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November 01, 2024
McDermott Ups Trainee Pay To Match Davis Polk
McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it has increased trainee salaries by more than 20% as U.S. law firms continue to lead the charge in setting pay for the most junior members of the profession.
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November 01, 2024
SRA Sanctions Collapsed Disputes Boutique Exec Amid Probe
The solicitors' watchdog said Friday that it has restricted the practice of a solicitor and director of SSB Group Ltd. after the firm collapsed in January with £48 million ($62 million) of debt.
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November 01, 2024
DWF Taps Arbitrator As Partner Amid Rising African Disputes
DWF has hired the former head of an international arbitration boutique with experience in the Middle East and Africa as its newest partner in London.
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November 08, 2024
Gowling Taps Ashurst For 4 Real Estate Lawyers In Germany
Gowling WLG announced Friday that it has recruited a four-lawyer real estate team from Ashurst LLP to its new office in Frankfurt as it continues to expand in Germany.
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November 01, 2024
SRA Bans 2 Former Axiom Employees From Legal Work
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has banned two former Axiom Ince Ltd. employees from working at a regulated law firm as it steps up its efforts in the wake of a damning report about its oversight of the collapsed company.
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November 01, 2024
Law Firms Improving At Managing AML Risk, SRA Says
The Solicitors Regulation Authority reported on Friday that it has recorded improvements in the way law firms manage anti-money laundering risks after it took action to clamp down.
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October 31, 2024
No Simple Fix To Minority Reports In SRA Probes, Study Says
Factors including the size and specialization of a law firm appear to contribute to disproportionate numbers of ethnic minority lawyers being reported for alleged wrongdoing, but the issue is complex and there is no simple solution, an independent report revealed Thursday.
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October 31, 2024
Arnold & Porter Appoints New Co-Chairs, CEO
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Thursday that co-managing partners Michael Daneker and Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker have been elected co-chairs of the firm, effective Jan. 1.
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October 31, 2024
KC Tapped To Head Media Freedom NGO's Legal Panel
A global partnership working to defend media freedom has appointed a new chair with over 50 years of experience championing women's rights to replace David Neuberger, following a controversial exit after he refused to overturn Hong Kong activists' convictions.
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October 31, 2024
Fladgate Adds Disputes Partner From DMH Stallard In London
Fladgate LLP has recruited a new dispute resolution partner from DMH Stallard LLP to its London office, with the new arrival saying Thursday that his work on "big-ticket litigation" will help the firm attract "bigger and better" cases.
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October 31, 2024
Barrister Seeks To Overturn Suspension For Lying To Client
Counsel for a barrister suspended for lying to a client about losing his files urged a court Thursday to overturn the "manifestly excessive" sanction imposed by the profession's disciplinary tribunal for a "foolish white lie."
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October 31, 2024
UK Legal Ombudsman Wants More Cash To Tackle Backlog
The legal complaints handler began a consultation Thursday on a proposed 10% increase in its budget, arguing that it needs more money to cut a backlog of complaints.
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November 07, 2024
HSF Hires Competition Litigator From Freshfields In Germany
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has recruited a specialist in competition litigation from Freshfields in Germany as the firm expands its disputes offering in Europe amid a continuing rise in private damages actions.
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October 30, 2024
Leigh Day Escapes Negligence Claim Over Oil Spill Settlement
A group of Nigerian villagers can't sue Leigh Day over alleged negligence in a £55 million ($72 million) oil spill settlement with Shell because their local leaders never granted them authority to pursue the claims, a London court ruled Wednesday.
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October 30, 2024
Addleshaw Goddard Launches Competition Practice In Spain
Addleshaw Goddard LLP announced on Wednesday that it had hired a competition expert from J&A Garrigues SLP to lead its new antitrust practice in Spain.
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October 30, 2024
Taylor Wessing Increases Lawyer Salaries In Germany
Taylor Wessing has increased salaries of its lawyers in Germany, with its most junior associates now earning €120,000 ($130,314), as it aims to remain competitive in the talent market.
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October 30, 2024
Gibson Dunn Lands Trump Impeachment Prosecutor, 4 Others
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that it had hired away former President Donald Trump's impeachment prosecutor from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP to co-chair its global litigation practice group in New York, as well as four other former federal prosecutors from that firm.
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October 30, 2024
MoJ Gets £1.9B Funding Boost In First Labour Budget
The Labour government announced an additional £1.9 billion ($2.47 billion) funding for the Ministry of Justice in its first Budget statement on Wednesday, coupled with millions of pounds more for criminal prosecutors and fraud investigators.
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October 30, 2024
Quinn Emanuel To Pay Some Costs Over Report Source ID
Quinn Emanuel must pay some of its costs for not revealing to Oleg Deripaska the source of a report that was used in proceedings between the industrialist and a former business partner, as a judge said Wednesday that the firm had failed to ensure the document was not a forgery.
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October 30, 2024
Room For Improvement: How To Hone Atty 'MarTech' Use
Improving attorney adoption of marketing technology — otherwise known as "MarTech" — is a critical business need for law firms, but not enough lawyers have the skills needed to use such tools, platforms and software, according to an industry report made public Wednesday.
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October 30, 2024
Cohen & Gresser Appoints Data Director As Global CIO
Cohen & Gresser LLP announced Tuesday the appointment of its consulting director of data strategy to the position of global chief innovation officer.
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October 29, 2024
Exam Board Secures First Digital 'Newcomer Injunction'
An exam board has secured the first digital "newcomer injunction" to prevent attempts to distribute its test materials, following a landmark U.K. top court judgment that paved its way last year, the law firm leading the case announced Tuesday.
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October 29, 2024
K&L Gates Hires Brussels Antitrust Pro From Gibson Dunn
K&L Gates LLP has added an experienced state aid and competition law specialist to its Brussels office, amid the European Commission's increased focus on renewable energy and the move to decarbonize.
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October 29, 2024
Top 3 Takeaways From Damning Review Of SRA's Axiom Work
As the fallout continues after a report revealed that the Solicitors Regulation Authority's oversight of Axiom Ince allowed another £36 million ($47 million) to disappear from the firm's client account, Law360 looks at three takeaways from the damaging revelations in the probe commissioned by the Legal Services Board.
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October 29, 2024
Ex-Cardiff FC Director's Insurance Voided Over 'False' Claims
An insurance company and its agent have argued that their cancelation of a policy intended to cover the legal costs of a former director of Cardiff City Football Club was valid because he unfairly represented his risk when taking out protection.