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European Commission rejects lawyers’ pleas to reduce anti-money laundering burden
Tuesday, 17 April 2012The European Commission sees no reason to accede to lawyers’ calls and reduce the burden of anti-money laundering rules on the legal profession, a new report has indicated. However, it will consider steps to improve under-reporting of suspicious transactions.
Tags: anti-money laundering, Europe
Posted in Latest news, Regulation
News round-up: HighStreetLawyer.com expands, firm recruits COLP, will-writer training boost, and much more
Friday, 9 March 2012Our regular round-up of bits of news you may have missed include new locations for the HighStreetLawyer.com network, a firm recruiting its COLP, firms launching joint ventures and targeted services, professional training for will-writers, money laundering warning, and more.
Tags: anti-money laundering, bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, claims management companies, COLP, compliance officer for legal practice, Institute of Professional Willwriters, joint ventures, Law Society, Legal Services Board, money laundering, Office of Fair Trading, will-writing
Posted in Latest news, News In Brief
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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