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September 23, 2024
SRA's Fining Framework Is Flawed, City Law Society Says
Proposals by the solicitors' watchdog to impose fines of up to 25% of a law firm's annual turnover for economic crime offenses could be unlawful and vulnerable to judicial review, the City of London Law Society said on Monday.
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September 23, 2024
FCA Faults City Bodies' AML Policing As Inconsistent
The Financial Conduct Authority on Monday raised concerns over the inconsistent enforcement of anti-money laundering regulations by City professional bodies, particularly in the legal and accountancy sectors.
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September 27, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Taps Pinsent Masons For 3 Arbitration Pros
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Friday that it has hired three international arbitration specialists as shareholders from Pinsent Masons LLP, including a former practice co-head, to boost its disputes offerings to clients from around the world.
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September 20, 2024
Paul Weiss Launches Work Experience Program In London
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has launched its first vacation work experience scheme for aspiring lawyers in the U.K. as part of its plan to recruit its first cohort of trainee solicitors in London in 2026.
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September 20, 2024
SRA Keeps Chair On As It Gets Ready To Amp Up Oversight
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has extended its chair's term by two years, in a bid to maintain stability as the regulator prepares to switch to a more proactive approach to regulating the sector in the wake of recent law firm scandals.
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September 20, 2024
DWF Property Pro Aims To Score Big With New Sports Unit
DWF has advised superstar athletes including Formula One drivers and footballers since the 1980s, but has never joined the dots to create a full-scale sports law practice — until now.
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September 20, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen crypto exchange Binance face a new claim from the co-founder of SO Legal, a U.S. immersive art company take on a Bristol venue for copyright violations and Blake Morgan LLP hit with a pension schemes claim by The Trust for Welsh Archeology. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 20, 2024
Solicitor Struck Off Over Blackmail Conviction
A London tribunal has banned a solicitor from practicing in the profession after he was convicted by a criminal court of blackmailing a company director in a board meeting.
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September 20, 2024
DLA Piper Boosts Corporate, Insurance Teams With 2 Partners
DLA Piper has strengthened its European corporate and insurance practices with the recruitment of two experienced partners to its offices in Spain and Italy.
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September 27, 2024
Freeths Hires Ex-Ashfords IP Pro To Launch Practice In Bristol
Freeths LLP has recruited a chartered trademark attorney from Ashfords LLP to launch a new intellectual property practice in Bristol as it looks to generate work from clients in the technology and similar sectors.
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September 19, 2024
Dechert Settles Aviation Exec's Hack Cover-Up RICO Claims
An airline mogul has cut a confidential deal with Dechert and two former partners of the firm to let them off the hook in his sprawling civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit in New York federal court, the settling parties announced Thursday.
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September 19, 2024
Solicitors Watchdog Bars Barrister Over Rape Conviction
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Thursday that it had banned a barrister from working for a law firm after he was jailed for raping a woman he had met on Tinder.
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September 19, 2024
London Law Firm Fined For Breaching AML Rules
A London law firm must pay £3,700 ($4,900) in fines plus costs after it failed to comply with strict anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules, the solicitors' watchdog for England and Wales has said.
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September 26, 2024
Wiggin Scores 6-Person Sports Law Team From Walker Morris
Wiggin LLP announced Thursday it has hired a new chief for its sports law practice, along with his five-strong team, as the firm looks to cement its practice in the area.
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September 19, 2024
Irwin Mitchell Boosts NQ And Trainee Salaries
Irwin Mitchell has updated its salary structure for young lawyers across the U.K., with top earners in London who are newly qualified now earning £76,000 ($101,000).
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September 19, 2024
Less Office Space? Not For Greenberg Traurig's London MP
Fifteen years have passed since Fiona Adams co-founded the London office of Greenberg Traurig, and after she overcame early challenges the firm is thriving in the capital. Here, Adams looks back at those times — and forward to the next few years.
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September 19, 2024
Solicitor To Face Tribunal Over Alleged AML Failure
The owner of a law firm has been accused of failing to ensure that his practice complied with anti-money laundering laws, as well as allegedly making a "false and misleading" declaration to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the watchdog has said.
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September 18, 2024
Fieldfisher Solicitor Picked For High Court Slot
A senior corporate finance and M&A law specialist at Fieldfisher LLP is one of two new appointees to serve as a High Court judge, representing a new high in a legal career that has spanned nearly 40 years.
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September 18, 2024
IP Consultancy Can't Get TM For 'Claims'
An IP consulting firm may entirely lose its mark for "Claims" after European appellate officials ruled it didn't function as a trademark at all.
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September 18, 2024
PwC UK Adds Ex-Syke COO As Partner For Legal Tech Team
A former legal technology executive joined Big Four accounting firm PwC as a partner Tuesday to help clients transform how they manage contracts and legal services.
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September 18, 2024
Law Firms Embrace Technology To Foster Ethnic Diversity
Asian and Black students face more discrimination and have fewer opportunities for work experience or sponsorship at law firms as they go through the education system — but law firms are embracing technical solutions to try to tackle the problem.
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September 18, 2024
Solicitor Rebuked Over Malicious Text-To-Ex Conviction
The solicitors' watchdog has rebuked a family lawyer for sending a malicious text message to his ex that resulted in a conviction and a fine of £1,269 ($1,674), as it warned that it would discipline him further if he violated their agreement.
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September 25, 2024
CMA Consumer Protection Chief Joins Lewis Silkin
Lewis Silkin LLP has hired a former director at the Competition and Markets Authority to boost its services for clients being investigated over their compliance with consumer regulations.
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September 17, 2024
Addleshaw Goddard Expands IP Team With Five Stobbs Hires
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has hired a five-lawyer team from an intellectual property boutique led by a veteran IP litigator from the high-profile Colin the Caterpillar case as it strives to grow a market-leading team.
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September 17, 2024
HSF To Boost Paid Leave For Parents And Carers
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Tuesday that it will offer its employees increased leave for parents and carers, marking it the latest firm to offer improved policies to give staff greater support when they start a family.