associate news
ARAG acquires DAS’ operations in the Republic of Ireland and continues to pursue its international expansion course
The ARAG Group continues to move ahead with the internationalisation of its legal insurance business and is now about to launch operations in the Republic of Ireland. To that end, the family-owned enterprise based in Düsseldorf has agreed to acquire the Irish business operations of DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited in the Republic of Ireland which is part of the ERGO Group.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions
Paralysis continues to grip the property market, with activity remaining flat. First-time buyers are accounting for a significant chunk of the limited market activity, while those few who need to move, despite wider uncertainty, are also helping to keeping the market moving, albeit at a glacial rate.
Seal Software completes SOC 2 Type II Attestation
Seal Software announced that it has successfully completed System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II Audit examination for the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven contract discovery, data extraction, and analytics platform.
Dealing with overseas assets: Interesting case studies
Selling and transferring shareholdings in the United States and Canada can often be complex, as Title Research’s latest case studies highlight.
‘Big Four’ Danish firm Bech-Bruun chooses contentCrawler from DocsCorp to strengthen its GDPR compliance strategy
DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Bech-Bruun, one of Denmark’s “Big Four” firms, has made contentCrawler, an OCR processing solution, a key component of its GDPR compliance strategy.
Global GDPR Terminology: Lost in Translation
When it comes to comprehending the intricacies of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), legal information management professionals on either side of the pond may occasionally find themselves further confused by the difference in meaning between terms used in Europe versus the United States.
Cyber Security During Mergers And Acquisitions (M & A)
On face value, one may question what company mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers have to do with cyber security. But for law firms charged with overseeing the safe completion of such transactions, cyber security should be a core consideration, for two key reasons.
Top law firm bolsters Chester team with key appointments
Construction and engineering law specialist Kate Chalkey has strengthened the services offered by Chester legal firm Aaron & Partners.
LEAP chosen as headline sponsor for 1st Bold Legal Live! conference
LEAP, one of the UK’s leading practice management software providers, has been announced as the headline sponsor for the first ever Bold Legal Conference to be held in London on 18th October this year.
More than two thirds of Ticketmaster data breach victims have suffered fraudulent transactions according to specialist
Data breach and cyber security specialist Hayes Connor Solicitors has discovered that 63% of the Ticketmaster data breach victims it currently represents have suffered with multiple fraudulent transactions – just nine months after the data breach.
Blog
Mazur: when regulators make simple things complicated
What the last six months have shown is that supervision cannot be treated as a background compliance obligation quietly managed somewhere in a firm’s operational processes.
How unstoppable AI is reshaping UK legal practice
At a time when most technology innovation still flows from the US and China, UK lawtech is attracting growing international attention and capital.
Modern vehicles: new injury profiles and new legal challenges
As the number of electric vehicles on UK roads continues to grow year-on-year, it is important to address the risks that come with their increased adoption.
