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April 30, 2024
HFW Hires Arbitration And Ship Finance Pros In Paris
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP has recruited two teams that specialize in shipping finance and international arbitration to its office in Paris as it looks to strengthen its business in the French capital.
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April 30, 2024
Ethics Probes Take Mental Toll On Solo, Small Firm Attorneys
Facing a disciplinary complaint can take a toll on any attorney’s mental health. But for solo practitioners and small firm lawyers, who typically juggle all aspects of their business from handling client matters to administrative tasks like managing trust accounts, it can threaten to upend their lives.
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April 30, 2024
A&O Shearman Names UK And US Managing Partners
Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP named on Tuesday the partners set to lead the soon-to-be merged A&O Shearman for the U.S. and U.K. markets.
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April 30, 2024
Ex-DWF Barrister Disbarred Over False Discrimination Claims
A tribunal disbarred a formed DWF barrister on Tuesday after concluding that he had dishonestly targeted his boss with false allegations of homophobia and racism, possibly to deflect attention from complaints of misconduct made against him.
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April 30, 2024
Vanquis Bank Seeks £4.5M For Law Firm's Complaints Deluge
Vanquis Bank Ltd. is seeking an estimated £4.5 million ($5.6 million) from a law firm it says has sent it thousands of meritless complaints, accusing it of irresponsible lending in a "reckless and indiscriminate" approach to earn commission if a claim happens to succeed.
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April 30, 2024
Taylor Wessing Promotes 18 Lawyers To Partnership
Taylor Wessing LLP said Tuesday that 18 lawyers from its international network are being bumped up to the partnership in 2024, with most of the promotions coming in England and Germany.
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April 29, 2024
DWF Names Property Pro As Managing Partner In Newcastle
DWF Law LLP said Monday it has appointed a real estate expert as the new managing partner of its Newcastle office as the firm moves to secure more work and more lawyers in northeast England.
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April 29, 2024
The Best Therapy For Lawyers, According To Ex-Lawyers
Attorneys-turned-therapists say no one understands the stresses of being a lawyer like another lawyer. They also say their clients sometimes struggle at first with treatment that prioritizes feelings, mindfulness and even body awareness over the intellectualizing and rationalizing that make them successful at their jobs.
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April 29, 2024
DWF Barrister Made False Discrimination Claims, BSB Says
A former DWF LLP barrister is facing disciplinary action over allegations that he dishonestly and deliberately targeted his boss with false accusations of homophobia and racism.
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April 29, 2024
More Post Office Convictions Sent For Appeal
The Criminal Cases Review Commission said on Monday that it has sent the cases of five more Post Office workers who were convicted during the Horizon IT scandal to the Crown Court for appeal, the latest in a string of proceedings to head for review after the major miscarriage of justice.
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April 29, 2024
Clifford Chance Trims 2024 Intake Of New Partners To 29
Clifford Chance LLP said on Monday that it has elected 29 new partners in its global business, the latest firm to see a dip in promotion numbers for 2024.
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April 26, 2024
Senators Urge ABA To Look Into Rape Questions On Bar Apps
Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to the American Bar Association on Friday urging it to study how state bar applications require would-be attorneys to disclose sexual violence.
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April 29, 2024
Lawyer's Death Puts Spotlight On Industry's All-Hours Culture
Law firms are churning out mental health policies and well-being initiatives, but an inquest into the death of Vanessa Ford, a transactions partner at Pinsent Masons LLP, has shone an uncomfortable light on the sector's long-hours culture.
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May 03, 2024
Ex-Mishcon Head Of Risk Joins Litigation Boutique
Stokoe Partnership Solicitors has appointed Jarret Brown as its new head of compliance in a role he hopes is "going to be a little less frenetic" at a place with less "infrastructure to shift."
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April 26, 2024
Law Firm Office Manager Gets OK For Disability Bias Claim
A law firm office manager can sue his bosses for disability discrimination after an employment tribunal ruled that his flat feet condition was affecting him daily when they decided to make him redundant.
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April 26, 2024
UK Disclosure Review Hints At Tweak, But No Overhaul
A preview of potential reforms to the disclosure process in U.K. criminal cases hints at incremental changes rather than a major overhaul as both prosecutors and defense lawyers warn that the system risks collapsing under the weight of digital evidence.
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April 26, 2024
RPC's New Partner Numbers Dip To 5 In Latest Class
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP said on Friday that five lawyers are being elevated to its partnership, the latest in a wave of law firms to see a dip in promotions from recent years.
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April 26, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen budget airline Ryanair file a claim against NATS PLC after the air traffic controller's system collapsed, Mastercard and Visa Europe face group claims from Christian Dior and dozens of other beauty retailers, an intellectual property clash between the publisher of The Sun and ITV, and ISC Europe sue a former director for alleged money laundering. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 26, 2024
Petrol Mogul Says Subsidiary Liable For $7M Baker Botts Fees
An Egyptian energy tycoon has denied allegations in a London court that he owes Baker Botts LLP almost $7 million in fees for two of his petrochemical companies, arguing that a partner at the law firm said his company would not be liable for the costs of its subsidiaries.
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April 26, 2024
2 More Law Firms Fined For AML Compliance Failures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Friday that it has fined two law firms for their failures to comply with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations.
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April 26, 2024
PI Lawyer Rebuked Over Rejected Settlement Offers
A personal injury lawyer has been rebuked after he misled opposing solicitors into thinking that his client had rejected two offers to settle a legal claim, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.
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April 25, 2024
DLA Piper Promotes 63 Lawyers To Partnership Worldwide
DLA Piper said Thursday it has elevated 63 new lawyers to its partnership across the globe in a U.S.-led promotion round that marks a dip from its class of 72 new partners in 2023.
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April 25, 2024
Quinn Emanuel, Morgan Lewis Make Strides In Saudi Arabia
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP have set their sights on Saudi Arabia, announcing steps toward establishing themselves in its capital city of Riyadh on Thursday.
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April 25, 2024
Law Firm Escapes £68M Ponzi Fraud Negligence Claim
Lupton Fawcett LLP has averted a £68 million ($85 million) professional negligence claim against it, as a London court ruled the claimants' alleged loss as victims of a Ponzi fraud could not be linked to the law firm's actions.
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April 25, 2024
Ex-Lawyer At Clarke Willmott Accused Of Obfuscating Email
Britain's legal regulator has referred a solicitor from Clarke Willmott LLP to a disciplinary tribunal, accusing him of deleting a client's email from the firm's system and lying about it.