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  1. Coralin96

    Commercial Awareness - April 2018

    Next update, enjoy :) 07/04/2018 Severe Russia sanctions from the US The Story: The US government announced its latest round of sanctions against Russia on Friday. They targeted prominent Russian billionaires, government or state-owned officials and companies. This is the US's toughest...
  2. Coralin96

    Commercial Awareness - April 2018

    Thank you guys :). I'm quite surprised I've kept it up actually but it's really helped things to start clicking together. At the start it would take me a few hours (so my plan to do it every day was quite optimistic!) but now it doesn't take as long. It's also quite fun watching some of the...
  3. Coralin96

    Commercial Awareness - April 2018

    I thought I'd create a new thread for April 2018 :). You can find the March posts here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/index.php?threads/commercial-news-update-march-2018.29/#post-466. 04/04/2018 Trump's escalating trade war The Story - In response to alleged intellectual...
  4. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    I think this will be the last post for March :). Gender pay reports The Story: More firms have now submitted their gender pay gap figures due to government requirements. These requirements require employers with over 250 employees to publish gender pay. It's a bit unhelpful for law firms and...
  5. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Update time! 25/03/2018 Brexit transition and financial services The Story: The EU countries signed off on a 21 month transition period for Brexit as Theresa May agreed to pay an exit bill of between £35-39 billion. Many expect the more detailed negotiations will only start next March. That...
  6. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Haha I know but $60 billion!! That's double what I expected. I will get the next one out by Monday :).
  7. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Next update 22/03/2018 Facebook's problems grow The story: Facebook is facing multiple investigations including from the FTC, a US regulator. Facebook had an agreement with the FTC in 2011 about how it will deal with data and privacy. If this Cambridge Analytics scandal breaches it, then the...
  8. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    I'm glad! :)
  9. Coralin96

    Introduction to LawTech

    Morning :) I love this bit from the article: "One of these is Alistair Wye, a former banking lawyer at Ashurst and Latham & Watkins who is now head of iManage’s presales. After securing a first-class law degree, Wye tells me he felt “committed” to pursuing a career in legal practice. And yet, a...
  10. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Update time :) 18/03/2018-19/03/2018 Putin's landslide victory The story: Russia's president won a landslide victory in the Russian elections with an estimated 75.6% of the vote. His campaign spokesman partly thanked the UK, linking the record voter turnout with the UK's accusations against...
  11. Coralin96

    Anyone else drowning?

    Which law school are you guys at?
  12. Coralin96

    Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic

    Hi! I would propose something on the recent budget. I came across this when I was doing my commercial awareness stories but I found it a little confusing!
  13. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Next update, a lot has happened in five days but here are my chosen stories :). I'm going to try something new here and include some thoughts on the impact on law firms. 1. Unilever is leaving the UK The story: The company behind big brands like Magnum ice cream, Persil, Marmite and Dove has...
  14. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Hey guys - next update :) 10/03/2016 1. Cryptocurrencies: It's been a hard week for Bitcoin which fell by a fifth thanks to regulatory fears and news that trustees of the now-insolvent largest bitcoin exchange in the world were selling large amounts of bitcoin. 2. Cryptocurrency regulation...
  15. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Next update 08/03/2018 Another update to Trump's tariffs: Trump has imposed his tariffs! I was watching a video on the FT that said: "this is one of the most radical trade actions an American president has taken since Nixon". It'll officially go in force in 15 days. Canada and Mexico will be...
  16. Coralin96

    VS conversion rates

    I know! It doesn't look they it's changed much compared to here: https://l2b.thelawyer.com/issues/l2b-online/which-firms-take-most-and-fewest-trainees-from-vac-schemes/
  17. Coralin96

    VS conversion rates

    Great find thank you for sharing! It's interesting to compare the likes of Slaughter & May and Sidley Austin
  18. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Aww thank you :). It's my way of motivating myself to stay aware of the business news!
  19. Coralin96

    Commercial News Update - March 2018

    Next update :) 05/03/2017 Italy's election: Voters in Italy moved away from the centre-left and centre-right and towards the right- Five Star Movement, which became the largest party in Parliament. The anti-immigrant party, League, also beat former PM Berlusconi's Forza Italia party and...
  20. Coralin96

    LawTech is coming

    Thanks Jonty, I enjoyed this! I didn't know the law society originally rejected emails, I wonder what we're not seeing now that will develop.

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