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​Frank Maher shares some predictions for law firm risk

Financial crime dubbed ‘pernicious, pervasive & present’

Will Brexit bring new growth to the Irish legal sector , asks Tina Shah

Cyber-based crime has different motivators, different methodologies, and different targets, but most cyber criminals are financially motivated fraudsters who use the Internet to access data and facilitate their main objective: to make a profit.

Kaley Crossthwaite advises how best to protect your firm against the threat of money laundering...& visits from the regulator

Was Balva an accident waiting to happen, asks Frank Maher

About 1,000 law firms did not have compliance officers in place on 1 January.

Katherine Rees & Laura Parkinson clarify where solicitors can draw the line on commercial matters

Jon Robins considers how the profession is addressing a fundamental shift in regulation

Steven O’Sullivan warns of the dangers of fraudster clients

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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