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September 04, 2025
European AI Law Expert Joins Noxtua As Legal Chief
The legal AI startup Noxtua SE welcomed a renowned digital specialist as its first chief legal officer on Thursday.
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September 04, 2025
Virtual Firm Unveils Legal Services Subscription For Startups
A virtual law firm in the northwest of England has launched a legal subscription service aimed at startups and other small businesses, an alternative to the traditional model where lawyers charge their clients by the hour.
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September 04, 2025
ECJ Says Partners Can Represent Their Firms In EU Courts
The European Union's top court said Thursday that partners can represent their law firms before the bloc's courts as long as there is no "manifestly detrimental effect" on their capacity as a representative.
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September 04, 2025
HMRC Adds Barrister To Tax Avoidance List For First Time
HM Revenue and Customs took the step on Thursday of naming for the first time a practicing barrister with 20 years' experience as a promoter of a scheme to avoid paying income tax and National Insurance contributions.
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September 04, 2025
Mishcon Posts 87% Trainee Retention Rate In 2025
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Thursday that 87% of its group of 30 trainees would be staying with the firm as freshly qualified solicitors in 2025.
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September 03, 2025
Legora's VP Of Legal Innovation On Why Legal Tech Is 'Cool'
Legal artificial intelligence software startup Legora has added a former Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP partner as vice president of legal innovation and strategy. Kyle Poe talks to Law360 Pulse about his goals for the position and what makes the platform unique.
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September 03, 2025
Eversheds Adds New Partners From Latham And A&O
Eversheds Sutherland said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners from A&O Shearman, Latham and the former owner of discount retailer Poundland, strengthening its corporate and commercial practices.
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September 03, 2025
Baker McKenzie Retains 85% Of London Trainees In Fall
Baker McKenzie said Wednesday that it has retained 85% of the cohort of trainees in its London office who qualify at the firm this fall.
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September 03, 2025
Dentons Taps Banking Partner As Next Chair Of Global Board
Dentons said Wednesday that it has elected banking partner Susan Kelly as its next non-executive board chair, a role that will see her help guide the firm's global direction.
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September 03, 2025
SRA Fines 3 Firms For Not Complying With AML Rules
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has separately fined three English law firms a combined £43,244 ($58,040) after it discovered that they had breached anti-money laundering rules.
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September 10, 2025
Pinsent Masons Expands M&A Team With 3 EY Partners
Pinsent Masons said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners and five other lawyers from EY Law for its corporate team in Manchester as it prepares to move to a new office in the city.
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September 02, 2025
Sullivan & Cromwell Sees NY Exits As It Grows In London
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has seen at least two of its mergers and acquisitions attorneys depart from its New York office in recent weeks, as the global firm concurrently boosts its standing in London with the announcement this week of two high-profile private capital hires.
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September 02, 2025
Pierson Ferdinand Adds 8 Partners Across 6 Markets
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Tuesday that it has added eight partners across five U.S. markets and in London, enhancing the firm's capabilities in litigation, employment and corporate law.
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September 02, 2025
Inside The Defense That Beat Lucas Paquetá Betting Charges
Alastair Campbell of Level Law tells Law360 how his legal team helped clear professional footballer Lucas Paquetá of charges that he breached the Football Association’s betting rules.
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September 02, 2025
Former SFO Investigator Leaves Addleshaw Goddard
A former head of strategic intelligence at the Serious Fraud Office has said that she is leaving Addleshaw Goddard LLP after half a decade as a partner in the firm's global investigations group.
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September 02, 2025
Mishcon Ex-Partner's Whistleblowing Claim Struck Out
Mishcon de Reya is not on the hook for a former partner's whistleblowing claim because the Singapore-based lawyer cannot bring his claim under British employment law, a London tribunal ruled in a decision released on Tuesday.
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September 02, 2025
London Partner Moves Dip 10% From 2024's Record Highs
London's partner hiring market cooled in July and August, falling 10% from the record highs of 2024, according to data published Tuesday by a legal recruiter.
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September 02, 2025
SRA Missed 'Red Flags' Before Axiom Ince's £64M Collapse
A think tank accused the Solicitors Regulation Authority on Tuesday of missing a key opportunity to intervene in the collapse of Axiom Ince Ltd. by failing to spot that the firm had not filed audited accounts.
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September 09, 2025
Keoghs Hires 4 New Partners From Clyde & Co.
Insurance specialist Keoghs LLP said Tuesday that it has snapped up four new partners from Clyde & Co. LLP to boost its legal services to clients from its offices in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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September 02, 2025
Shoosmiths Hires Ex-DLA Piper Chief As Board Adviser
Shoosmiths LLP said Tuesday that it has appointed the former international managing partner at DLA Piper to be a strategic adviser to its board as the firm looks to embrace the new technology driving delivery of legal services.
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September 01, 2025
AI Use Soars Among UK Lawyers, But Culture Lags Behind
Law firms and in-house legal teams that fail to engage with artificial intelligence tools risk losing talent as a growing number of lawyers use the new technology to speed through research and administrative tasks, an industry survey revealed Monday.
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September 01, 2025
CPS Fights Clerk For Repayment After £1.8M Legal Aid Fraud
Prosecutors sought to recover money on Monday from a legal clerk convicted of leading a scheme to make £1.8 million (£2.4 million) in bogus legal aid claims for criminal defense costs.
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September 01, 2025
Gowling Hires Operations Chief From Womble Bond Dickinson
Gowling WLG said Monday that it has appointed a Womble Bond Dickinson executive to the position of chief operating officer as the firm continues its expansion.
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September 01, 2025
SDT Faults SRA's Probe After Sanction Of Solicitor
A London tribunal has sanctioned a sole practitioner, even though it found "significant deficiencies" in how the Solicitors Regulation Authority handled the misconduct case against her and ruled that the watchdog had failed to carry out a proper investigation.
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September 01, 2025
SFO Official Hopes Pay Boost Will Draw Top-Tier Talent
It is hoped that the first significant pay rise for lawyers representing the Serious Fraud Office in almost two decades will draw top-tier counsel back into the courtroom as the agency prepares for a packed trial list, a senior executive said on Monday.