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January 23, 2025
Litigation-Funder Sues Merricks Over Mastercard Settlement
A representative of more than 45 million U.K. consumers in a class action against Mastercard is being sued by his litigation-funder over his decision to reach a settlement in the £10 billion ($12.3 billion) case for £200 million.
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January 23, 2025
Squire Patton Hires 7-Lawyer EU Regulatory Team In Brussels
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Thursday it has snapped up a seven-strong team of lawyers from Fieldfisher LLP in Brussels to help it support clients on environmental, products and chemicals regulatory matters.
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January 22, 2025
How A Mishcon Lawyer Helped Get Gaza Hostages Released
It may be a far cry from his day-to-day job, but a London-based Mishcon de Reya LLP partner has been clocking hundreds of pro bono hours acting for the British families of some of the hostages held in Gaza.
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January 22, 2025
SRA Bars Ex-Stephenson Harwood Staffer For Taking Money
A former employee at Stephenson Harwood LLP has been banned from working the legal profession by the solicitors' watchdog for taking money that she was not entitled to.
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January 29, 2025
Weil Hires Credit Funds Pro From PSP Investments
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has hired an expert in credit funds as it looks to make the most of opportunities to grow its portfolio of work from large asset management firms and other clients.
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January 22, 2025
Macfarlanes Launches New AI Tool For Client Use
Macfarlanes LLP said Wednesday it has launched a new generative artificial intelligence tool for its clients to use, aiming to help their in-house teams get through "routine work" more efficiently.
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January 22, 2025
Memery Crystal Senior Partner Steps Down As RBG Director
RBG Holdings PLC said Wednesday that Nick Davis has resigned from its board but will stay on as senior partner of Memery Crystal LLP, as the group nears the end of its exclusivity period for inking a sale to end a battle with its largest shareholder.
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January 22, 2025
Katten Boosts NQ Salaries In London By 9% To £125K
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has bumped up salaries of new solicitors in London to £125,000 ($155,000) to boost its efforts in the ongoing battle for new talent in the City.
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January 21, 2025
Ex-Baker Botts Partner Fined For Abusing Court Process
A former Baker Botts LLP partner was hit Tuesday with a £35,000 ($43,000) legal costs order after dropping potential insolvency proceedings against his ex-employer in a dispute over pay, with a judge ruling he must pay the amount for abusing court process.
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January 28, 2025
Fountain Court Gains Arbitration Pro As Door Tenant
Fountain Court Chambers has boosted its profile in the international arbitration arena by gaining the former director general of the London Court of International Arbitration as a door tenant.
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January 21, 2025
Spencer West Launches In US With SF, NYC Offices
Spencer West LLP has opened two offices in the U.S. to mark its entry in the world's largest legal market as it continues to expand its legal services offerings across the globe.
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January 21, 2025
Law Firms At Forefront Of Trend For Paid Carer's Leave
More employers are providing paid leave to members of staff with caring responsibilities following a recent change in regulations, with law firms among those pioneering the increasingly popular policy.
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January 21, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright Hikes Trainee Salaries To Up To £55K
Trainee solicitors working at Norton Rose Fulbright now earn up to £55,000 ($67,290) after it implemented a pay rise to remain competitive with other law firms that have increased salaries to attract junior talent.
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January 21, 2025
Kennedys Risk Chief Cleared Of Due Diligence Failures
A tribunal has cleared the chief risk officer at Kennedys Law LLP of failing to properly investigate concerns about a fraudulent hotel development plan in which directors swindled investors out of more than £6.5 million ($8 million).
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January 28, 2025
Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Euro Private Credit Vet
Clifford Chance has hired a private capital expert from White & Case as a partner in its global financial markets department in Milan to expand its European structured debt practice.
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January 20, 2025
Solicitor's Past Contact With Judge No Reason To Retry Case
A tribunal has ruled that a solicitor cannot get a second shot at his victimization claim against his old firm, concluding it was not an issue that he had been involved in a case with the same judge two years before.
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January 27, 2025
Ashurst Expands Consulting Team With New UK Head
Ashurst said on Monday that it has hired a new chief for its risk advisory business in the U.K. as clients increasingly face challenges that require more than legal advice, with concerns about cybersecurity and environmental, social and governance matters at the top of their list.
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January 20, 2025
Kinglsey Napley Hires SRA Exec In Another Blow To Watchdog
Kingsley Napley LLP said Monday that it had hired the deputy chief executive and general counsel of the Solicitors Regulation Authority as it continues to bolster its regulatory credentials in the latest high-profile departure for the agency.
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January 20, 2025
Tory MP Wants 'Answers' On Atty General's Alleged Conflicts
The shadow justice secretary has called for "answers and honesty" on the involvement of the attorney general in government decisions concerning his past clients — including Gerry Adams, the former president of Irish republican party Sinn Féin.
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January 20, 2025
Latham Boosts Trainee Salaries To Up To £65K In London
Latham & Watkins LLP has stepped up its efforts to recruit the most promising trainee lawyers in London by raising their salaries to as much as £65,000 ($80,000).
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January 20, 2025
Legal Tech Biz Defeats Developer's Age Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has tossed a software engineer's age discrimination claim against a patent search platform developer, finding that his arguments would be more relevant in an unfair dismissal case.
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January 20, 2025
Scales Of Justice TM Rejected As 'Commonplace'
European officials have rejected a figurative trademark for a set of scales because it was a "commonplace" symbol for marketing legal and other arbitration services that suggested themes of justice and protection.
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January 20, 2025
SocGen Can't Move €140M Clifford Chance Case To France
Clifford Chance has beaten Société Générale SA's bid to move its €140 million ($145 million) negligence claim against the law firm's European arm to France, as the Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that the case should be heard in England.
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January 27, 2025
White & Case Hires Tech Deal Pro From Travers Smith
White & Case said on Monday that it has hired a senior expert in intellectual property and technology transactions from Travers Smith, marking the loss of another partner for the London law firm.
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January 20, 2025
UK Inks Deal To Help Lawyers Practice In Switzerland
The government said Monday that it has signed a new agreement to make it easier for legal professionals in Britain to work in Switzerland — and the other way round.