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  • December 05, 2024

    Capital Markets Duo Rejoins Latham In Germany

    Latham & Watkins LLP said Thursday that two capital markets partners who had defected to White & Case LLP less than six months ago are rejoining the firm in another sign of fierce competition for talent on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • December 05, 2024

    Legal Body Launches Academy To Boost Judicial Diversity

    The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives unveiled a new program on Thursday designed to help "overlooked" candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds to become judges or magistrates as the profession continues with efforts to increase diversity.

  • December 12, 2024

    Clifford Chance Hires Willkie's European Competition Chief

    Clifford Chance LLP has recruited the European competition chief of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as it continues its push to bulk up with high-power antitrust veterans, the firm said Thursday.

  • December 12, 2024

    Hill Dickinson Expands Senior Leadership Team

    Hill Dickinson LLP said on Thursday that it has expanded its senior leadership team by hiring an expert in risk and compliance from Dentons and by appointing a new finance director from within its business.

  • December 04, 2024

    Unchecked AI Disruption Could Worsen Gender Gap In Law

    The gender gap between men and women in the legal profession could widen unless more women are involved in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technology, an industry report has revealed.

  • December 04, 2024

    Law Firm Is Withholding £1.5M Trust Fund, Says Businessman

    A Dubai-based businessman has alleged that a sports law firm has refused to return £1.5 million ($1.9 million) and deliberately not acknowledged that it held the money on trust for him.

  • December 04, 2024

    SRA Tees Up Outside Review Of SQE's Effectiveness

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has commissioned an independent review of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination to assess whether it is on track to meet core objectives behind its introduction three years ago.

  • December 04, 2024

    Legal Director Wins £6K For Botched Redundancy

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a data management company must pay its former legal director £6,600 ($7,600), finding that the business failed to carry out a proper consultation before it made him redundant.

  • December 04, 2024

    Injury Lawyers 4U Hobbles Law Firms' Case In Ad Price Fight

    Injury Lawyers 4U has beaten most of a case brought by three law firms in a fight over prices for TV advertising, as a court ruled that the company did not breach a contract that gave them preferential rates.

  • December 04, 2024

    Ex-Armstrong Teasdale Lawyer Fined For Client Fund Misuse

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a former director of Armstrong Teasdale's U.K. arm £35,300 ($44,700) for misusing the firm's client account on a series of payments totaling approximately £13.8 million.

  • December 03, 2024

    Clifford Chance Hires Finance Pros From Goodwin In Paris

    Clifford Chance LLP announced on Tuesday that it has boosted its finance offering in Paris with the hire of two specialists from Goodwin Procter LLP.

  • December 10, 2024

    White & Case Hires IP And Tech Pro From Clifford Chance

    White & Case LLP has recruited an expert in intellectual property and technology from Clifford Chance LLP to help meet a growing need from clients for specialist support.

  • December 03, 2024

    LSB Pitches Bigger Budget Jump As Litigation Costs Grow

    The Legal Services Board said Tuesday that it is seeking a larger-than-planned budget increase for the upcoming year, with significant added costs including an office move and a litigation contingency fund among the top items.

  • December 03, 2024

    Footballer Can't Revive £6M Charles Russell Negligence Case

    A former Premier League football player failed on Tuesday to revive his £6 million ($7.6 million) negligence case against Charles Russell Speechlys LLP over advice the law firm gave him in a multimillion-pound dispute with his brother.

  • December 03, 2024

    Property Biz Sues Insurer Over Axiom Mishandling Of Deposit

    A real estate company has sued the insurer of Axiom Ince over the alleged failure of the law firm to safeguard a deposit of £950,000 ($1.2 million) from a property sale after it collapsed into administration in 2023.

  • December 03, 2024

    London Legal Tech Biz Wexler Launches AI Agent

    Wexler AI said on Tuesday that it has launched an "artificial intelligence agent" to help streamline legal work for disputes lawyers as they look to deliver better value to clients in high-stakes cases.

  • December 02, 2024

    Two Latham Lawyers In Paris Head To De Gaulle Fleurance

    Two international arbitration lawyers have departed Latham & Watkins Paris to join French firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associes, where they plan to help launch an Ibero-American disputes practice.

  • December 02, 2024

    Freshfields Lands Onetime SEC Acting Enforcement Head

    Freshfields has added a litigation partner in its Washington, D.C., office who brings with her nearly 17 years of government experience including time as acting director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division, according to a Monday announcement.

  • December 02, 2024

    Pocketlaw Raises New Capital, Appoints Music Exec To Board

    Contract creation and automation platform Pocketlaw Ltd. announced last week both the closing of a new funding round and the appointment of Kobalt Music Group founder Willard Ahdritz, one of its latest investors, as a board member.

  • December 02, 2024

    Linklaters Looks To Step Up AI Use With New 'Sandbox'

    Linklaters LLP announced Monday that it has launched an "artificial intelligence sandbox" to quickly bring to life ideas from within the legal business about how AI can be used to improve the way work is being done for clients.

  • December 02, 2024

    Lewis Silkin To Probe Claims Against 'MasterChef' Co-Host

    The production company behind "MasterChef" has appointed Lewis Silkin LLP to lead a probe into a series of harassment allegations against one of its presenters, Gregg Wallace.

  • December 02, 2024

    Cooley Promotes 20 Lawyers To Partnership

    Cooley LLP said on Monday that 20 lawyers from its offices in London and the U.S. have been elected to join its partnership as it freshens up its senior ranks.

  • December 02, 2024

    Former Hausfeld Pro Tapped For Solicitor General In UK Gov't

    A former competition partner at Hausfeld LLP was tapped to become the next solicitor general in a surprise appointment late Monday as the outgoing senior law officer joins the U.K.'s justice ministry just months into the job.

  • December 02, 2024

    DLA Piper Taps Senior Finance Pro As New Leeds Chief

    DLA Piper said on Monday that it has appointed a senior finance lawyer as the managing partner for its office in Leeds as it prepares to relocate to a new £85 million ($108 million) office development in the northern English city.

  • December 02, 2024

    UK Gov't Seeks To Challenge Afghani Judges' Asylum Win

    The government asked the Court of Appeal Monday to review successful challenges from two Afghani judges wrongly refused relocation to Britain, arguing that the decisions will have wider implications for how officials handle asylum applications.

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