What Does A Lawyer Do?

Is fecit, cui prodest

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After years of floundering under the weight of junk mail, I am now enjoying the fleeting moment of power. I am transformed into a Roman emperor in the gladiatorial arena of spam and, alas, there’s been a lot of thumbs-down moments.

Robert Shrimsley, FT - With GDPR, breaking up is so easy to do

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Competition policy determines how individual citizens compete with one another. It is the way that we make our society. It touches on absolutely everything.

Barry Lynn

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Then turn again to your task. Look forward, do not look backward. Gather afresh in heart and spirit all the energies of your being, bend anew together for a supreme effort. The times are harsh, need is dire, the agony of Europe is infinite, but the might of Britain hurled united into the conflict will be irresistible. We are the grand reserve of the Allied cause, and that grand reserve must now march forward as one man.

Winston Churchill's speech at Dundee, 5 June 1915

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We are passing through a bad time now and it will probably be worse before it is better, but that it will be better, if we only endure and persevere, I have no doubt whatsoever.

Winston Churchill resignation speech in the House of Commons, 15 November 1915

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It would seem to me a fantastic policy to endeavour to shut the British Empire up in a ringed fence. It is very large, and there are a good many things which can be produced in it, but the world is larger & produces some better things than can be found in the British Empire. Why should we deny ourselves the good and varied merchandise which the traffic of the world offers, more especially since the more we trade with others, the more they must trade with us; for it is quite clear that we give them something else back for everything they give to us. Our planet is not a very big one compared with the other celestial bodies, and I see no particular reason why we should endeavour to make inside our planet a smaller planet called the British Empire, cut off by impassable space from everything else.

Winston Churchill on free trade, 1902

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GLD

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The Killers haven’t had a platinum single since 2008. So it’s fitting they are headlining an annual conference for hedge funds, who haven’t beaten the market in about that long.

WSJ on SALT conference

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We’re all conflicted. Get over it.

Rob Kindler, the global head of mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley

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In Fledgling Exchange-Traded Fund, Striking a Blow for Women

With a new E.T.F., State Street hopes to achieve market-rate returns by investing in firms that are leaders in gender diversity.

Feminist ETFs is a thing. Though intriguing, it is a ridiculuous concept.

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Sometimes posting photos on instagram requires prior advice from counsel...

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Drunk driving evasion

You've been stopped by the police while drunk driving? Here's your way out of trouble: claim that you're a walking brewery. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/30/us/ap-us-odd-naturally-drunk-defense.html

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kelias į teise grindžiamą civilizaciją yra neįmanomas be nuoširdžių pastangų atkurti teisėtumą ir teisės viršenybę, pagarbos tarptautinei teisei ir atsakomybės už teisės pažeidimus pripažinimo

Dainius Žalimas perduoda linkėjimus Rusijos Konstitucinio teismo pirmininkui

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If an EU competition law claim brought before national courts in order to establish an article 101/102 infringement is regarded as a ‘civil and commercial matter’ for the purposes of Brussels I, then there is no reason to suggest that the matter would be regarded differently only because the proceedings were brought before an NCA that is an administrative body.

DANOV, Mihail. EU Competitionl Law Enforcement: is Brussels I suited to dealing with all the challenges? International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2012, Vol. 61, p. 27-54., p. 34. It is so refreshing once in a while to come across something funny like this in the sea of dull legal stuff.

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А затем она попросила коллегию обратить внимание на приложение к письменным пояснениям ИФНС, где содержались расчеты инспекции – ее юрист вручил этот документ оппоненту перед заседанием. "В [нем] есть совершенно замечательное пояснение, – рассказывала представитель IKEA. – Напротив некоторых пунктов написано "придумать что-нибудь". То есть у налогового органа уже закончились в принципе какие-либо аргументы для того, чтобы убедить суд, что наши расходы необоснованны!"

pravo.ru

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What you like the least about economics in competition law? Economists with six hands (on the one hand, on the other hand, and on the other hand …)

Richard Whish via chilling competition

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A judge has criticised a lawyer for appearing in court looking like "something out of Harry Potter". Long-haired Alan Blacker appeared with St John Ambulance medals and ribbons on his breast during a trial in Cardiff Crown Court. Judge David Wynn Morgan also questioned Mr Blacker's right as a solicitor advocate to wear the robes and wig of a barrister.

via BBC