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1. 软银243亿英镑收购ARM交易中，美国和英国魔法圈律所共获得1450万英镑律师费。不过相对于财务顾问获得的5150万英镑顾问费用，这一金额显得有些捉襟了。此外，公共关系顾问Brunswick也大笔赚入400万英镑。
In the bank： Global 100 firms bill ？14.5m on mega ARM acquisition
US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank will together rake in ？14.5m in fees， the latest deal documents show.
Slaughter and May， Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer， Davis Polk & Wardwell and Morrison & Foerster acted on the ？24.3bn transaction， one of the largest ever European M&A deals and Softbank‘s biggest buy to date.
But the legal fees pale in comparison to the ？51.5m financial advisers took for acting for the UK tech business ARM. In addition， public relations adviser Brunswick raked in ？4m. (Legal Business)
2. 在Verizon以24亿美元收购Fleetmatics交易中，Macfarlanes等律所担任法律顾问。在Verizon收购雅虎的头条新闻数天之后，Verizon又开始对Fleetmatics集团进行收购。Fleetmatics是总部位于都柏林、在纽交所上市的汽车联网通信公司，Verizon已经同意按每股60美元现金收购Fleetmatics，总报价约24亿美元。该交易中，Verizon的法律顾问包括美国佳利律师事务所、伦敦的Macfarlanes律师事务所和负责爱尔兰方面的A&L Goodbody律师事务所。Fleetmatics的法律顾问包括Goodwin Procter律师事务所和Maples and Calder律师事务所。Verizon的金融顾问由Wells Fargo 和PJT Partners 担任，而亚司特律师事务所担任金融顾问的法律顾问。
Macfarlanes gets the gig as firms line up on Verizon’s $2.4bn purchase of Fleetmatics
Just days after the headline grabbing acquisition of Yahoo！， Goodwin Procter， Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton， A&L Goodbody and Macfarlanes are among those who have landed roles advising on Verizon‘s purchase of Fleetmatics Group.
US internet giant Verizon has agreed to buy the Dublin-based and New York Stock Exchange-listed vehicle communications company for $60 a share in cash， valuing the offer at around $2.4bn.
Verizon was advised by US firm Cleary Gottlieb， Macfarlanes in London and A&L Goodbody on the Irish side of the deal. The Macfarlanes team advising Verizon was led by a trio of partners in Graham Gibb， Nicholas Barclay and Ashley Greenbank.
Fleetmatics was advised by Goodwin Procter technology partners Kenneth Gordon， James Matarese and Joseph Theis. Maples and Calder also advised on the Fleetmatics side.
Ashurst advised Wells Fargo and PJT Partners， the joint financial advisers to Verizon on the deal. The Ashurst team was led by corporate partners Adrian Clark and Karen Davies. (Legal Business)
3. 甲骨文以93亿美元收购云服务商NetSuite。甲骨文（Oracle）称将以93亿美元收购NetSuite，来扩张进入快速发展的云市场。像其竞争对手SAP和微软一样，甲骨文已经关注于将其业务转移到云基模式，在本质上通过数据中心来远程提供服务，而不是销售安装软件。甲骨文也已经收购了Textura和Opower等公司来增强在云市场的竞争力。
Oracle to Buy NetSuite in $9.3B Deal
Oracle said it would buy NetSuite in a deal valued at about $9.3 billion to expand into the fast-growing cloud market.
Netsuite shares rose 18.6 percent to $108.64 in premarket trading， just shy of the offer price of $109 per share.
Like rivals SAP and Microsoft， Oracle has focused on moving its business to the cloud-based model， essentially providing services remotely via data centers rather than selling installed software.
NetSuite， founded in 1998， pioneered the cloud computing revolution， by creating the first company dedicated to providing business applications over the internet.
Oracle has also acquired companies such as Textura and Opower to increase its competitiveness in the cloud market. (Foxbusiness)
4. 日本最大的律师事务所之一Mori Hamada & Matsumoto将收购泰国Chandler & Thong-ek律所。这是日本律所首次开展如此规模的海外律所并购。
Tokyo law firm to acquire Thai practice
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto， one of Japan’s largest law firms， is to acquire Thailand‘s Chandler & Thong-ek.
