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January 07, 2025
Northern Ireland's Barristers Strike In Legal Aid Protest
Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland have launched a four-week industrial action, withdrawing from all legally aided crown court cases in protest at "the relentless expectation" that they should do more for less pay, according to the country's Criminal Bar Association.
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January 06, 2025
Longtime Cravath Presiding Partner Sam Butler Dies At 94
Sam Butler, former presiding partner of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP during the 1980s and 1990s, died on Saturday at 94.
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January 06, 2025
Hogan Lovells Boosts 28 Partners, 47 Counsel In 3 Continents
Hogan Lovells announced a slightly smaller promotion class than last year's on Monday, elevating 28 attorneys to partner and 47 to counsel across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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January 06, 2025
Cleary Adds Antitrust Attys From A&O Shearman, TikTok
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that it is adding to its global antitrust team by hiring a partner in New York and a counsel in Brussels who are experts in transactional and behavioral work.
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January 06, 2025
Ex-Ashfords Paralegal Misled Firm Over Client Emails
A former paralegal at Ashfords LLP has been barred from the profession after she lied to the firm to conceal her failure to remind a client to renew a trademark, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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January 06, 2025
Pallas Partners Promotes 2 Lawyers In London To Partnership
Pallas Partners LLP said Monday it has promoted two lawyers in its office in London to its partnership, adding to the ranks of the senior lawyers who will take the business forward in the coming years.
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January 06, 2025
New Football Regulator Taps CMA Director As Legal Chief
The government's Independent Football Regulator has appointed a director with the Competition and Markets Authority as its new legal chief — and the fledgling watchdog wants three more lawyers to join him.
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January 06, 2025
Zurich Denies Insurer's Bid For £580K Slice Of Settlement
Zurich's U.K. entity has denied that a law firm it insured shut out a bankrupt insurance company from recovering over £580,000 ($730,000) as part of negligence claim that was settled without the bankrupt insurer's consent.
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January 13, 2025
3rd BCLP Partner Joins Shoosmiths In 6 Months
Shoosmiths LLP has hired a dealmaker to join its corporate finance department in London from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP — the third senior lawyer to switch between the firms in just six months.
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January 13, 2025
Morgan Lewis Hires IP Pro From Baker McKenzie In Munich
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP said Monday it has recruited a senior patent litigator from Baker McKenzie in Germany to enhance its intellectual property offering to clients, particularly in disputes involving technology and life sciences.
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January 03, 2025
Dechert, Garrigues Attys Move On To Independent Arbitration
Dechert's former head of international arbitration and a longtime Garrigues arbitrator have both announced their departure from their law firms as they plan to establish practices as independent arbitrators in the new year.
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January 03, 2025
Shein GC Gets Uyghur Labor Abuse Dossier Amid UK Inquiry
A Uyghur rights group said Friday that it had handed Shein's general counsel a dossier containing evidence of possible forced labor in the Chinese clothing seller's supply chain days before the lawyer faces questions from a U.K. parliamentary committee.
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January 10, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Adding 2 Employment Pros In Germany
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has snapped up two employment law specialists from German boutique firm Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law as it continues to build its services in the German legal market following office openings in recent years.
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January 03, 2025
Clyde & Co. Merges With Dallas Insurance Boutique
Clyde & Co. LLP has announced a merger with Dallas boutique Tillman Batchelor LLP, expanding the global law firm's insurance capabilities in Texas amid its ongoing growth in North America.
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January 03, 2025
Ex-Blake Morgan Legal Executive Misled Lender, SRA Finds
A former chartered legal executive at law firm Blake Morgan LLP has been banned from the profession for making a misleading statement to a mortgage lender client during a property transaction, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.
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January 03, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Chris Eubank Jr. hit with a libel claim from a boxing promoter, a perfume boss face proceedings from his businesses following sanctions violations claims, and Israeli broadcasters file intellectual property claims against BT and Sky. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 03, 2025
Shoosmiths Adds 6-Member Locke Lord IP Team In London
British law firm Shoosmiths LLP began the new year with a bang, adding a six-member intellectual property team to add "strength and depth" to its London IP muscle as well as new high-profile clients in the technology, financial services and consumer brands sectors.
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January 03, 2025
Paralegal Loses Pregnancy Bias Claim Against Law Firm
A law firm did not discriminate against a paralegal when it rejected her request to work more days from home upon returning from maternity leave, a tribunal has ruled.
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January 03, 2025
Competition Lawyer Files £2.1B Microsoft Price Abuse Claim
A competition law expert has sued Microsoft for up to £2.1 billion ($2.6 billion) on behalf of thousands of U.K. businesses, accusing the technology giant of charging abusive licensing fees for Windows Server, a software used in cloud computing.
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January 02, 2025
Lib Dem Founder Loses Bid To Widen Claim Over Expulsion
A founder of the Liberal Democrats on Thursday lost her bid to widen her case that she was unfairly expelled from the party, with a London court refusing to probe allegations that the complaints process used to oust her was not independent.
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January 02, 2025
Ex-Kennedys Manager Fined £27K For Due Diligence Failures
A former manager with Kennedys Law LLP has been fined £27,500 ($34,000) for carrying out inadequate client due diligence surrounding a property development fraud that saw directors pocket over £6.5 million of their investors' money.
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January 02, 2025
Disbarred Solicitor Loses Bid To Sue BSB Over Inn's Rejection
A tribunal has ruled that a disbarred solicitor cannot pursue disability discrimination claims against the Bar Standards Board, finding his High Court appeal over his rejection from an Inn of Court barred further tribunal proceedings.
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January 02, 2025
After Busy 2024, Law Firms Eye More Mergers In Year Ahead
The popularity of U.S. law firm combinations surged in 2024, with announcements increasing by about a dozen year-over-year and approaching historic heights, according to data collected by Law360 Pulse, but law firm merger consultants say a robust pipeline of deal talks could mean a busier 2025.
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January 02, 2025
Mayer Brown Hires Structured-Finance Pro From White & Case
Mayer Brown LLP announced on Thursday that it had hired a senior structured-finance lawyer from White & Case LLP in London to add to its strengths representing clients in the private capital market.
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January 02, 2025
Defunct Law Firm Must Pay Redundant Staff £41K
An insolvent law firm must pay three former employees £41,060 ($51,057) after making them redundant and breaching their contracts as it showed them the door, an employment tribunal has ruled.