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October 28, 2024
Linklaters Adds 4 A&O Shearman Finance Partners In NY
Linklaters LLP announced Monday the addition of four partners from the recently merged Allen Overy Shearman Sterling to the firm's finance division, deepening its U.S. capital markets and restructuring offerings in New York.
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October 28, 2024
UK Top Court Boosts Client Claims In Solicitor Cost Spats
A U.K. Supreme Court ruling on solicitor payment deductions has given a boost for clients to challenge their legal bills from their former firms in the latest case to clarify Britain's labyrinthine rules governing solicitors' fees.
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October 28, 2024
Candey Sues Former Client Over 1-Star Online Review
Candey has sued a former client for defamation over a one-star online review that the fashion label chief allegedly authored, arguing in a London court that her false claims about the disputes law firm risk putting off new clients.
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October 28, 2024
Law Firm Scores Own Goal In Footballers' Data Row
A sports law firm cannot prevent a lender from advertising a winding-up petition over an unpaid loan of £500,000 ($650,000) to fund litigation over the alleged misuse of professional footballers' data, a London court has ruled.
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October 25, 2024
Kennedys' New Head Steps Up In 'Evolving' Insurance World
Meg Catalano, who was named Kennedys’ new global managing partner this week, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her vision for the role and how the firm looks to stay on top of client needs in a volatile world under her leadership.
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October 25, 2024
Right To Disconnect Plan May Erode Firms' Long-Hours Culture
The government's softened plan to grant employees the right to disconnect out of hours could gradually erode the legal sector's entrenched long-hour culture, but it's unlikely to make major changes anytime soon, employment experts predict.
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October 25, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the Competition and Markets Authority take action against a mattress retailer after it was caught pressuring its customers with misleading discounts, Lenovo and Motorola target ZTE Corporation with a patents claim, Lloyds Bank hit by another claim relating to the collapse of Arena Television and U.K. tax authority HMRC sued by the director of an electronics company that evaded millions of pounds in VAT. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 25, 2024
London Firm Referred To Tribunal Over AML Failings
A law firm in London has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal over its alleged failure to comply with anti-money laundering laws, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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October 25, 2024
Chambers Assistant Can Pursue Disability-Related Claims
An employment tribunal has ruled that an assistant practice manager at 3 Bolt Court Chambers suffered from severe anxiety and depression when she was fired, allowing her to bring disability-related claims against her bosses.
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October 25, 2024
Baker McKenzie Lawyer Fined For Refusing Breathalyzer Test
A Baker McKenzie lawyer who was convicted for refusing to take a roadside breath test after being pulled over by the police was fined £2,500 ($3,250) by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on Friday.
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October 25, 2024
Fraud Lawyers Take On Bullying Cases As Complaints Surge
White-collar criminal lawyers are picking up more and more work investigating allegations of non-financial misconduct inside the world's biggest companies, amid a sharp rise in incidents reported by the City watchdog ahead of an impending crackdown.
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October 25, 2024
Fried Frank PE Pro Goes In-House At Vet Chain
IVC Evidensia has recruited a former private equity partner at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP in London to further boost its in-house legal capability after the global veterinary care business hired a new group general counsel earlier this year.
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November 01, 2024
Ropes & Gray Adds Property PE Pro From Clifford Chance
Ropes & Gray LLP has hired a real estate finance specialist from Clifford Chance LLP as counsel to its London office, to add firepower to its practice in the growing private equity M&A market.
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October 24, 2024
Associates Say They're Burnt Out — And It's Costing Firms
Three-quarters of associates cite burnout and mental health as reasons for leaving law firms amid a higher exposure to stress than colleagues in other roles — and firms are suffering the financial costs, according to a study of U.S. and U.K. firms released Thursday.
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October 24, 2024
Judiciary Won't Make Panels The Exception For Bias Cases
Most discrimination and whistleblowing cases will continue to be heard by a full panel after the judiciary backed away from a plan to tackle the employment tribunals' crippling backlog by making it the default for judges to hear cases alone.
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October 24, 2024
Dentons Taps Amsterdam Real Estate Pro As Europe CEO
Dentons announced Thursday that it has elected Wendela Raas to lead the firm in Europe and Central Asia, adding another woman to its top leadership ranks after it recently picked a former senior executive at accounting giant EY as its new global chief.
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October 24, 2024
Addleshaw Goddard Names Tech Companies For Mentorship
Addleshaw Goddard LLP announced on Thursday that it has awarded more than a dozen start-up tech companies places on a legal mentorship and advisory program that it runs each year to help innovative businesses overcome their legal challenges.
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October 24, 2024
Charles Russell Brings On Tax Specialist From Sheridans
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP hired a partner from Sheridans as part of expanding its London tax practice to support its strategy focused on private capital, the firm said.
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October 24, 2024
Kennedys Turns To US For New Global Managing Partner
Kennedys named the firm's regional chief in the U.S. as its second global managing partner on Thursday as it looks poised to go from strength to strength after it recently recorded revenues of more than £380 million ($493 million).
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October 31, 2024
Bird & Bird Taps Dutch Financial Regulation Pro
Bird & Bird LLP has hired an experienced financial regulation expert as a partner in The Hague, as the law firm looks to bolster its finance practice in the Netherlands and across Europe.
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October 24, 2024
CMS Partner To Lead IP Committee At City Law Society
The City of London Law Society has named a CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP partner as the chair of its new intellectual property law committee.
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October 30, 2024
Cooley Hires Gowling Life Sciences Chief In London
Cooley LLP announced Wednesday that it has recruited a senior life sciences and patent specialist at Gowling WLG as it looks to continue expanding its legal services offerings in London.
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October 23, 2024
Mitsubishi Bank's Co-GC Talks Tackling The Legal Pay War
James Morgan is using his financial clout at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. to help the Japanese megabank tackle a spiraling pay war in the legal sector.
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October 23, 2024
Travers Smith Launches AI Training Program For Staff
Travers Smith LLP announced on Wednesday that it has launched an internal training program to improve literacy on artificial intelligence across the business as more and more firms make use of new technology for client work.
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October 23, 2024
UK Top Court Clarifies Solicitor Payment Rules In Fee Dispute
The U.K.'s highest court ruled Wednesday that a crash victim should be able to challenge solicitors fees because he had not been given an opportunity to question the costs, meaning the time limit for reassessment did not apply.