, and green hydrogen. Since 1979, Decree Law No.

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LawSites

APRIL 1, 2022

First up is Athennian , the Canadian company that offers a cloud-based entity management platform. Then last year, it raised an additional $7M CAD in Series A extension funding, with the notable addition of Jack Newton , the cofounder and CEO of law practice management company Clio, as an investor. .

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LawSites

JANUARY 19, 2024

The law practice management company LEAP Legal Software has hired Misti Holmes , a 20-year veteran of the legal technology, as its new chief operating officer in the United States. LEAP was founded in 1992 in Australia, where it is the largest practice management company, and it now has more than 60,000 users worldwide.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Smokeball-LEAP-InfoTrack Group, which owns a number of legal practice management and legal search technology products, said today that it has acquired Phoenix-based LawLytics , a company that provides website management software for small law firms and solo practitioners. .

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2024

“We salute them for fostering conversations on the intersection of law and tech and helping us aspire to contribute at the highest level possible.” She also oversees the Research Services department, aligning traditional law firm tools and functions with modern approaches to knowledge management and value-driven services.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 9, 2021

Risk protocols and prioritization : Are risk protocols effective to identify potential misconduct at both tier one and lower tiers of the supply chain in line with internationally recognized standards and best practice?

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LawTechnologyToday

MAY 27, 2021

WG : Know what you need whether it be time management, trust fund management, billing, document storage, accessibility for persons with disabilities, etc. DC : Choosing the appropriate financial accounting system is a very important process law firms must undertake for a number of reasons. Is it intuitive and easy to use?

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LawSites

AUGUST 15, 2022

The company says that Lexis+ Canada provides access to a comprehensive collection of LexisNexis primary law information, including the most complete collection of courts and administrative decisions, Quantums, case digests, case citators and current awareness sources. Practical Guidance includes data visualization of market standards.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. At the heart of AltFee lies a relentless pursuit of innovation – our platform is built to empower law firms to achieve unprecedented success through non-hourly pricing. What makes you unique or innovative?

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LawSites

JANUARY 18, 2024

At Nestlé, Axiom said in an announcement, Bouchard was a vital member of the finance team who brought best practices and principles to health sciences, including support and value-added analysis that measurably improved the performance of the company’s commercial and operational teams. Australia, Poland, Germany, Hong Kong, and Ireland.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At the American Bar Association’s Techshow this week in Chicago, the law practice management platform Smokeball will unveil its plan to deploy generative artificial intelligence within its platform across the client lifecycle, from intaking new clients to handling their matters to billing them for the work. ”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The invite-only program, capped at 250 participants, was billed as the “highly-curated event for innovators who are transforming the world of law.” Attendees included early-stage startups, veteran CEOs, major investors, law firm chairs, corporate general counsel, and others. While most were from the U.S.,

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 28, 2025

The 4th Working Group Meeting on Addressing Conflict of Laws and Facilitating Digital Product Passports in Cross-Border Value Chain: 5 Mar 12-2:00 pm (Sydney Time), Dr. Yuhong Zhao, Chinese University of Hong Kong: The Environmental Damage of Rare Earth Mining: Regulatory Challenges in China. All comments are welcome. This is a hybrid event.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

LEAP Legal Software , an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, has acquired WealthCounsel , a leading provider of software, training and support for estate planning lawyers, and its related company ElderCounsel. LEAP CEO Richard Hugo-Hamman. The acquisition closed on Dec.

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LawSites

MARCH 14, 2023

Josef , the Australia-based no-code automation platform for legal professionals, is next week launching the beta version of a new product, Josef Q, that uses advanced AI to transform policies and regulations — such as those pertaining to privacy, data security, HR and procurement — into digital Q&A tools. This is game changing!”

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 4, 2021

Written by Andrew Dickinson (Fellow, St Catherine’s College and Professor of Law, University of Oxford). With no signal that the EU-27 will support the UK’s swift readmission to the latter, a new era for private international law in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland beckons. That model ( Civil Procedure Rules 1998, rr 6.36-6.37

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. ten years ago—at least in part due to longstanding common law rules on champerty, maintenance, [3] and patent law’s relative high risk—today third-party litigation funding (TPLF) [4] undergirds about 30% of all patent litigation, by conservative estimates. [5]

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 21, 2024

Australian and New Zealand courts have developed a practice of managing trans-Tasman proceedings in a way that recognises the close relationship between the countries, and that aids in the effective and efficient resolution of cross-border disputes. This was not how the term had been used in the common law (see The Eleftheria ).

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 15, 2023

which dealt with service outside Australia. with a new one, which brings the Federal Court’s approach to service outside Australia into alignment with all other Australian jurisdictions, except for Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [1]. The previous approach to service outside Australia in the Federal Court.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 5, 2021

Written by Catherine Shen, Project Manager, Asian Business Law Institute. The ConflictofLaws.net previously published a short update on the Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Adeline Chong ed, Asian Business Law Institute, 2020) which was released in September 2020.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I know from emails I’ve received that some of you are in Australia, Canada, France, and the U.K. You also had never worked at a law firm. You had no idea how a law firm even worked internally. 90 days ago, maybe you didn’t know how to manage an e-discovery project, but now you do. Where are they?”

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 28, 2023

Recent years have witnessed, in private international law cases and legislation, the protection of children is increasingly mingled with gender, indigenous issues, refugees, violence, war, surrogacy technology, etc. Professor Lukas Rademacher Lukas is a Professor of Private Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law in Kiel, Germany.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 8, 2023

Recent years have witnessed, in private international law cases and legislation, the protection of children is increasingly mingled with gender, indigenous issues, refugees, violence, war, surrogacy technology, etc. Professor Lukas Rademacher Lukas is a Professor of Private Law, Private International Law, and Comparative Law in Kiel, Germany.

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CosmoLex

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With more law firms digitizing their efforts, the ABA has issued several memos specifically underlining the importance of observing law firm cybersecurity best practices. An alarming 27% of law firms in the United States lack the right infrastructure to safeguard sensitive client information.

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CosmoLex

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With more law firms digitizing their efforts, the ABA has issued several memos specifically underlining the importance of observing law firm cybersecurity best practices. An alarming 27% of law firms in the United States lack the right infrastructure to safeguard sensitive client information.

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Customs & International Trade Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

export control laws , including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). your compliance manager deserves a raise!). export control laws. Diaz Trade Law has significant experience in developing and enhancing export compliance plans for organizations. export control laws. Opportunities abound for U.S.

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ALPS

JUNE 16, 2021

Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello, Well-Being friends, welcome to The Path to Well-Being in Law Podcast, an initiative of The Institute for Well-Being in Law. We’re also coming off of a really exciting Well-Being in Law week, and I’m joined by my co-host, Bree Buchanan. BREE BUCHANAN: Good morning. Hey, Chris.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The second issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2021 was just released and it features the following articles: Lachlan Forrester, “Resulting Trusts in Conflict of Laws: An Australian Perspective” The common law world continues to grapple with how to properly characterise equitable doctrines in private international law.

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