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US lawmakers demand federal probe into ties between China and consulting firm McKinsey

JURIST

They raised serious concerns about McKinsey’s ties to the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises and questioned whether the firm should continue to be eligible for Department of Defense contracts. Lawmakers expressed concern that these contracts gave McKinsey access to classified or sensitive national security information.

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Contract Management Software for a Growing Legal Practice

Attorney at Work

Contract management software and recent technology like artificial intelligence and natural language processing are helping law firms and legal departments confront the many challenges of contracts. Contracts are hard. Advances in Contract Automation and Management. Legal Contract Management and Unmanageable Numbers.

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Israel Prime Minister orders temporary halt to Golan Heights wind turbine construction after Druze protests

JURIST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered a temporary halt to the construction of a wind turbine project that became the subject of controversy and conflict between the government and the Druze population in the Golan Heights. After the construction resumed on Thursday, protesters returned to the streets on Friday.

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Federal court dismisses Blue Origin lawsuit, allows SpaceX government contract to resume

JURIST

The US Court of Federal Claims on Thursday ruled against Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin in a lawsuit contesting NASA’s decision to award a lucrative contract to rival SpaceX. NASA awarded SpaceX the contract to develop the agency’s Human Landing System in April. The contract, worth $2.9

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How Smart Contracts are Changing Legal Contracts

LawTechnologyToday

While a world free of lawyers will most likely never come to fruition (to many parties’ chagrin), new technology in the form of smart contracts is changing how legal matters are drafted. This data then informs the automated terms of a contract by posting results and accompanying proof to the blocks. In theory, the process sounds great.

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Former Philippine president Duterte faces corruption accusations

JURIST

Friday’s lawsuit stems from accusations that construction contracts in Davao were improperly awarded to companies owned by the father and a sibling of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who served as Duterte’s closest aide and former special assistant during his presidency. billion (USD $144 million).

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Ukraine launches two probes on lawmakers in continuing fight against corruption

JURIST

The second lawmaker was alleged to have attempted to bribe a reconstruction official in August with around $100,000 in order to secure contracts for his construction company. million contract reconstructing a destroyed bridge in Ukraine.