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High Court: patent attorneys have wider rights of audience than previously thought
Monday, 7 February 2011Patent attorneys have litigation rights in a wider range of cases than previously thought, including disputes over license agreements and related intellectual property, the High Court has ruled in what is believed to be the first judgement on the scope of patent attorney litigators’ rights.
Tags: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, rights of audience
Posted in News, Other lawyers
New recruits move BSB closer to lay majority
Tuesday, 18 January 2011The Bar Standards Board has fulfilled its side of the deal struck with the Legal Services Board over its lay/professional composition, with four new members taking office this month. There is now an equal number of lay and professional members ahead of a lay majority being in place after further changes next year. Later this year the Solicitors Regulation Authority will also move to parity before a lay majority is appointed for 2013.
Tags: bar standards board, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, ILEX Professional Standards, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, internal governance rules, IPReg, Legal Services Board, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Barristers, Legal Executives, Legal Services Board, News, Other lawyers
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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A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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