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  • May 27, 2025

    Clyde & Co. Can't Stop Bias Claim By Aspiring Trainee

    A tribunal agreed on Tuesday to allow a woman to go ahead with her discrimination claim against a decision by Clyde & Co. LLP not to offer her a training contract, dismissing the firm's argument that she waited too long to pursue her case.

  • May 27, 2025

    DWF Teams Up With Verisk To Provide Services To Insurers

    The legal and business services provider DWF LLP announced Tuesday it has teamed up with U.S. risk management company Verisk in a partnership they hope will drive down insurers' costs and increase operational efficiency in the insurance sector.

  • June 03, 2025

    M&A Rainmaker Returns To A&O Shearman From Skadden

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has rehired a prominent dealmaker as a partner, as the London-based firm moves to strengthen its transatlantic mergers and acquisitions team.

  • May 27, 2025

    Conveyancing Specialist Firm Fined For AML Failings

    A specialist conveyancing firm has been fined more than £4,000 ($5,400) for failing to ensure that it had fully compliant controls to combat the risk that it would be used as a vehicle for money laundering, the solicitors' watchdog has said.

  • May 23, 2025

    Gov't To Boost Judicial Pay 4% Despite Call For More

    The U.K. government has announced a 4% pay increase for all salaried judges in England and Wales — smaller than previous increases and less than the recommendation of a salary advisory body as recruitment problems continue to mount.

  • May 23, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Nestlé hit with an intellectual property claim by a pet insurance company, VTB Capital bring a breach of contract lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Securities, and Société Générale's former chief executive face litigation from an Italian entrepreneur.

  • May 23, 2025

    Latham, HSF Pros Tapped For LCIA Court

    The London Court of International Arbitration has made a series of new appointments to its court of arbitration, including a solicitor-advocate in Latham & Watkins LLP's London office and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's managing partner in Singapore.

  • May 23, 2025

    UPC Adds 4 Technical Experts To Roster Of Judges

    The Unified Patent Court has boosted its roster of technically qualified judges by appointing four to join the European specialty court, including two partners at German intellectual property boutiques.

  • May 23, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Top M&A Pro Returns To A&O Shearman

    Over the past week, Howard Kennedy's head of international arbitration has joined Norton Rose, a white-collar crime veteran headed to Corker Binning as a consultant and an M&A dealmaker returned to A&O Shearman.

  • May 22, 2025

    MPs Demand CCRC Exec Step Down Over Leadership Failures

    Members of Parliament on Friday called for the chief executive of the body that investigates miscarriages of justice to step down in the wake of damning criticisms about the organization's incompetence and a "spectacular failure of leadership."

  • May 22, 2025

    HSF Launches Free Tool To Track AI Regulatory Changes

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has launched a new tracker to help clients keep on top of changes to laws and regulations on artificial intelligence as the regulatory landscape continues to evolve.

  • May 22, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead Sued In Brazil Over 'Abusive' Retainers

    Brazilian prosecutors have accused Pogust Goodhead of inserting "abusive" clauses into the retainers of the clients it is representing in a £36 billion ($48 billion) claim over the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil.

  • May 29, 2025

    Baker McKenzie Adds Eversheds Life Sciences Pro To IP Team

    Baker McKenzie LLP has hired Eversheds Sutherland's former artificial intelligence strategist for life sciences, as the firm aims to address changing client needs in the intellectual property space. 

  • May 22, 2025

    Lawyer Denies Aiding Undercover Reporter's Fake Asylum Bid

    A former law firm manager told a London tribunal Thursday that he denied trying to help an undercover journalist to make a bogus asylum application by suggesting they fabricate claims of persecution.

  • May 22, 2025

    Cleary Closes Frankfurt Office As It Consolidates In Germany

    Cleary is closing its office in Frankfurt after more than three decades as the U.S. law firm consolidates its operations in Germany under one location.

  • May 22, 2025

    Marsh Settles $143M Claim Over Losses In Greensill Collapse

    Marsh has reached settlement in a claim of almost $143 million with investment firm White Oak, which had alleged that the insurance broker misled it when selling cover for investments in Greensill Capital, a financing firm that collapsed in 2021.

  • May 21, 2025

    Definely Launches AI Tool To Streamline Contract Drafting

    Definely unveiled Thursday a new system that uses artificial intelligence technology to reduce the time law firms and in-house legal teams spend drafting and reviewing contracts.

  • May 21, 2025

    DWF Reveals Forest Project As Part Of Net-Zero Goals

    DWF LLP said Wednesday that it has planted more than half a million trees in the "DWF Forest" since 2018, as part of its goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. 

  • May 21, 2025

    UK Lawyer Charged With Money Laundering In NCA Probe

    A solicitor and an accountant, both Midlands-based, have been charged with money laundering following a National Crime Agency investigation, the authority disclosed Wednesday.

  • May 21, 2025

    Russell-Cooke Promotes 2 Women To Partnership

    Russell-Cooke LLP said Wednesday that it has edged closer to gender parity in its partnership by elevating two female senior associates as partners at the firm.

  • May 21, 2025

    Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced it has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP infrastructure finance attorney as a partner in its London office.

  • May 21, 2025

    Legal AI Biz Legora Raises $80M In Funding Round

    A Swedish legal artificial intelligence platform, Legora, said Wednesday that it has raised $80 million in its latest funding round as a growing number of law firms and in-house legal teams across the globe integrate AI technology into their work.

  • May 21, 2025

    'Amicus' Name Not Distinctive, Rival Law Firm Argues

    A high street solicitors' firm in London formerly known as Amicus Solicitors London has hit back at a Manchester-based firm's claims of passing-off, saying that the name was not distinctive and that the two companies served different markets.

  • May 20, 2025

    Legal Aid Agency Hack Highlights Cyber Risks For Industry

    The cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency has laid bare the sector's digital vulnerabilities, making the service even harder to get while exposing what a soft target the entire industry is for attacks.

  • May 20, 2025

    Tenn Capital, Elite Law Settle £1.9M Loan Fraud Dispute

    Tenn Capital Ltd. has settled its claim that Elite Law Solicitors Ltd. failed to secure necessary protections over a £1.9 million ($2.54 million) property loan and failing to identify the borrower as an alleged fraudster.

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