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An Opportunity Rich Horizon – How AI Could Shape the Exponential Future of Law Firms

28th April 2017
Article written by Rohit Talwar, CEO and Alexandra Whittington, Senior Foresight Researcher at Fast Future Publishing. AI and the New Business Agenda As futurists, we focus on helping leaders to drive exponential growth by anticipating and exploiting the forces, ideas and opportunities shaping the future. Exponential growth is now a viable goal - across every […]
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Did Tobacco Companies Fund Trump’s Lobbying to Roll Back FDA Oversight of E-Cigarettes?

28th April 2017
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: New disclosure documents filed this week show the big tobacco companies are spending huge sums and hiring an army of lobbyists to influence Congress and the Trump Administration, including giving $1.5 million to President Trump's inauguration. It's no secret what the […]
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Is Fraud in the "Credible Fear" Process a Threat to the Asylum System?

27th April 2017
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies analyzes the fraudulent abuse of the "credible fear" process by aliens seeking to enter or remain in the United States, fraud made possible by weaknesses in the US asylum system, resource constraints, and evidentiary limitations. Already more susceptible to exploitation by terrorists than the refugee process […]
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Your Thoughts: UK Snap Election

25th April 2017
Last week UK PM Theresa May announced a snap general election set for June 2017, to "guarantee certainty and security.” Since 2011, parliamentary terms state calls to election every five years and, even before this, elections were commonly only called by prime ministers every four or so years. This announcement came on the back of […]
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Is the Snooper’s Charter Going to Invade Your Privacy?

21st April 2017
Research has shown that more than three quarters of people in the UK are unaware that the recent Investigatory Powers Act has been passed, despite the effects it may have on their human rights. The survey, conducted by serious and corporate crime defence specialists, Rahman Ravelli, also revealed that there was a lack of awareness […]
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New Marijuana Driving Rules Leave Questions Unanswered

19th April 2017
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) believes the marijuana legislation recently introduced in Canada would establish stiff new penalties for drug-impaired driving, but that several issues still need to be dealt with to make the new regime effective. CAA believes three issues need to be addressed for an effective drugs driving regime: clear law, tools for […]
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Pragmatic & Profitable, But Do DPAs Deliver Justice?

13th April 2017
Following the announcement of the SFO's deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Tesco a few weeks back, international business & law journalist Dominic Carman here discusses for Lawyer Monthly whether DPAs are truly in the interest of justice.
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