An office to service UK law societies and the German Federal Bar was opened last week by Mario Monti, the European commissioner responsible for the EC establishment directive. Occupied by the organisations since June, it is a “lawyers' house” representing 150,000 UK and German lawyers – a third of Europe's lawyers. The office will assist the daily work of the alliance by gathering information and lobbying. It is at 142-144 Avenue de Tervuren, B-1150 Brussels.
Bakers does Notebook trials
Alison Laferla reports International law firm Baker & McKenzie is piloting a support system it hopes to use in much of its litigation. Under a £100,000 contract, the firm is testing Litigator’s Notebook, an American litigation support system based on Lotus Notes. The software will be piloted by 30 users, currently working on one big […]