It should be said that successful law students who go on to have a rewarding legal career can come from a variety of different backgrounds and possess skills that can often be very different from a colleague who has trodden the same career path. Having said that, there are also some defining factors in terms…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years, you’ll have heard about all the changes that have been going on in the world of privacy. With big data more integrated into society than ever before, and with people offering more data to companies, it’s more important than ever to understand how this…
Now that Coronavirus has been confirmed in countries all over the world, and the planet is heading into a lockdown status for the foreseeable future to contain it and reduce the harm that this kind of pandemic can cause, we’re entering a world with new situations by which we’ve never seen before. While many people…
Smart cities seem like something of the future, where the places we go will be able to know who we already are. But cities like Barcelona have already taken this step. On every light post, there are grey plastic shields, collecting the data of everyone nearby. So what does this mean for the future? And…
There’s still an ongoing debate as to whether non-attorney partners should own law firms around the world. Of course, there’s the assumption that a law firm that you go to would be owned by someone who is qualified as a lawyer, but this is increasingly becoming not the case, and it’s important to decide how…
While the presence of AI is cropping up all over the world in all industries, businesses, and personal consumer lives, one of the most interesting places it’s popping up is in the field of medicine. Whether you’re looking at your doctor’s office or a hospital, AI is being used to diagnose and manage symptoms and…
It stands to reason that the digital age we are all now living in will have far-reaching consequences for many aspects of the way we lead our lives and that also means traditional services such as law are also being impacted. There are numerous aspects of the legal profession that are being transformed by modern…
Multi-level marketing, also known as pyramid schemes, has been gaining force in the marketplace, and no one knows why. From the outside, it looks like these companies are very successful, but the inner workings of the company could be just the opposite. So how can these business practices be curtailed? With the creation of RICO…
The Commonwealth of Virginia doesn’t have the most lenient gun laws in the nation, but they are far from the most restrictive. The “red flag” law or the gun confiscation law is something that is concerning to many citizens. And if it concerns the citizens, we’ve got to talk about it. According to the change,…
Most of us are used to and unconsciously accept the fact that we are being monitored in our jobs. The level of monitoring greatly depends on the type of employment. For example, mom and pop shops are less likely to strictly monitor their employees than, say, the Pentagon. If you work in an office job…