The deal marks the first time that a Japanese legal group acquires a foreign firm of this scale and will see the Bangkok-based firm serve as the centre for Mori Hamada’s operations in the region， which will span 60 lawyers. (Nikkei Asian Review)
5. 大成的合资公司Nextlaw与人工智能公司合作开发英国脱欧相关合同审核系统。作为最新的一项成果，大成（Dentons）的科技合资公司Nextlaw Labs和伦敦信息技术公司RAVN Systems一起，开发了一款人工智能程序，来评估英国脱欧公投结果对公司合同带来的影响。大成和Nextlaw与RAVN一起开发了该程序，使用RAVN的“应用认知工具”和一个定制算法，来生成一份突出需要法律关注部分的报告。这一高级搜索引擎正被应用于脱欧相关的合同中，在大量文件中进行筛选，识别出由于英国脱欧而可能产生的问题。开发者称该人工智能将减少律师的审核时间，并避免在审核合同文件中可能发生的人工错误。该公司正在美国和英国引领相关科技，应用在实际法律问题中，而英国脱欧合同人工智能是一个关键起点。Nextlaw的首席执行官Dan Jansen称，该公司已经在利用律师的反馈意见，并正在就涵盖金融服务、知识产权、媒体、运输、环境和电信等的新产品征集创意。
‘Cut through the noise’： Nextlaw partners with AI firm for Brexit contracts system
In the latest play for Dentons‘ tech joint venture， Nextlaw Labs has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme with London IT firm RAVN Systems to assess the impact of the Brexit vote on companies’ contracts.
Dentons and Nextlaw worked with AI software developers RAVN to create a programme which uses RAVN‘s ’Applied Cognitive Engine‘ and uses a bespoke algorithm to produce a report highlighting areas requiring legal attention.
The advanced search engine is being applied to Brexit-related contracts， sifting through high volume documents to identify issues that could be raised by the UK’s exit from the European Union.
The developers say the AI will cut down review time for lawyers and remove the potential for human error in reviewing contract documents.
The firm is piloting the technology in the US and the UK， applying it to real legal problems， with Brexit contract issues a key starting point. Nextlaw chief executive Dan Jansen said the firm had been drawing on feedback from lawyers and was collecting ideas for new products covering financial services， IP， media， transport， environment and telecoms. (Legal Business)
6. 法律科技公司CS Disco获得1875万美元C轮融资，总融资额达到3500万美元。
CS Disco Receives Additional Funding for “By Lawyers， For Lawyers” E-discovery Platform
The startup‘s DISCO platform uses machine learning and automation to simplify e-discovery and lower the legal tech learning curve.
Tapping into demand for a seamless user experience and ease of use in e-discovery tools， start-up CS Disco has announced it has closed $18.75 million in Series C funding from long-time investors Bessemer Venture Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners， bringing its total funding to $35 million. (Legaltechnews)
7. 试图刺杀美国总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普的英国男子的母亲，在“众筹正义”上开设了一个众筹网页来帮助儿子返回英国。20岁的英国男子Michael Sandford今年夏天在拉斯维加斯试图抢夺警察的枪来刺杀特朗普，如果罪名成立将会被判处30年监禁。他的母亲Lynne向“众筹正义”（CrowdJustice）网站寻求帮助，希望能够众筹到资金让儿子返回英国，目前已经募集到超过2万英镑。“众筹正义”是一名曾经在英国magic circle之一的年利达律师事务所工作的律师Julia Salasky创建的网站。
CrowdJustice： Mum of Brit who tried to kill Donald Trump sets up crowdfunding page to have him returned to the UK
The mum of Michael Sandford， who allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump， has set up a crowdfunding page to have him released from his American prison and sent back to the United Kingdom.
20-year-old Sandford hit the headlines earlier this summer when he was arrested in Las Vegas for trying to grab a policeman’s gun at a Republican rally， supposedly in an attempt to assassinate Trump.
The Brit has been charged with disrupting an official function and two firearm offences， and is facing a 30 year prison stint if found guilty - something his mum， Lynne， is struggling to come to terms with.
Lynne has turned to CrowdJustice， a website set up by former Linklaters lawyer Julia Salasky， in a bid to bring her son home. She‘s raised over ？20，000. (Legal Cheek)
8. 意大利法院禁止Uber在意大利境内提供网约车服务。一个意大利法院禁止意大利境内未经许可的汽车共享服务，例如Uber所提供的服务，这是该家快速增长的美国汽车服务公司遇到的又一挫折。意大利出租车司机和其行业组织聘请了Pavia e Ansaldo的合伙人Nico Moravio和Marco Gistiniani，以及罗马大学民事诉讼研究员Alessandro Fabbi博士来代理针对Uber的诉讼。法院最终判决禁止Uber，称该通过智能手机应用程序连接私人司机和乘客的服务，造成了“不正当竞争”。现在Uber已经快速发展到接近400亿美元价值，而该案判决是此家总部位于旧金山的创业公司所面临一系列法律挑战的最新进展。Uber有15周的时间来遵守该判决要求，之后每延迟一天要被处以2万欧元的罚金。
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Pavia & Ansaldo win Uber ban
An Italian court has banned unlicensed car-sharing services such as those offered by Uber throughout the country， in another setback for the fast-growing US car service.
