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May 14, 2025
Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Start Prison In OneCoin Case
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to set a date for a former Locke Lord LLP partner to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence after he was convicted of helping to launder about $400 million in proceeds of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.
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May 14, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Rehires Tax Expert From DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland is welcoming back a tax expert in the U.K. who spent the last seven years at DLA Piper, the firm announced.
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May 14, 2025
EU Wrong To Deny Dutch Tax Firm's Trademark, Court Says
A Dutch consultancy was wrongly denied a trademark for "Taxmarc" in the European Union after a German consultancy that controlled a trademark for "X Taxman" opposed its registration, the European General Court said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
In-House Solicitors Get New Ethics Guidance After Scandals
The Law Society unveiled new resources on Wednesday to help in-house solicitors tackle ethical challenges in the workplace as their role remains under scrutiny following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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May 14, 2025
Goodwin Hires Legal Ops Expert From HSBC
Goodwin Procter LLP has hired HSBC's former head of legal market engagement as its new managing director of client value to oversee initiatives related to pricing, legal operations and service delivery as part of Goodwin's client-facing business support functions.
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May 14, 2025
Reed Smith Loses Costs Security Bid In £21M Oil Tanker Clash
Reed Smith LLP lost a bid for Dubai-based shipping companies who are suing it for negligence to put up £6 million ($7.9 million) in costs security, as a London judge ruled Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence that Barclays Banks PLC would refuse to comply with a court order.
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May 14, 2025
UK Gov't To Shut Ministry Of Justice's London Headquarters
The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will close the London building that houses the Ministry of Justice and Crown Prosecution Service amid plans to push more civil service roles out of the capital.
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May 14, 2025
Ex-Bevan Brittan Pro Loses Appeal Over Antisemitic Tweets
A former lawyer with Bevan Brittan LLP failed to overturn on Wednesday a disciplinary tribunal's decision to strike him off after a London court found that he had over a long period repeatedly posted grossly offensive and antisemitic tweets.
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May 14, 2025
Linklaters, EY Sued For Negligence By Fintech Investor
Linklaters and Ernst & Young LLP are being sued by a financial technology investment company for professional negligence in London, according to online court records.
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May 21, 2025
BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited two new partners from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Taylor Wessing LLP to boost its finance and tax capabilities in London.
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May 14, 2025
Magistrate Reprimanded For Sharing Views On Homosexuality
A magistrate has been sanctioned after he undermined the reputation of the magistracy by sharing his personal views on homosexuality with colleagues in the retiring room of a court, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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May 14, 2025
HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
A London court unjammed Hewlett Packard's $4 billion fraud case against Mike Lynch on Wednesday by approving an administrator to his estate, reactivating the case after the technology entrepreneur died when a yacht he was aboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
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May 13, 2025
K&L Gates Adds Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty In London
K&L Gates LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Taylor Wessing LLP attorney as a partner on its finance team in London.
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May 13, 2025
Solicitor Sanctioned For Unauthorized Immigration Work
A disciplinary panel has suspended a solicitor after he undertook immigration work without authorization even though the profession's regulator had explicitly warned him against doing so.
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May 13, 2025
Victims Call For Punishment Of Post Office Lawyers In Report
Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have called for lawyers to be held to account for their roles in facilitating one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in English legal history, a study by academics has revealed.
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May 13, 2025
Europe-Focused Legal AI Noxtua Opens Paris Office
Noxtua SE, a Germany-based company that calls itself Europe's first sovereign legal artificial intelligence, announced Tuesday the opening of a Paris office, soon after it raised money and targeted further expansion in the region.
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May 13, 2025
Funders Roiled As Slow Cases, PACCAR Dull Demand
Litigation-funders are grappling with an apparent existential crisis amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions and regulatory pressures in the U.K., compelling some to revamp their business models in pursuit of fresh capital for investment in cases.
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May 13, 2025
SSB Law Staff Let Go Without Consultation Win 90 Days' Pay
A group of former staff from SSB Group Ltd. are entitled to receive compensation after the business made them redundant without carrying out a formal consultation process, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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May 13, 2025
Small UK Firms Opt For Organic Growth As M&A Declines
More small law firms are looking to grow organically without overstretching themselves rather than combine with another outfit as they face a wave of mounting pressures, an industry survey has revealed.
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May 12, 2025
SRA Ditches Plan To Fine Firms Based On Global Turnover
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Tuesday that it will abandon proposals to fine law firms based on their global turnover and cease to hand out financial penalties to lawyers convicted of drink-driving — except in exceptional circumstances.
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May 12, 2025
Dentons Launches AI Tool For Europe, Central Asia Staff
Dentons announced Monday the launch of an internally developed artificial intelligence tool for its personnel in Europe and Central Asia, joining other firms in developing proprietary AI tools this year.
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May 12, 2025
CILEX Gets Green Light For Chartered Paralegal Status
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives introduced a new paralegal status on Monday, making a significant step towards greater inclusivity within the legal sector.
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May 12, 2025
Shoosmiths Downsizes Space In Nottingham, Milton Keynes
Shoosmiths LLP said Monday that it is moving staff in Nottingham and Milton Keynes to smaller, flexible workspaces as staff have embraced hybrid working for the long term.
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May 12, 2025
DWF Partner Must Shell Out £33K For Payment Error
A disciplinary tribunal ordered a real estate partner at DWF LLP Monday to cough up more than £33,000 ($44,000) after he failed to check whether a contract had been met before he authorized a related payment from the law firm's client account.
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May 12, 2025
Mancunian Law Firm Sues To Block Firm With Same Name
Amicus Solicitors, a firm in northwest England, has asked the High Court to prevent a rival firm from using the name Amicus Solicitors London, arguing that it has a long-standing reputation associated with the name.