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Compliance News roundup for June 2015

VinciWorks 5 July 2015 1 min read

Microsoft to end support for Server 2003 on 14 July (third of UK still using it)–CRN
Cybercrime is escalating–SRA
Law Society: “Piecemeal” SRA reforms could create “perverse incentives”–Legal Futures
Gender gap in lawyers’ salaries persists as men pick up bigger pay rises–The Lawyer
Ombudsman complaint limit rises from six to 12 months starting 9 July–The Law Society Gazette
Fourth Money Laundering Directive takes effect in EU–Out-Law
The Fifa scandal and money laundering laws–The Law Society Gazette
SRA announces new diversity data collection system–SRA

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