Namely, that “marginalizing” an individual or group of individuals means to actively ignore their needs and/or fail in offering the same opportunities available to everyone else (i.e., white Americans). One of those needs and/or opportunities is fair access to the American justice system – or more specifically, access to the civil...Read More

Ensuring Equitable Legal Representation: How Contingency Fee Law Firms Bridge Access to Justice

Fortunately, the American justice system can help, but only in criminal cases, where anyone has the right to counsel if they can’t afford it. If you’re facing a civil matter, however, there’s no such right. And if you’re a low-income American, like almost 50 million people across the nation, taking a civil case to court won’t just be difficult – it’ll be almost impossible due to the sheer cost of litigation..Read More

Strategies for Defending Against Sexual Assault Accusations

Manchester City’s legal battle continues

Manchester City Football Club, a prestigious English club which was founded in 1880 has been caught up in a legal fight with the Premier League for several years without any convictions. The Club, which is currently standing at number 2 in the premier league table has been breaching FFP and Premier League policies. These breaches include failing to disclose accurate financial information and managerial remuneration details. The breaches occurred during periods across 2009-2018 in which time the club won the league 3 times.....Read More

Will M&A make a recovery in 2024?

In 2023, M&A activity took place on the sidelines as we saw the lowest value and number of transactions since 2013. The value of M&A transactions decreased in value by 17% to 2.9 trillion making it the slowest full-year period for deal-making for a decade. There were over 55,200 deals made in 2023 which is a decrease of 6% compared to previous years and was a part of a 3-year low. The Law Gazette reported that European M&A activity declined more than the global average with a fall of 28% whereas worldwide the decline was 13%......Read More

Google controls a 90% share of the search engine market in the US (91% globally). Its agreements with other firms including Apple, Mozilla and Samsung allow Google’s search engine to remain the default for most commonly used computers, smartphones and tablets. The government will argue that Google’s payments to these partners (which sometimes run in the billions of dollars) constitute monopolistic practice and illegally shut out competitors......Read More

Arizona State Law School Allows New Students to Use AI on Applications

A spokesperson for the school added that applicants will be required to clarify that they used an AI as part of the application process and certify that the information submitted is truthful. The spokesperson also noted that the school has previously asked prospective students to confirm whether they have used a professional consultant as part of their applications, and that AI tools are widely available regardless of applicants’ economic situations......Read More

Court Rules Against Uber in Win for California Workers

The landmark ruling, delivered unanimously by the California Supreme Court, found that driver Erik Adolph did not give up his right under state law to sue on behalf of a large group of workers, despite signing an agreement to bring his own work-related legal claims in private arbitration rather than litigation......Read More

American Airlines and JetBlue Partnership Struck Down in Federal Court

Foreign lawyers, Now can practice in India

The Bar Council of India is a statutory body established under the section 4 of Advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India. Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers in India and as such represents the Indian bar.....Read More

The Biggest Legal Stories of 2022

UK Legal Sector Reacts to Autumn Budget

Among the measures laid out in the Statement was the slashing of Capital Gains Tax relief from £12,000 to £6,000 and £3,000, a move which Jamie Mathieson of JMW Solicitors said “could result in a fire sale of second homes before April”.“Not mentioned in the Budget is the knock-on effect this change will have to Trustees, who currently benefit from a CGT allowance of half that of an individual......Read More

Survey Reveals New Insights for Attorneys Regarding Their Digital Marketing Efforts

Marketing would often include taking an ad out in the paper or phonebook or perhaps purchasing space on a billboard somewhere in town. Other than that, attorneys had to hope that clients would pass their names along to friends and family. This was the primary way of growing legal practice. It was slow, painstaking, and often unsuccessful.....Read More

22% of Law Firms Fail to Check Clients Against Sanctions

A new release by SmartSearch, a leading provider of AML software in the UK, has revealed that 22% of legal firms admit to not checking that new customers are not subject to sanctions or Politically Exposed Person (PEP) lists. The figure comes from a survey of 500 decision-makers in the legal, property and finance banking sectors conducted ....Read More

Google Hit With Privacy Complaint Over Unsolicited Ad Emails

An Austrian advocacy group, noyb.eu, filed a complaint with France’s data protection watchdog in which it claimed Google has breached an EU court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to Gmail users’ inboxes. The group argued that the Alphabet unit, whose revenues stem primarily from online advertising, should ask users of Gmail for consent prior to sending them direct marketing emails......Read More

NRI RO Khanna, California Lawyer in race for elections in November 2022

Ro Khanna (Democratic Party) is a member of the US House representing California's 17th Congressional district. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 3, 2023. Khanna is running for re-election and is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022.
He advanced from the primary on June 7......Read More

Ex-Apple Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Charges

The former tech giant lawyer allegedly exploited his positions as corporate secretary, head of corporate law, and co-chair of Apple’s disclosure committee that reviewed drafts of Apple’s results to generate approximately $604,000 of illegal gains on over $14 million of trades between 2011 and 2016.....Read More

Ketanji Brown Jackson Becomes First Black Woman On US Supreme Court

On Friday, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, elevating a Black woman to the country’s highest court for the first time in its history. Jackson will succeed justice Stephen Breyer, the most senior jurist in the Supreme Court’s three-member liberal wing. Breyer is set to retire this summer, at the end of the court’s current session.......Read More

ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP FILES CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST BERKELEY LIGHTS, INC. AND ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTORS WITH SUBSTANTIAL LOmSSES TO LEAD CASE

The plaintiff is represented by Robbins Geller, which has extensive experience in prosecuting investor class actions including actions involving financial fraud. You can view a copy of the complaint by .....Read More

HUMAN TRAFFICKING A SERIOUS MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Human trafficking is now one of the biggest concerns for compliance professionals across the globe, according to the latest annual anti-money laundering study from BAE Systems: The State of Anti-Money Laundering 2021.......Read More

CINEMA CHAIN VUE HANDED £750,000 FINE OVER CUSTOMER DEATH

Resilient Firms Outperformed After 2008. Their Success Offers a Roadmap for 2021

The COVID-19 recession of 2020 marks the eighth economic downturn since 1969. Six of these eight recessions were V-shaped—the duration of recovery roughly mirrored the duration of decline, each phase lasting about a year.....Read more

Under New Leadership, Stoel Rives Saw Revenue Boost, Profits Boom in 2020

Asked what she had expected for her first year in firmwide leadership, Stoel Rives managing partner Melissa Jones said “a lot of traveling.” The Portland, Oregon-born firm has lawyers in Seattle; Salt Lake City; Boise, Idaho; Minneapolis; Washington, D.C.; Alaska and three California offices, including Sacramento, where she is based.....Read More

EU INTRODUCES DIGITAL SERVICES ACT TO CURB TECH GIANTS’ POWER

The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act outline specific regulations seeking to rein in the power of online “gatekeepers” upon whose platforms thousands of companies and millions of EU citizens rely. They also represent the biggest revision of laws governing online competition in 20 years, .......Read More

JULIUS BAER TO SETTLE FIFA CORRUPTION CASE FOR $80 MILLION

Julius Baer, Switzerland’s third-largest private bank, announced on Monday that it has come to an agreement with the US Department of Justice to settle allegations concerning its role in a corruption case involving FIFA. The bank is setting aside $79.7 million for the settlement......Read More

U.S. lawmaker prepares bill aiming to end court protection for police

 With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd, a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts.......Read More