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December 10, 2024
11 EY Law Energy Finance Lawyers Join Hunton
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP said Tuesday that it has hired 11 energy and project finance lawyers from EY Law as the U.S. law firm continues to expand its operations in London.
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December 10, 2024
Law Firm Settles Dispute Over Driver's Injury Claim
JMW Solicitors has settled a claim brought by an injured delivery driver who accused the firm of refusing to file his compensation claim against the right defendant because the company was an existing client.
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December 10, 2024
Barrister's 'Boys Club' Tweet Case Hits Disciplinary Snag
Disciplinary proceedings against a well-known barrister and legal academic hit a snag Tuesday after a tribunal panel retired to decide whether social media posts she had made saying a judge's decision had "echoes of [the] boys club" would even amount to misconduct.
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December 10, 2024
Travers Smith's Managing Partner Elected To Serve 2nd Term
Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that managing partner Edmund Reed has been elected to serve an extended second term in office as it looks to ensure the success of its business, despite continuing to see key partners exit in 2024.
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December 10, 2024
Human Rights Lawyer Spared Prison For Legal Aid Fraud
Former human rights lawyer Philip Shiner was spared prison on Tuesday for making a fraudulent application for legal aid on behalf of Iraqi detainees bringing claims against British soldiers who served in Iraq.
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December 16, 2024
Hausfeld Hires Freshfields Competition Pro In London
Hausfeld LLP said Tuesday that it has hired an antitrust litigation expert from Freshfields as a partner in London as the firm looks to handle a growing workload of competition law redress claims.
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December 09, 2024
Top 100 Firms Propel UK Legal Sector Revenues To £47B
The U.K.'s legal services sector generated more than £47 billion ($60 billion) in revenues in 2023, largely fueled by growth in income from the top 100 law firms, a report from a financial services industry body revealed Tuesday.
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December 09, 2024
Lawyer Fined For Nondisclosures About Mafia-Linked Project
A partner at an Italian firm was fined £50,000 ($64,000) and reprimanded by a London legal disciplinary tribunal Monday after he admitted failing to declare previous findings made against him in Italy and the U.K. related to failed investments in a 'Ndrangheta mafia-linked real estate project.
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December 09, 2024
DLA Piper Moves To New Office In Leeds
DLA Piper announced Monday that it has moved its staff in Leeds to a new base, after it recently appointed a new office managing partner in the Yorkshire city.
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December 09, 2024
Paul Weiss Nearly Triples Partnership Class With 34 Boosts
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has promoted 34 attorneys to partner effective Jan. 1, nearly triple the number of its 2024 class.
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December 09, 2024
Jo Sidhu Committed Sexual Misconduct, Tribunal Finds
The former head of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu KC, was found on Monday to have committed sexual misconduct against a young female aspiring lawyer while being cleared of charges over exchanging "disgusting" sexual messages with another.
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December 06, 2024
Disbarred Solicitor Can't Sue Over Inn's Rejection, BSB Says
A disbarred solicitor cannot sue over his failed applications to join a barristers' inn because he already appealed the same claim to the High Court, the Bar Standards Board argued to an employment tribunal Friday in a bid to get his disability discrimination case dismissed.
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December 06, 2024
Civil Service Regulator To Face Whistleblower's Case
An employment judge has reinstated an employee's whistleblowing complaints against the Civil Service Commission, after conceding that he hadn't fully considered some of the evidence at first glance.
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December 06, 2024
Dechert More Than Doubles Its Partner Class
Dechert LLP announced Thursday that it has more than doubled its partner class from last year's, elevating 13 attorneys from seven global practices and six U.S. and European offices.
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December 06, 2024
Gateley Sued Over 'Unviable' Housing Development Advice
In a negligence claim against Gateley PLC, a housing developer alleges a law firm later acquired by Gateley gave advice during the purchase of two development sites in Surrey that ultimately stopped the sites from becoming profitable.
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December 06, 2024
Watchdog Approves New Barrister Apprenticeship Standard
The Bar Standards Board has approved a new framework for barrister apprenticeships as it looks to widen access to the profession to aspiring advocates from less advantaged backgrounds.
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December 06, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Burberry file a copyright claim against discount store B&M, the former owner of Charlton Athletic file a debt claim against the football club, and British Airways and the U.K. government face a class action brought by flight passengers taken hostage at the start of the First Gulf War. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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December 06, 2024
BonelliErede Adds 2 Private Equity Partners From Chiomenti
BonelliErede has hired two experienced private-equity specialists as partners, as the Italian law firm looks to capture a greater slice of the growing market both domestically and abroad.
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December 06, 2024
SRA Seeks To Be Joined As Creditor After Axiom Collapse
The English solicitors' watchdog asked a London court on Friday to allow it to be added to the list of creditors to Axiom Ince Ltd., the law firm that collapsed after its managing partner allegedly misappropriated £65 million ($83 million) of client money.
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December 05, 2024
Bar Council Reports Slow Progress On Race Equality
The Bar Council of England and Wales has warned that much more work needs to be done to make the profession inclusive, especially among Black people, who continue to be significantly underrepresented as silks and struggle to secure tenancy immediately after completing pupillage.
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December 05, 2024
AI Could Prompt Patent System Reforms, Justice Says
Artificial intelligence could trigger a major rethinking of the patent system if applications end up being deemed uninventive because they are obvious to a skilled person using AI, a Court of Appeal justice said in a speech published Thursday.
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December 05, 2024
Lawhive Secures $40M Series A, Plans US Launch In 2025
Lawhive announced a $40 million Series A funding round Thursday, less than a year after its previous raise.
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December 05, 2024
The 2024 Law360 Pulse Global Leaders
Check out Law360 Pulse’s Global Leaders and see which law firms are setting the standard for a global future, with top-tier client rosters, expansive footprints and a deep bench of lawyers in offices around the world.
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December 05, 2024
What's Next For The Global Legal Market In 2025?
While U.S.-based firms with an international footprint are pulling back from some locations, they may still consider building out a new, albeit smaller, footprint in other countries, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia.
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December 05, 2024
These Law Firms Are Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders
What does it mean to be a truly global legal powerhouse? The law firms spotlighted in our 2024 ranking are setting the standard for worldwide reach.