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May 13, 2024
Temple Bright Launches Flexible Legal Business
Temple Bright LLP said on Monday it has become the latest law firm to launch its own flexible resourcing business, joining what it called the fast-growing market of organizations offering temporary and interim legal support.
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May 13, 2024
Gov't Tells Finance, Law Watchdogs To Improve AML Reports
HM Treasury and Britain's anti-money laundering watchdog have told professional bodies in sectors including law and accounting to sharpen the focus in their annual reports on failures in compliance and supervisory actions.
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May 10, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Playtech file an intellectual property claim against online casino company OnAir Entertainment amid allegations of corporate spying, a broadcast equipment company sue its former owner amid allegations he conspired to inflate a customer’s finances, and aerospace company Vertical Aerospace hit a manufacturer with a claim following a test flight crash. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 10, 2024
Former Akin Chairman R. Bruce McLean Dies At 77
Former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Chairman R. Bruce McLean — who helped transform Akin into an international powerhouse — died Thursday, the firm said. He was 77.
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May 10, 2024
University Of Dundee Receives £1.1M For Legal Tech Center
Scottish law firm Thorntons announced in collaboration with the University of Dundee on Friday a government-derived award of £1.1 million ($1.38 million) to fuel education in law and technology at the school.
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May 10, 2024
Quinn Emanuel Loses Co-Head Of UK Competition Group
The co-head of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's U.K. competition practice group has left after less than a year and a half at the firm.
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May 10, 2024
Quinn Emanuel NQs' Pay Hits £180K To Match City's Top Tier
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP said on Friday that its newly qualified London lawyers will receive an extra £28,000 ($35,000) from June, taking their remuneration to £180,000, which makes it one of the highest-paying firms in the City.
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May 17, 2024
White & Case Pro Exits To Launch Boutique's London Office
Veteran White & Case LLP partner David Goldberg is set to add his name to the arbitration boutique of Andrea Pinna, as he launches the London operations of Pinna Goldberg.
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May 10, 2024
Osborne Clarke Lawyer To Face Tribunal Over Zahawi SLAPP
An Osborne Clarke LLP partner who represented Nadhim Zahawi could face a disciplinary tribunal over allegations that he used intimidatory warnings in an attempt to silence a critic who was probing the former Conservative chancellor's tax affairs.
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May 09, 2024
Court Staffer Wins Claim That Office Work Was Discriminatory
An administrative officer at a London magistrates court has won her employment tribunal claim accusing the court of unlawfully disciplining her for missing work because of her chronic pain condition.
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May 09, 2024
Travers Smith's Latest Exodus May Be A Red Flag For Strategy
Travers Smith LLP has seen another spate of partner departures, leaving legal industry experts questioning the City stalwart's strategic direction and the long-term viability of independent law firms banking on private equity clients.
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May 09, 2024
Lord Chancellor Considers Review Of Legal Services Act
The lord chancellor has said that there is "a growing case" for reviewing the regulation of lawyers' conduct that has come under the spotlight in light of the recent Axiom Ince Ltd. and Post Office scandals.
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May 09, 2024
Hill Dickinson Hires Marine Team From Clyde & Co.
Hill Dickinson LLP has announced the hire of a full marine team from rival Clyde & Co. LLP for its Newcastle office, adding the specialty to its offering in the northern city.
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May 09, 2024
Chambers Won't Send Pupils To London Court After Assault
Garden Court Chambers, a leading London barristers' set, has said it will not be sending pupils to a criminal court in the east of the city after a report of a "serious assault" by security staff against a solicitor.
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May 08, 2024
ABA Will Study Rape Questions' Necessity For Bar Applicants
An American Bar Association commission will issue a report and recommendations by August on the practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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May 15, 2024
RPC Hires New Competition Chief From MoFo
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has hired a new partner to lead its London competition practice who brings more than a decade of experience advising on global antitrust issues at Morrison Foerster LLP.
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May 08, 2024
CILEX Watchdog Doubles Down On SRA Regulation Concerns
CILEX Regulation Ltd. on Wednesday reaffirmed its longstanding concerns over proposals for the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to drop its specialist regulator and hand over responsibilities to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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May 15, 2024
White & Case Grows Milan M&A Office With Ex-Shearman Pro
White & Case LLP has bolstered its global mergers and acquisitions practice and private equity industry group with the recruitment of a senior dealmaker as a partner.
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May 15, 2024
Squire Patton Hires Partner Trio As UK Expansion Continues
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Wednesday that it has hired three partners in Birmingham and London in a move to boost its offerings in litigation; leveraged finance; and environmental, social and governance.
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May 08, 2024
Solicitor Struck Off For Asking Client For Sexual Images
A tribunal struck off a solicitor on Wednesday after concluding that he dishonestly persuaded a vulnerable client to send him sexually explicit images by falsely claiming he needed them to prevent her ex-husband from posting them as revenge porn.
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May 08, 2024
Reed Smith's $13M Ask May Breach Sanctions, Barclays Says
Barclays has told a London court that it rightfully refused to transfer approximately $13 million back to a sanctioned shipping company at Reed Smith LLP's request after a collapsed tanker deal, arguing that it declined so it could avoid violating sanctions.
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May 08, 2024
Top KC Denies Ignoring Post Office Prosecution Issues
A barrister who advised the Post Office on its past prosecutions has denied "turning a blind eye" by not investigating why an expert witness whose evidence was used to convict innocent people misled the courts, as he appeared before an inquiry on Wednesday.
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May 15, 2024
Linklaters Hires M&A Pro From Travers Smith
Partner losses at Travers Smith LLP are continuing to mount after Linklaters LLP said on Wednesday that it has recruited a corporate specialist from the troubled U.K. law firm.
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April 29, 2024
White & Case, Linklaters Swap India Specialists
White & Case LLP and Linklaters LLP have swapped corporate specialists to boost their services in mergers and acquisitions involving the Indian market, amid an expected increase in deal-making activity from the country and international investors.
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May 07, 2024
Lawmakers Told To Fix 'Abusive' County Court System
Ongoing delays in the county courts are "abusive" to vulnerable litigants who are forced to abandon their cases amid a lack of resources, a London academic told a parliamentary committee Tuesday.