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July 02, 2024
Bird & Bird Partners With AI Assistant Leya
International law firm Bird & Bird LLP on Tuesday announced a six-month trial integration of the artificial intelligence legal assistant Leya, during which the latter's technology will be used across multiple offices.
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July 09, 2024
Latham Hires Finance Trio In London From Cahill Gordon
Latham & Watkins LLP has recruited a trio of partners from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as it continues to grow its banking practice in London.
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July 02, 2024
Barristers Fight For Fees Stemming From Adjourned Trial
Two barristers on Tuesday urged a London appellate court to overturn a ruling that they were not entitled to the majority of approximately £150,000 ($190,140) in fees that a client had agreed to pay because the £20 million trial at which they were due to represent her was adjourned.
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July 02, 2024
Ex-Bird & Bird Pro Fights To Toss Sexual Misconduct Case
A former Bird & Bird LLP partner asked the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on Tuesday to throw out allegations of sexual misconduct toward two junior female colleagues, arguing that the sector's watchdog was prosecuting him after "egregious" delays and an "inadequate" investigation.
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July 09, 2024
Lawrence Stephens Hires 2 Directors From Rosling King
Ann Ebberson and Alex Edwards have joined Lawrence Stephens Ltd. from Rosling King LLP as directors on the real estate finance and banking teams.
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July 02, 2024
Kennedys Hits Revenue Record Of £384M, Jumps 18% In UK
Kennedys said on Tuesday that its revenue grew 17% to reach a record £384 million ($483 million) for its last financial year, with its expanding U.S. leg a key driver of the growth.
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July 01, 2024
Solicitor's COVID Letters Had 'No Legal Merit,' SRA Says
The Solicitors Regulation Authority accused a solicitor at a London tribunal Monday of wrongly sending threatening legal letters to bodies for his clients who refused the COVID-19 vaccine, saying the letters had "no legal merit."
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July 01, 2024
Top Real Estate Atty Leaves Willkie To Co-Lead Weil Practice
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's former real estate department co-chair and New York co-managing partner, known for high-profile work that includes the largest real estate investment trust initial public offering in U.S. history, is becoming co-leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's real estate practice, the firm announced Monday.
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July 08, 2024
Signature Litigation Opens In Frankfurt With Mayer Brown Duo
Signature Litigation LLP announced it launched a new office Monday in Frankfurt, with two former Mayer Brown LLP partners joining the dispute resolution firm to spearhead its operations in Germany.
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July 01, 2024
Solicitors' Watchdog Board Green Lights Regulation Of CILEX
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is edging closer to taking over regulating chartered legal executives after its board gave the controversial plan the green light — though hurdles still remain.
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July 01, 2024
London Partner Hires Continue Strong In First Half Of 2024
London law firms continued to hire partners at pace in the first half of 2024, driven by the anticipation of lower interest rates and a resurgence in deal-making activities.
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July 01, 2024
Paul Weiss Joins Fight For Junior Talent, Ups Pay To £180k
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Monday that it will pay newly qualified lawyers in London £180,000 ($228,000), matching other U.S. rivals in the British capital in significantly boosting remuneration for their most junior lawyers.
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June 28, 2024
SRA Launches Consultation On New Financial Penalties
The Solicitors Regulation Authority on Friday said it is seeking feedback on its proposals to update its approach after being granted new powers to issue unlimited financial penalties.
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June 28, 2024
Law Society 'Seriously Concerned' About Comp Fund Hikes
The Law Society on Friday voiced "serious concerns" about the Solicitors Regulation Authority's plan for a hike of more than 200% in compensation fund contributions by solicitors and firms to finance its intervention into Axiom Ince Ltd.
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June 28, 2024
No Judge Race Bias In £30M Fox Williams Negligence Case
A London court has rejected a Black television producer's allegations that a judge racially discriminated against him when tossing out his case that Fox Williams LLP botched his £30 million ($38 million) game show copyright claim.
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June 28, 2024
Holman Fenwick, Bird & Bird Up NQ Pay
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP and Bird & Bird LLP on Friday said they had increased the salaries for their newly qualified solicitors as more and more City-based outfits continue to raise junior lawyers' pay to match each other and stay competitive in the London talent market.
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June 28, 2024
Solicitors Bude Nathan Sued For £1m Over Property Advice
Property solicitors Bude Nathan Iwanier LLP allegedly allowed a 94-year-old client to approve a £1 million ($1.26 million) loan he didn't understand and failed to warn of the risk a construction project might lose him his London home.
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June 28, 2024
Travers Smith Promotes 8 Lawyers To Senior Counsel
Travers Smith LLP on Friday announced the promotion of eight lawyers to senior counsel, spanning various areas of practice, including pensions, tax and commercial transactions.
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July 05, 2024
EIP Hires Patent Litigator From Hogan Lovells In Germany
Intellectual property boutique EIP has recruited a specialist in patent litigation from Hogan Lovells in Germany in a move to boost its disputes capabilities in relation to different fields of technology.
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June 28, 2024
Hausfeld Competition Pro Lucy Rigby Takes Political Plunge
Despite loving her career as a competition partner at Hausfeld LLP, Lucy Rigby tells Law360 that she could no longer avoid the growing pull toward public service as she campaigns to be a Labour MP in the July 4 general election. Rigby is even prepared to quit the firm if she's elected.
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June 28, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Uber hit with claims from Addison Lee and the former CEO of the Kabbee app, animal by-product company Leo Group file a defamation claim against a local anti-odor campaigner, and a self-styled lord who claims to be the illegitimate son of the late Prince Phillip resume legal action against his cousins for a share in his late aunt's estate. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 28, 2024
Lawyer Loses Age Bias Claim Against Council
A lawyer in her 60s failed to prove that she was discriminated against because of her age after she was treated differently from a younger colleague over similar sickness absences, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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June 27, 2024
Stephenson Harwood's Revenues Hit Record £264M
Stephenson Harwood LLP said Thursday that it had pulled in £264 million ($334 million) in revenues in its latest financial results, a new high for the firm after it posted a record total a year ago.
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June 27, 2024
DLA Piper Taps Finance Atty As 1st Woman Leader In Norway
DLA Piper has hired a technology-focused finance partner in its Oslo, Norway, office as its first female country managing partner in the Nordic region, the firm said Thursday.
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June 27, 2024
DWF Buys Australian Claims Management Business
Private equity-backed DWF LLP said Thursday it has agreed to buy Australian claims management company Proclaim for an undisclosed amount to bolster its presence in the country.