Editorials from the newsroom and opinion pieces from contributors on the profession. Signed opinion pieces are the responsibility of their authors.
The survey accompanying the White Paper on artificial intelligence and the legal profession shows a profession that already uses AI, but which for the most part has not been trained to do so. With the ethical rules ever clearer, training should be the first priority of bar associations and firms.
The General Statute of the Legal Profession prefers the engagement letter, and the Organic Law on the Right of Defence allows the client to demand it. The profession should take the next step on its own initiative: always use it, even in small matters.
At the 2nd Andalusian Meeting on Gender Violence, the Spanish Legal Profession asked for specialised, close-at-hand defence, and for legal assistance to victims to be mandatory from before the report is filed. We share the proposal and explain why.
E-invoicing between businesspeople and professionals is usually presented as one more administrative burden. It also has a positive side for firms: the recipient will have to report whether they accept the invoice and when they pay it. It is wise to prepare the firm in time.
The Central Beneficial Ownership Register presumes a legitimate interest on the part of the media and civil society organisations devoted to preventing money laundering. We defend that rule, with its limits, as a useful piece for transparency and also for firms themselves.
At a time when any tool can produce a convincing legal text with invented citations, verification is the first duty of a publication for lawyers. We explain the rule we apply at AGENTE LEX and what it means for our readers.
