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Latham & Watkins advised ComplyAdvantage, a British technology start-up which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect financial crime, in its Series C funding round which raised US$50 million. ComplyAdvantage uses machine learning and natural language processing to help banks carry out sanction screening checks and to examine transactions for any companies or individuals on watch … Continue reading Latham Advises ComplyAdvantage in US$50 Million Series C Raise Continue Reading →

  Paul Singer, as we have noted, is used to getting his way. Well, in the matter of the bankruptcy of California’s largest utility and fiery-clearer-of-ground PG&E, Singer most certainly did not get his way. And when Paul Singer does not get his way, he tends to get cranky. This tendency, furthermore, is exacerbated when he agrees to not get … Continue reading Paul Singer Ready To Burn PG&E To The Ground To Get His $250 Million Continue Reading →

As the practice of law becomes more and more technology-based, attorneys often need to integrate their phones, computers, and other business assets to most efficiently provide legal services to clients. As a result of this integration, cybersecurity often necessitates that attorneys and staff use certain applications and software to make firm systems less vulnerable to … Continue reading Firms Shouldn’t Force Employees To Download Certain Apps Onto Their Personal Phones Continue Reading →

This morning, about thirty seconds after the horrific jobs and GDP numbers dropped, the president sent us all haring off after another incendiary tweet.   And just in case anyone failed to be distracted, he pinned it to the top of his profile. Subtle! At the risk of engaging with an internet troll, no, shut up, … Continue reading No, Shut Up, We’re Not Postponing The Election Continue Reading →

Representing emerging and celebrity musicians and music industry companies is likely to catapult your name into the news and turn your business into a household topic of conversation. Maybe that’s one of the many reasons why you’re so interested in pursuing a career in music law. Attorneys who practice in the field of music law … Continue reading The Top Law Schools For Music Law (2020) Continue Reading →

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Afshan Paarlberg to our pages. I can pinpoint the moment that contract law became alive and well in our home. I bring to you the unaltered facts (note: Some facts … Continue reading Contract Law: The Best Way To Resolve Your Children’s Disputes Continue Reading →

“You can’t go home again,” novelist Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, and a recent poll of legal administrators suggests that is undeniably true for law firms in the era of COVID-19. Of the legal administrators who responded to the poll, 91% believe the changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic, including more remote working, … Continue reading In Poll, Legal Administrators Say Pandemic Changes Are Permanent Continue Reading →

“You can’t go home again,” novelist Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, and a recent poll of legal administrators suggests that is undeniably true for law firms in the era of COVID-19. Of the legal administrators who responded to the poll, 91% believe the changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic, including more remote working, … Continue reading In Poll, Legal Administrators Say Pandemic Changes Are Permanent Continue Reading →

“You can’t go home again,” novelist Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, and a recent poll of legal administrators suggests that is undeniably true for law firms in the era of COVID-19. Of the legal administrators who responded to the poll, 91% believe the changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic, including more remote working, … Continue reading In Poll, Legal Administrators Say Pandemic Changes Are Permanent Continue Reading →

“You can’t go home again,” novelist Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, and a recent poll of legal administrators suggests that is undeniably true for law firms in the era of COVID-19. Of the legal administrators who responded to the poll, 91% believe the changes in working practices brought about by the pandemic, including more remote working, … Continue reading In Poll, Legal Administrators Say Pandemic Changes Are Permanent Continue Reading →