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March 03, 2026
DLA Piper has brought on three former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP finance partners, one of whom was tapped to lead its new cross-border, multidisciplinary global capital solutions team.
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March 03, 2026
Macfarlanes LLP said Tuesday that it will open a representative office in New York as it looks to strengthen its profile in the U.S. private capital market.
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March 03, 2026
Legal and accountancy professional bodies are failing to adequately enforce anti-money laundering rules for their member firms, a unit within the Financial Conduct Authority warned Tuesday.
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March 03, 2026
Partner moves in London's legal market plummeted in the first two months of 2026 following "an unprecedented spike" a year earlier, although recruitment activity was still high by historical standards, data published by a legal recruitment consultancy revealed on Tuesday.
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March 02, 2026
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced on Monday that it is continuing to invest in its restructuring bench with two lawyers in New York and London.
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March 02, 2026
A London tribunal has refused to reconsider its decision to throw out a former JPMorgan lawyer's discrimination claim after ruling that she forged medical letters to postpone a hearing.
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March 09, 2026
Simmons & Simmons LLP has expanded its mergers and acquisitions operations in Germany and the Netherlands with the hire of two new partners, following a year of significant growth that prompted the firm to restructure its financial markets practice.
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March 02, 2026
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP said Monday that its office in London has seen gross revenue increase to almost $75 million, as the firm moves forward with a proposed merger with Hogan Lovells.
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March 02, 2026
As in‑house legal teams turn to artificial intelligence to boost their own productivity, they are increasingly losing patience with law firms that don't pass on similar efficiency gains, Rio Tinto's digital transformation manager said in an interview.
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March 02, 2026
A paralegal assistant has failed to prove that a colleague's email containing a monkey picture alongside a humorous caption was discriminatory and bosses at his law firm should have taken immediate action over it, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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March 09, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP said Monday that it has recruited a partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP to strengthen its acquisition finance practice in London, the firm's latest lateral hire from its U.S. rival as it expands in the English capital.
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March 02, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office cannot slash its potential payout to Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. by $128 million over its unsuccessful criminal investigation after Britain's highest court refused to weigh in on the case, the parties confirmed on Monday.
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March 02, 2026
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune said Monday that it has established a presence in Paris as the Japanese law firm continues its expansion in Europe following launches in London and Brussels.
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February 27, 2026
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced Friday the opening of two U.S. offices in Houston and Chicago, with the goal of growing its headcount to over 300 employees in the country this year as part of an international expansion stemming from the company's Series C capital raise late last year.
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February 27, 2026
ChatGPT owner OpenAI Inc. has banned a cluster of accounts for supposedly using its models to impersonate law firms in a recovery scam targeting fraud victims.
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February 27, 2026
Proposed rules that would require litigators to declare that they have not used artificial intelligence tools to prepare witness statements for trial could be unnecessary and impractical, lawyers say.
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February 27, 2026
The Unified Patent Court has allowed law firm Gowling WLG to see pleadings from Boehringer and Zentiva's dispute concerning a fibrosis drug, even though the underlying case is still ongoing.
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February 27, 2026
This past week in London has seen Linklaters sue a shipping company, high-street clothing giant Urban Outfitters hit with an intellectual property claim, Ithaca Energy sue rival Chrysaor, and cabaret club magnate Alex Proud face legal action with his nightclubs in financial turmoil.
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February 27, 2026
Over the past week, Squire Patton Boggs recruited two new partners to its intellectual property and pension practices, Ropes & Gray added its second private equity partner since the start of 2026, CMS lost a corporate partner to Freeths, and Wilkie Farr & Gallagher snapped up a former competition leader at Clifford Chance.
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February 27, 2026
An English appellate court on Friday barred a former part-time judge and barrister from making a fresh challenge against his conviction for fraudulently submitting cost claims, ruling that new evidence in support of his case wasn't credible.
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February 26, 2026
Investment in the U.K.'s legal technology industry reached new heights in 2025, approaching £200 million ($270 million) amid surging demand for artificial intelligence-powered legal services as law firms' clients push for faster turnaround times and lower costs, LawtechUK reported Thursday.
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February 26, 2026
As Harvey advances its European expansion, the platform's co-founder and chief executive said the real fight in legal artificial intelligence is not with rival startups on the Continent but with the major AI labs that build the foundation models powering the sector.
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February 26, 2026
Insurance broker Howden said Thursday that it is bringing in a new chief legal officer in March with more than two decades of experience in financial leadership roles as it ramps up growth plans ahead of its 30th anniversary.
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February 26, 2026
The solicitors' watchdog asked a London appeals court on Thursday to uphold a decision that unauthorized law firm staff cannot conduct litigation even under supervision, arguing that the law prevents them from making decisions about litigation.
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March 05, 2026
Ropes & Gray LLP has hired a private equity lawyer from Clifford Chance LLP as it seeks to expand its private capital services in Europe.