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Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has confirmed that it was the target of a security breach that led to the theft of $230 million in cryptocurrency assets. “A cyber attack occurred…
We are ready to welcome everyone to this year’s two transformative days on 29th and 30th October 2024 at the EY London Bridge office. Connect with over 150 legal professionals…
In this 27th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, editor and publisher of Legal IT Insider, and leading global legal analyst Ari Kaplan, discussed litigation trends; AI applications;…
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New initiative launched by Sentencing Council A new interactive website has been launched that allows member of the public to hand down their own sentences in real criminal cases. ‘You…
Only two months after it announced its $10.5m seed funding round, Swedish-founded legal gen AI startup Leya announces today (17 July) that it has raised a $25m Series A. The…
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37 of 43 and 36 of 43 Freshfields and Slaughter and May have posted strong autumn trainee retention scores of 86% and 84% respectively. This makes Freshfields the top performer…
We have issued the London Borough of Hackney with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020 that led to hackers gaining access to and encrypting 440,000 files, affecting at least…
Full service national Australian law firm Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers has selected ShareDo’s adaptive case management system, we can reveal. Carroll & O’Dea will initially implement ShareDo in their commercial…
Hill Dickinson and CRS post strong numbers too The trend of law firms posting positive financial results continues, as both Ashurst and Clyde & Co report an increase in partner…
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