Image courtesy of LexisNexis. Ever since generative AI burst into our lives, the race was on to deliver artificial intelligence to lawyers in a way that might not get them sanctioned. So far, the industry seems as focused on expectation management as anything else. Figuring out what AI actually looks like in the legal workflow…
QS Best Student Cities considers the rankings, student mix, desirability, employer activity and affordability of university cities and the 2025 iteration saw London take the top spot as the world’s best student city, as it has done since 2018. Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, Melbourne, Sydney, Paris, Zurich, Berlin and Montreal rounded off the top 10 list….
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 30, 2024 at 9:35 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, April 30, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 30, 2024, 9:35…
A recent big question in the YSL RICO case is how Brian Steel became aware of a private conversation that the judge had in his chambers. While that ex parte definitely shouldn’t have happened, it is reasonable to ask how Steel was privy of it. The hope is that he didn’t take the same intel…
In a submission to the draft international education and skills strategic framework, head of the Business Council of Australia, Bran Black, outlined the financial impact of the proposed cuts, pointing out international students accounted for almost a quarter of all GDP growth over the year to March 2024. “We are playing with Australia’s fourth-largest export…
In San Luiz, Arizona, along the border of the state and Sonora, Mexico, there is Gadsden Elementary School District #32, where more than 99% of its more than 5,000 students identified as Hispanic in 2020. Within that school district lies Southwest Junior High (SJH), a school comprising mostly Latinx (96%) students.Dr. Cindy Trejo According to…
Image courtesy of LexisNexis. A 2024 LexisNexis survey of managing partners and C-suite leaders at major law firms and Fortune 1000 companies found that nearly all legal executives (90%) expect their investment in Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) technologies to increase over the next five years. The survey also found that roughly one-half (53%) of…
Introduce yourself in three words. Positive problem solver. What do you like most about your job? I think, for me, it’s that I do something that I wholeheartedly believe in. Most people have heard of the whole Simon Cynic thing – fulfil your why and you’ll be happy. I think I do that through what…
Sterling Partners – already Keypath’s majority shareholder – will become its sole owner, acquiring the outstanding shares for $0.87 per share at approximately $186.8 million. “The special committee has carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed transaction and believes the offer price is attractive and provides the unaffiliated stockholders with provision of liquidity…
04 April 2024 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Further to our earlier blog post regarding Ontario’s proposed Bill 149, the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 (Bill 149), on March 21, 2024, Bill 149 received royal…