Italian taxi drivers and their organisations hired Nico Moravio and Marco Gistiniani， partners at Pavia e Ansaldo along with Dr Alessandro Fabbi， research fellow in civil procedure at the Sapienza University of Rome， to argue their case against the fast-growing company. Banning Uber， the court said the service， which connects private drivers with passengers through a smartphone app， created ’unfair competition‘. It is the latest in a series of legal challenges facing the San Francisco-based company， a start-up which has quickly grown into a business worth approximately $40 billion. Uber was given 15 weeks to comply or will be fined €20，000 for each day’s delay adhering to the court ruling. (Reuters； TopLegal)
9. Uber在台湾可能遭禁止。台湾当局称Uber并未合法运营，并在周三表示可能取消Uber的许可，因为它注册的是一家软件公司，而非出租车服务，不过也表示将和Uber进一步讨论可能选项。台湾的一些Uber司机已经被暂停了个人营业许可，而Uber司机总共被处以了6500万新台币的罚金。此前Uber在法国也因使用非专业司机提供非法交通服务而被处以罚金；在匈牙利则因涉嫌“非法调度服务”而被禁止网络接入。
Uber faces ban in Taiwan
Car-bookisng app Uber could be banned in Taiwan， after state officials claimed the company did not operate lawfully within the ‘country’.
On Wednesday， treasury authorities said Uber‘s licence could be revoked because it was registered as a software company， not as a taxi service.
But hours later， the Executive Yuan government said it wanted to discuss options with Uber.
Some Uber drivers in Taiwan have had their individual operating licences suspended， according to reports.
Taiwan’s transport ministry says it has already fined Uber drivers a total of 65m Taiwan new dollars.
At the heart of the issue is the question of whether Uber is a software or transportation company.
The potential ban in Taiwan comes two months after a court in France fined Uber for running what it deemed an illegal transport service that used non-professional drivers.
In July， Uber ceased operations in Hungary after state officials blocked internet access to the app， referring to it as an “illegal dispatcher service”. (BBC)
10. 土耳其政府关闭境内最大律所，朝鲜唯一的外国律所停止营业。YukselKarkin是土耳其最大的律所，在2010年与英国欧华律师事务所交盟。然而在此次土耳其未遂政变中，该家律所因被政府指控涉嫌卷入政变而被关闭，四名合伙人被逮捕，该所现已不复存在。向东望去，朝鲜唯一的外国律所也放弃了在朝鲜的营业。
Turkish government storms top law firm as another abandons practice in North Korea
A Turkish law firm affiliated with City giant DLA Piper has been closed down by the government following its alleged involvement in the country‘s attempted coup.
According to local media reports， the country’s largest law firm YukselKarkin - which formed an allegiance with DLA Piper in 2010 - is no more.
In the wake of a failed coup - when， just one day after the Nice terror attack in early July， the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the government - “armed police” raided YukselKarkin and arrested four of the firm‘s partners.
Moving yet further to the east and news breaks that North Korea’s only foreign law firm has aborted its practice. (Legal Cheek)
11. 美国最高法院暂时推翻一项允许变性高中生根据自己意愿选择男女卫生间的判决。最高法院的8名法官以5：3停止下一级法院允许17岁的Gavin Grimm使用男子卫生间的判令，这是首次在美国最高法院进行变性人厕所权的讨论。最高法院将在今天秋天再次讨论该案。
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US Supreme Court blocks transgender toilet ruling
The US Supreme Court has temporarily overturned a ruling that allowed a transgender high school student to use the bathroom of his choice.
It is the first time that the fraught discussion over transgender bathroom rights has reached the country‘s highest court.
Judges voted 5-3 to halt a lower court’s order that Gavin Grimm， 17， be allowed to use the boys‘ bathroom.
They will consider the case again in the autumn. (BBC)
12. 根据调查显示，美国2016年第二季度的法律行业需求在衰退。
Demand dips in US legal sector during second quarter
Thompson Reuters’ Peer Monitor says US law firms have been ‘blindsided’ by a drop in demand across nearly all practices in the second quarter.
Peer Monitor has reported a 0.9 per cent decline in demand for legal services in the US market across the second quarter， marking the first time in ten consecutive quarters that demand hasn‘t continued its upward trajectory. Peer Monitor measures demand as growth in billable hours and incorporates data from 151 firms including 53 from the AmLaw 100， 42 from the AmLaw 200 and 56 midsized firms. Researchers concluded that the softer market fell hardest on the bottom half of the AmLaw 200； demand across the AmLaw 100 was down 1 per cent this quarter and 0.2 per cent so far in 2016， compared with 1.8 per cent for the second quarter for firms in the AmLaw 200. Midsized firms， defined as those with 200-plus attorneys which are not part of the AmLaw 200， have been largely unaffected by the slump in demand. (American Lawyer)
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