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Media freedom has been achieved in South Africa and other legal news
Sweden   The last month a Quran was burned in the city of Stockholm which caused the fury of the Muslim population. The Swedish justice minister has stated that they might be considering a new protest law. In addition, they have added that this type of incidents targets the country as an enem...
TIL - 14 July 2023
Germany may legalize cannabis for recreational purposes and other legal news
India   Google sues India’s Competition Commission as the company is alleygating that in the Asian country they have a clear favoritism towards Amazon. The American business has stated that India is making changes to its business model in order to protect Amazon, one of the main rivals ...
TIL - 07 July 2023
South Koreans will become younger and other worldwide legal news
The weekly legal news around the world include the new legislation of South Korea that will reduce the population’s age or the protest in France due to the discomfort caused by the teen’s killing made by an officer.   South Korea   The Asian country has changed how it count...
TIL - 30 June 2023
Elected new Board of Directors of AODV231, Mara Chilosi confirmed as president
The AODV231 Shareholders' Meeting, held in Milan, elected the new Board of Directors for the next three years. Mara Chilosi confirmed as president and Andrea Milani as vice president. Treasurer: Silvio Necchi. The directors are Luca Antonetto, Umberto Caldarera, Ascensionato Raffaello Carnà, ...
TIL - 27 June 2023
Survey from ACC and Major, Lindsey & Africa Shows that Median Total Legal Spend Increased
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA) have today announced the release of their industry-leading annual legal benchmarking survey. The fourth report as a result of this partnership found that total legal spend for all companies increased from $2.4 million l...
TIL - 26 June 2023
Germany pass a new immigration law and other weekly legal news
Germany   The European country is going to pass an immigration reform law which guarantees the facilitation of foreign workers to come, work and stay in the country. Moreover, it gives more opportunities for those who are skilled non-EU professionals that want to work in Germany. This new nor...
TIL - 23 June 2023
Bill Cosby is accused for sexual assault and other international weekly news
United States   The actor Bill Cosby has been sued for sexual assault by nine women in the state of Nevada. The news were told by sources of the NBC News channel that told to the world that nine more women has accused the actor for sexual assault. Cosby was accused and found guilty in 2022 fo...
TIL - 16 June 2023
Welsh law consolidation project continues as new environment legislation becomes an Act
It is the first piece of consolidated legislation to be produced as part of the Welsh Government’s programme to reform Welsh law and make it more accessible. The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 brings together the main pieces of legislation relating to Wales’ historic environment, ...
TIL - 15 June 2023
BigHand announced as ALM Pacesetter in Legal Department Spend Management Report
BigHand, a leading provider of technology solutions for busy legal professionals, has been recognized as an ALM Pacesetter for the prestigious Legal Department Spend Management Report. This acknowledgment highlights BigHand's commitment to delivering innovative and effective solutions for law firms ...
TIL - 15 June 2023
Association of Corporate Counsel and Exterro Report Shows Legal Technology Is a “Must-Have” for In-House Legal Departments
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in partnership with Exterro, the exclusive ACC Alliance Partner for e-discovery, data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, today released the "2023 Legal Technology Report for In-house Professionals." This innovative report provides key findings on legal ...
TIL - 14 June 2023
Japan is debating about redefining rape and Donald Trump is facing new legal issues
The most relevant weekly legal news around the world have been the Brazilian justice system which is creating difficulties to the Indigenous people, the legal problems that Donald Trump will have to face, the redefinition of rape by the Japanese court, the extended period of working time that Zimbab...
TIL - 09 June 2023
The most important weekly legal world news
There have been some really important issues during this week regarding the LGBT rights in some countries and, also, France has made a really drastic decision by banning short-domestic flights in order to prevent the negative aspects of the climate change.   South Korea   One of the mo...
TIL - 02 June 2023
The latest legal news from around the world
The legal system around the world is constantly changing its norms and legislation which not only affects to the native population as foreigners can suffer the benefits or the negative aspects of that specific country. England England has approved a new ID law that has denied the vote of more than...
TIL - 26 May 2023
How to deliver legal presentations in the correct way
The professionals of the legal sector need to deal during their workday with the task of communicating via presentations different aspects regarding their work. Moreover, they also have to succeed at transmitting in a clear and concise way a case in court and have good conversation skills with their...
TIL - 10 May 2023
Tips for lawyers to manage their time correctly
  The professionals from the legal sector are exposed to an extremely stressful workplace in which they suffer the consequences of having to work with tight deadlines, the creation of complex reports, meetings and trying to have the best perspectives on their client’s cases. These kinds...
TIL - 09 May 2023
How to gain clients as a law firm
Not every client is going to be attracted to every single firm from the legal sector as they have their own personal taste, and they want a special treatment on their cases. It is important to know what kind of firm someone has or works on to provide and have the best method to transmit their servic...
