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Conflict-Checking Software For Law Firms: The Value of Full-Text Search

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However, regardless of a firm’s specific circumstances, “all law firms must keep certain minimum written or electronic records of each new or prospective engagement and must consult those records when checking proposed new engagements for conflicts of interest.”. What Records Must be Maintained by Law Firms?

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Are Paralegals Meant to Survive This Decade?

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o Limited ceiling – you very likely never will be the boss of a law firm if you do not have a law degree. Aline Martin-O’Brien has a Masters in Theory and Practice of Procedural Law from the University of Paris: Panthéon–Sorbonne. By Aline Martin O’Brien!

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Are Paralegals Meant to Survive This Decade?

The Estrin Report

o Limited ceiling – you very likely never will be the boss of a law firm if you do not have a law degree. Aline Martin-O’Brien has a Masters in Theory and Practice of Procedural Law from the University of Paris: Panthéon–Sorbonne. By Aline Martin O’Brien!

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The Latest Development on Anti-suit Injunction Wielded by Chinese Courts to Restrain Foreign Parallel Proceedings

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(This post is provided by Zeyu Huang, who is an associate attorney of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Shenzhen. Mr. Huang obtained his LLB degree from the Remin University of China Law School. He is also a PhD candidate & LLM at the Faculty of Law in University of Macau. See Article 100, para.1 1 of the PRC CPL (2017).

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The Chinese Court Recognizes an English Commercial Judgment for the First Time

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Written by Zilin Hao, Anjie Law Firm, Beijing, China. Article 288 of the Civil Procedure Law of PRC (hereinafter “CPL”) and article 544 of the Judicial Interpretation of CPL issued by the SPC both make reciprocity one of the bases for recognizing and enforcing foreign judgments. Introduction.

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Avoidance of the debtor’s transactions within the framework of a foreign insolvency before a Russian court

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Kostin, Senior Research Fellow at the Private Law Research Centre (Moscow, Russia) and counsel atAvangard law firm. and Valeria Rzyanina, junior associate, Avangard Law Firm. This is a synopsis of an article published in the Herald of Civil Procedure Law Journal N 1/2021 in Russian).

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Recognition and Enforcement of French Civil and Commercial Judgments in China: A Case Study

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(This post is provided by Zeyu Huang, who is an associate of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Shenzhen. degree from the Renmin University of China Law School. at the Faculty of Law in University of Macau. Mr. Jie Shi, the legal intern at the Hui Zhong Law Firm Shenzhen Office, made contributions to the post.).

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