LLPs remain under watchful eye – especially from the taxman

Despite dodging Budget day taxes, the UK’s limited liability partnership (LLP) model is still facing intense scrutiny, this time from HMRC, which just had a good result from the top court this week, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. The LLP model, used by professional services such as law firms and accountancy firms, came into force 25 years [...]

City law firms ‘sleepwalking into a crisis’ over AI overreliance

As legal tech valuations skyrocket, and AI dominates the airwaves, City law firms have been warned they are ‘sleepwalking into a crisis of judgment’ by treating AI as a definitive authority rather than a collaborative tool. A report by Positive Group, exclusively shared with City AM, stated that the legal sector faces a potential crisis [...]

HMRC secures £190m VAT appeal win against Bolt

HMRC has won an appeal against ride hailing platform Bolt over how it calculates and pays its VAT, overturning previous decisions that had ruled in favour of Bolt. This follows an appeal hearing last month brought by the tax authority, which had questioned whether Bolt could use the tour operators’ margin scheme (TOMS). Under this [...]

Gavin Newsom Joins Others On Trump’s Revenge Tour™

Well, he’s in good company, after all. It’s quite a privilege to join because Trump doesn’t choose random people. No, the ones on the list are people, thus far, that Trump absolutely detests for what they did years ago. So there actually are a tiny bit of Trump’s brain cells that are still hanging in […]

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BadA$$ Judge Boasberg Is Back, And Todd Blanche Should Worry

Yes indeedy, Judge Boasberg is looking at evidence going all the way back to his original order and CECOT. That place is terrifying. You may remember Noem’s stunt of doing a video in front of a cage with literally any possible space being full of prisoners to threaten immigrants in America. We are paying to […]

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Mayer Brown defends ‘do not disturb’ policy despite criticism from rivals

When the US law firm Mayer Brown, based in the City, implemented a policy that partners should not disturb associates during their holidays, its London office managing partner said some rival partners criticised the move. Speaking to City AM, Dominic Griffiths said: “When I introduced that policy [three years ago], there were one or two [...]

Keeping up with the cash: SKIMS’ law firm hits record revenue

UK law firm Browne Jacobson has hit record revenue of nearly £150m, partly driven by high-stakes projects, including advising Kim Kardashian’s clothing brand SKIMS on its flagship Regent Street store. The firm said it raked in £148.8m in revenue for the year, up 9 per cent from last year, driven by growth across the core [...]

Florida Judge Steamrolls ICE, Closes Case And Orders Release Of Detainee

It’s not the first time a judge has lost patience with ICE/DHS, or other Trump minions for that matter but it seems to be happening on a regular basis now. What’s of particular interest is in this case it was a federal judge down in Florida who drove over ICE lawyers with a judicial steamroller! […]

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Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime network behind millions of scam texts

Google has launched a lawsuit against an alleged cybercrime operation known as Outsider Enterprise, claiming the network used phishing kits, fake websites, and AI-enhanced scams to target hundreds of thousands of victims. The company is also backing new legislation and working with carriers and law enforcement to combat the growing threat.

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