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February 26, 2025
Orrick Sued For £21M Over Debt Enforcement Advice
A Luxembourgeois unit of hedge fund TREO Asset Management LLC has hit global firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP with a negligence claim in a London court for allegedly failing to advise it to enforce a €21 million ($22 million) debt in a French energy group's insolvency.
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February 26, 2025
Litigation Funder, Investor Settle £16M Arbitral Award Claim
A litigation funder has settled its clash with a Finnish mining investor it accused of owing as much as £16.74 million ($21.2 million) from arbitration proceedings against Egypt over the investor's shuttered iron ore project.
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February 26, 2025
Law Firm Denies Botching Advice On Failed Flat Purchases
A law firm has denied giving negligent advice to investors regarding their failed purchases of flats in a property development, telling a London court that they helped ensure their own downfall by not exploring how risky the deals were.
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February 26, 2025
Solicitor Must Pay £20K To SRA For Baseless Bias Claims
An employment tribunal has ordered a solicitor to pay £20,000 ($25,284) to cover the Solicitors Regulation Authority's costs in defending his baseless allegations of race and disability bias, ruling that it was an exceptional case.
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February 26, 2025
Axiom Ince Crash Sparks Tougher SRA Action Against Firms
The collapse of Axiom Ince Ltd. has "spurred" the solicitors' watchdog into taking more action against law firms over suspected dishonesty and financial misconduct, according to data published on Wednesday by accountants Hazlewoods LLP.
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March 05, 2025
Fladgate Boosts Private Equity Team With Avonhurst Hire
Fladgate LLP has added a corporate mid-market specialist as a partner to its London office, as the firm swoops to bolster its growing private capital practice.
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February 26, 2025
Lawyer Suspended For Improper Use Of Client Account
A City solicitor who was convicted in 2023 for tipping off a client about an anti-money laundering investigation by the Serious Fraud Office has been suspended by a tribunal for improper use of a client account.
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February 25, 2025
Bird & Bird Equips Lawyers With Legora Generative Tool
Bird & Bird LLP said Tuesday that it has armed the whole firm with Legora's generative text platform aiming to cut turnaround times and free up its lawyers' time.
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February 25, 2025
Why DeepSeek Is A Turning Point For Some Legal AI Vendors
As law firms remain tentative about using DeepSeek's generative artificial intelligence tool, legal technology vendors are more optimistic, with some already exploring the AI model and integrating it into their platforms.
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February 25, 2025
Half Of Judges Considering Early Exit Over Workload, Pay
Almost half of salaried judges are thinking about retiring from their post early because of a strenuous workload and limits on pay awards, according to a survey published Tuesday.
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February 25, 2025
BCLP Reports Double-Digit Growth In UK Revenue
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Tuesday that its U.K. business grew by 12% in 2024, far outpacing the firm's overall global growth.
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February 25, 2025
Law Firm Sues Ad Agency For £200K Over Failure To Bring Biz
A law firm in Sussex has demanded that a marketing agency return £205,003 ($259,411), claiming that it was paid to find hundreds of potential claimants for the firm but had only managed to identify a dozen.
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February 24, 2025
Gunnercooke Opens In Chicago With Ex-FisherBroyles Team
U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP announced the launch of a Chicago office, marking the second state it has entered since launching in New York in 2022.
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February 24, 2025
AI Models Improving, But Still Require Oversight, Report Says
Two newer artificial intelligence programs, OpenAI o1 and Google Gemini 2.0, performed far better than other large language models when tested on legal questions, a recent Linklaters LLP report has found, but the law firm still does not recommend their use in English law advice without human supervision.
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February 24, 2025
Mishcon Wants To Boost AI Uptake With Pilot Program
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Monday that it had teamed up with a legal artificial intelligence platform to give its lawyers a slew of new collaborative tools, as the firm hopes to embrace generative technology more widely.
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February 24, 2025
Squire Patton Boggs Promotes 17 To Partnership
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Monday it has elevated 17 of its lawyers to partnership and three to principal across 13 of the firm's global offices.
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February 24, 2025
Freshfields Launches In Boston, Led By Ex-Latham Partner
London-founded Freshfields LLP announced Monday that it has opened its fourth U.S. office in Boston, and that it has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner to lead the Beantown build-out.
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February 24, 2025
WilsonAI Raises $1.7M For 'AI Paralegal'
London-based in-house legal software startup WilsonAI announced Monday the raising of $1.7 million in preseed funding to expand its AI Paralegal product.
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February 21, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Russell Brand sued by publishing house Macmillan, administrators of London Capital & Finance sue the collapsed firm's former lawyers Buss Murton Law LLP, Tesco bring a competition claim against fish suppliers, and former Entain execs sue Addleshaw Goddard over privileged information. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 28, 2025
DWF Hires 4 Marine Insurance Pros From Kennedys
DWF LLP said Friday that it has recruited the head of Kennedys' marine insurance practice and three others to join its team in London.
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February 21, 2025
The Revolving Door: Memery Crystal Exodus Continues
Over the past week, the departures from Memery Crystal continued with moves to Edwin Coe and Lawrence Stephens, while Walker Morris tapped an Addleshaw Goddard lawyer for its newly created innovation lead role and Gibson Dunn snagged a DLA partner to lead its new London funds practice.
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February 21, 2025
Jenner Offers Global Team To Clients In Lawmakers' Sights
Jenner & Block LLP partners Emily Loeb and Joanna Ludlam recently spoke to Law360 Pulse about the firm's new global hearing preparation practice, which builds on its existing congressional investigations work and prepares clients for high-stakes public appearances around the world.
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February 21, 2025
Latham Promotes 19 Counsel To Partner In US, Europe & Asia
Less than three months after electing two dozen associates to the partnership, Latham & Watkins LLP said it has elevated 19 counsel from 14 offices around the world to partner, effective March 1.
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February 21, 2025
Manchester Law Firm Avoids Closure Over £590K Debt Claim
A judge has blocked a claims management company from shuttering a Manchester law firm amid its alleged debt of £588,000 ($743,400), citing a "genuine" dispute over whether the firm actually owes any money.
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February 21, 2025
Saudi Royal Wins Bid To Access Ex-Linklaters Pro's Accounts
A judge gave the green light Friday to a Saudi Arabian princess to ask eight banks to hand over information about the accounts of a former Linklaters partner who has failed to pay £40 million ($50 million) in judgment debt despite court orders.