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January 17, 2025
IP Group Slams UPC Verdict As Threat To In-House Counsel
An intellectual property group is urging the Unified Patent Court to clarify that parties' employees can act as representatives, expressing concern that a recent ruling has threatened in-house counsel's ability to appear at the court.
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January 17, 2025
Chambers Get In On The Salary Rush For Young Talent
While the spotlight has focused on the soaring salaries for newly qualified solicitors, top barristers' chambers in London have also begun advertising substantial compensation packages amid a talent shortage and growing demand for commercial litigation.
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January 17, 2025
Milbank Elects 17 Attorneys As Partners
Milbank LLP has elevated 17 attorneys to partner in one of its largest new partner classes ever, the firm announced Wednesday.
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January 17, 2025
Law Prof Says Litigation Over Firing Is Genuine, Not Vexatious
A former professor of law at the University of Warwick defended herself on Friday against an attempt by her former employer to get a court order to stop her from bringing any further claims, saying her attempt to clear her name is genuine and not vexatious.
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January 17, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the family of the late chairman of Leicester City FC sue a helicopter manufacturer for £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion), Vivienne Westwood bring a copyright claim against the late designer's foundation and blockchain giant Tether file a new claim in its ongoing dispute with crypto trading firm Swan Bitcoin. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 17, 2025
SFO Secures 1st UWO Against Convicted Lawyer's Ex-Wife
A judge ordered the ex-wife of solicitor imprisoned for defrauding investors on Friday to explain how she acquired a house in northwest England after granting the Serious Fraud Office its first-ever unexplained wealth order
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January 24, 2025
Simmons Taps DLA For New Antitrust Chief, MoFo For RE Pro
Simmons & Simmons LLP has hired DLA Piper's U.K. competition chief and an expert in international real estate transactions from Morrison Foerster LLP to boost its legal services in its London office.
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January 16, 2025
Litigation Funding Group Watching Mastercard Row For Now
The Association of Litigation Funders has said it is monitoring a spat between consumer advocate Walter Merricks and Innsworth Capital over the settlement of his multibillion-pound class action against Mastercard — but it has not yet intervened.
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January 16, 2025
Freeths Appoints Ex-Deloitte E-Discovery Manager
Freeths LLP announced Wednesday the appointment of Jake Pennington-Slater, who departed Deloitte late last year, as its first in-house e-discovery manager.
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January 16, 2025
Scottish Judge Named Prez Of Employment Appeal Tribunal
The head of the judiciary has appointed a Scottish judge to sit as president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, succeeding Jennifer Eady, who has been in the role since 2022.
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January 16, 2025
McDermott Adds Restructuring Pro In London
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired an experienced corporate finance, restructuring and insolvency specialist to its London team, as the firm deepens its bench strength amid another year forecast to be challenging for business.
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January 23, 2025
Jenner & Block Taps Investigations Pro From Baker McKenzie
Jenner & Block LLP has recruited a seasoned investigations partner from Baker McKenzie to launch its London public law and crisis management practice and to be co-chair of its investigations team.
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January 16, 2025
UK Legal Sector Revenue Dips 12% In November After High
The U.K. legal industry recorded revenue of under £4.4 billion ($5.4 billion) in November, a fall of about 12% but more than the 3% decrease revealed for the wider services sector, official figures published on Thursday show.
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January 16, 2025
CMS To Cut Lawyers' Jobs In UK Real Estate Team
CMS is poised to cut 15 jobs in its real estate team in the City of London as the sector continues to face difficult economic conditions, with the firm saying Thursday that a review was underway.
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January 15, 2025
Gateley's Revenues Top £86M In First-Half Results
Gateley PLC said Wednesday that it recorded more than £86 million ($105 million) in revenues during the first half of its financial year, but a one-time gain on the acquisition of a chartered surveying practice hit its latest profits total.
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January 15, 2025
TLT Hikes NQ Pay In London To £85K
TLT LLP said Wednesday that it has increased salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to £85,000 ($104,000) as law firms continue to do battle for those who are in the early stages of their careers.
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January 15, 2025
Hoffmann Eitle, KSVR Team Up To Form Patent Powerhouse
German patent specialist Hoffmann Eitle PartmbB has said that it join forces with the Düsseldorf office of König - Szynka - Tilmann - von Renesse to strengthen their capacity to handle United Patent Court disputes.
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January 15, 2025
Diversity In Judiciary Stays Stagnant Despite Push
The judiciary continues to struggle with diversity on the bench as a new progress report has revealed that Black people accounted in 2024 for only 1% of all court judges in England and Wales, which is unchanged since reporting began in 2020.
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January 15, 2025
RPC Taps Hong Kong Litigation Pro As New Managing Partner
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP said Wednesday it has elected a litigation expert as its new managing partner, turning to its current Asia chief to lead the firm.
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January 15, 2025
Ex-Axiom Ince Execs Appear In Court Charged With Fraud
Five former leaders of Axiom Ince appeared at a London criminal court Wednesday accused of fraud and covering up wrongdoing during a regulatory probe into the collapse of the law firm with a hole of more than £60 million ($73 million) in its client accounts.
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January 15, 2025
Solicitor General Backs More Money For SFO
The U.K.'s solicitor general on Wednesday voiced support for increasing funding for the Serious Fraud Office to close the resource gap between the agency and large corporations in response to criticism that the watchdog was backing away from the biggest cases after a string of setbacks in court.
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January 22, 2025
Charles Russell Speechlys Adds Barrister To Finance Team
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has hired an expert in digital assets to work at its financial services and funds team in London as the firm moves to bolster its practice in the face of an increasingly complex financial technology sector.
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January 22, 2025
Temple Bright Hires 2 Partners From Travers Smith, Ashurst
Temple Bright LLP has snapped up two longtime lawyers from Travers Smith and Ashurst to continue making inroads into the growing market for alternatives to traditional law firms.
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January 14, 2025
Mishcon's Review Plan Forced Staffer To Leave, Tribunal Says
Mishcon de Reya LLP forced a former employee to resign by unfairly subjecting him to a performance management process that put him in a position in which he was "doomed to failure," a London employment tribunal has ruled.
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January 14, 2025
Orrick Adds Paris Tax Partner From Latham
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP added a former counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner in its Paris office, where she'll advise clients on the tax aspects of French and international transactions, the firm said.