TIL - 08 May 2023
Lawyers should know when to decline a client
A question many students and workers from the legal sector, especially the ones with less experience, have is if they can decline a client from acquiring their services. The answer is an affirmative one as an attorney can refuse to defend someone’s case.   Even if it is extremely weird ...
TIL - 05 May 2023
Social media advice for lawyers to keep in mind
The most influential tool in the current world are the different social media that provokes a huge impact in the way the population perceives things and, also, leads their thoughts on a topic to a concrete direction. They have a lot of advantages such as giving the user the possibility to connect wi...
TIL - 04 May 2023
How to deal correctly with clients as a lawyer
Professionals of the legal sector have the obligation to communicate and establish formal relationships with their clients as they will be working on their problems, doubts or cases. As every single individual has its own personality and may feel insecure at the time they share their situation with ...
TIL - 03 May 2023
How to defend correctly a criminal as a lawyer
A question every lawyer has made themselves during their college years was how they should defend a person who is guilty from committing a crime in a proper way. Legal professionals are also afraid to defend someone who is pled blameable as they will have to confront in some cases the bad opinions o...
TIL - 28 April 2023
From Good to Great: Creating a Winning Business Development Culture in Law Firms
Developing a strong business development (BD) culture is crucial for law firms, as it ensures sustainable growth and strong client relationships. However, many law firms struggle to implement effective BD strategies due to lack of leadership focus, inadequate planning, and insufficient support. &nb...
Ben Paul - 27 April 2023
Tips for law firms to bring the best of artificial intelligence
Technology devices started as simple tools that could help in very easy tasks to humanity, but as people began to realize that they could do more for society, they invested in the evolution of this type of objects. In a few years, the growth which was experimented was huge leading to great advances ...
TIL - 27 April 2023
Legal strategies that companies use to succeed
The actual socioeconomic situation is going through a very complex time as the effects of the pandemic of the Covid-19 and the consequences of the Ukraine war has caused a global recession in every professional sector. Companies need to deal with higher costs of production, lack of resources and the...
TIL - 26 April 2023
The future of lawyers is being threaten by the ChatGPT
ChatGPT is the name given to a chatbot that is becoming a well-known tool and a social media sensation due to its advantages that offers in the creation of essays, the explanation of complex topics and even write popular songs. Even if its outcome may result positive it is a potential and big thread...
TIL - 25 April 2023
The importance of the diversity in the legal sector
Law firms has been a very masculine sector, particularly in management positions, which caused rejection among women and people from the LGBT community or other minorities. The lack of representation has also contributed to generate a sense of scariness in the legal profession but, as it is an actua...
TIL - 24 April 2023
The O shaped lawyer and its advantages
Change is inevitable in the legal sector as the profession tends to evolve in order to satisfy their clients needs and expectations. Even if it is impossible to not to happen, it is a difficult task that law firms need to cope with in order to continue with their business and the success that they h...
TIL - 21 April 2023
Strategies that legal tech can use to optimize hybrid workplaces
  The pandemic caused by the virus of the Covid-19 has affected the way all professional sectors operate. It has made, to some jobs, change their way of working and, specifically, has created a transition from the office to the house with the help of the new technologies. Many workplaces, incl...
TIL - 20 April 2023
How to write a legal brief?
The legal profession includes a lot of different tasks that needs to be learn in order to become a relevant personality in the sector and also build a personal brand. One of the simplest but that many lawyers continue to do wrong is the writing of legal briefs which are one of the most important pie...
TIL - 19 April 2023
Techniques for passing exams for Law students
The study of the law is a very complex activity that requires some skills such as a good memory, time and patience in order to become one of the best legal professionals in the sector. In addition, future lawyers will have to pass difficult exams that will include a lot of content and it is importan...
TIL - 18 April 2023
Why law firms need to use modern software?
Lawyers should always try to give the best of them during their cases and operations. The irruption of the standardized use of the technology in every professional sector has created a new challenge for the legal workers. In the current digital world, they should stay up to date with the latest adva...
TIL - 17 April 2023
Legal design is the perfect tool to make law comprehensible
The aspect of the legal design is a relevant characteristic that every law firm needs to have in order to facilitate the knowledge about law issues to the general public and the rest of the professionals of the same sector.   Its main goal is to make law more interesting, easier to understand...
TIL - 14 April 2023
Latin legal terms every lawyer should know
Every lawyer or professional of the legal sector has studied during their academic years a lot of Latin idioms in order to communicate in a correct and corporate way during the performance of their job. Some terms are difficult to comprehend and memorize and, over the time, many Latinisms will be fo...
TIL - 13 April 2023
How AI and human resources can work together in the legal sector
The artificial intelligence (AI) has come to stay in every aspect of life and as it has made a revolution in the professional sectors in so many ways, there is a need to be cautious and responsible with the use of this type of technology because the results they can provide may be biased or unfair. ...
TIL - 12 April 2023
Key factors that everyone should know about the legal sector
The legal profession involves some complex terminology that only people who have studied law will comprehend correctly. The thing is that people, regarding their job or educational level, should know at least some simple key factor in order to know what to do with the legal documents that everybody ...
TIL - 11 April 2023
Why business and law firms need legal support services?
In the actual world, due to the uncertainty of the socioeconomic situation, problems and difficulties can occur without prior notice. For that reason, every business and law firm need to have great support services in order to cope with this type of issues in a successful way.   In order to h...
TIL - 10 April 2023
Three principal types of dispute resolution in the legal sector
The dispute resolution, which is also known as the dispute settlement, is a way of achieving a solution of a conflict or dispute without having the necessity to go to court or require a judge or trial that will decide what will be the outcome.   Some professions don’t need to deal with ...
TIL - 05 April 2023
How to define the legal company’s personality
Every single business has missions to achieve and vision statements to accomplish. This are known as their values that provides to the company a personality or brand which will result in the principal idea that people are going to make about the legal firm. Moreover, this will also create a specific...
TIL - 04 April 2023
The power of oratory in the legal profession
Lawyers need to face in their career the challenge of doing well at public speaking which is an extremely difficult skill that is fundamental to practice in order to be successful at the profession. Moreover, the oratory is essential to discuss in the court with other legal colleagues, make proficie...
TIL - 03 April 2023
The keys to have the best law firm website design
Every professional sector needs to have presence in the online world. Nowadays, the virtual spaces are the ones to have priority among the choices of consulting services and products by potential customers. For that reason, it is important to have an intuitive and good design of the business website...
TIL - 31 March 2023
How legal firms can ensure their success
Legal firms face a lot of complex challenges that they need to deal in a correct way in order to not fail at their tasks and goals. The increasement of the competence, the new necessities that lawyers should cover and the essential of the legal sector to stay up to date in order to know all the chan...
TIL - 30 March 2023
In-house trends for lawyers to keep in mind in 2023
The pressure of the current socio-economic situation has affected all the professional sectors. Law firms need to do more with less resources as the financial uncertainty still continue. Lawyers will find a lot of difficult challenges during this year, but the circumstances for the in-house legal wo...
TIL - 29 March 2023
The matter of the humanization of the legal profession
The effects of the Covid -19 had in the population are still being suffered. It also provoked an acceleration of some socioeconomic factors that were taking small steps in the past such as the digital transformation, the technological advances and the social and political polarization. This aspects ...
TIL - 28 March 2023
How to operate a law firm in an economic downturn
Due to the effects of the pandemic of Covid-19 and the geopolitical consequences of the war in Ukraine, it has caused an economic downturn all around the world. Prices of every single product or service are rising and the rates of unemployment are increasing. The legal sector is ...
TIL - 27 March 2023
How to deal with failure as a lawyer
The fear that failure evokes in every professional sector is something workers need to deal with because it can cause serious mental problems, such as anxiety, and even abandon the job the employee has worked a lot in order to reach that position. For that reasons, it is relevant to learn how to cop...
TIL - 24 March 2023
Seven tips that every lawyer going solo need to know
Many professionals of the legal sector prefer to focus their career in the solo practice. It is an extremely complex task due to the competition of the business and the difficulty of attracting new clients, but if it is made in the correct way, it will be an incredibly rewarding experience that will...
TIL - 23 March 2023
The best new legal business models
Law firms, for a long time, have follow a traditional business model which was based on the concept of selling time or as its commonly known, the billable hour. The irruption of the standardized use of the new technology and a tightening market have thrown into crisis the traditional methods of the ...
TIL - 22 March 2023
Belinda G. Schwarts, new Executive Chair of Herrick
The law firm Herrick, Feinstein LLP has announced that the professional, Belinda G. Schwartz, has been named Executive Chair of the office. In addition, Schwartz will lead the firm’s Executive Committee. Belinda has become one of the few women in the nation currently leading a major law firm ...
TIL - 21 March 2023
The seven C’s of an effective legal communication
Communication is a key factor in the legal profession. Lawyers need to know how to transmit in an effective way their goals or objectives to their clients in order to be successful. It is important to keep in mind the seven C’s that should be in every legal activity that involves the act of co...
TIL - 21 March 2023
How a law firm can attract new clients
Every single law firm need clients to exist. They are the main economic source of the office and, also, the ones who will bring an opportunity to the lawyers to show off their skills and talent in the cases or in the judge. Finding new customers is a complex task because it involves having to step o...
TIL - 17 March 2023
Legal marketing trends that every law firm needs to have
Marketing is an extremely important element in every single business or professional sector. Its main goal is to promote its product or service in a unique way in order to obtain and maintain clients. Legal marketing is more difficult than in other area because it has some disadvantages such as rest...
TIL - 16 March 2023
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