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March 26, 2024
Judicial Conduct Watchdog Sanctions Recorder Over Tweets
A senior barrister who sits as a recorder has been sanctioned for posting inappropriate and offensive messages on social media, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Deloitte Lawyer Denies Deliberately Kissing Junior Worker
A solicitor on Tuesday denied deliberately kissing a junior colleague at a work event while he was employed at Deloitte, while admitting asking for her number and a hug but saying that the kiss on the lips was "inadvertent."
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April 02, 2024
Marks & Clerk Hires IP Pro From Wynne-Jones In Birmingham
Marks & Clerk LLP has recruited a partner to its Birmingham office for his second stint at the firm as it looks to cement a place among the top specialist intellectual property outfits globally.
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March 26, 2024
PACCAR Reforms Pushed Through At Consumers' Expense
Draft legislation aimed at reversing a Supreme Court ruling that upended the financing of class actions has been well-received by litigation-funders, but critics say the government has steamed ahead at the expense of consumers.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Dentons Saudi Chief Sues For $2.6M Of Withheld Pay
Dentons' former Saudi Arabia managing partner is suing the firm for more than $2.6 million in a London court, alleging that it deprived him of pay after dismissing him for no good reason.
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March 26, 2024
Womble Bond Taps Houston Leader For Firm's Global Board
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Jeff Whittle, managing partner of the firm's Houston office, to a two-year term on the firm's global board, which is responsible for ensuring that the firm's U.S. and U.K. operations work smoothly together.
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March 26, 2024
Barrister Who Bought Drugs From Clients Can't Cut Sentence
A barrister convicted of buying crystal meth from his drug dealer clients lost an appeal against his prison term on Tuesday as an appeals court ruled that "no other sentence could possibly be justified."
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March 26, 2024
Gowling To Require UK Staff To Spend 60% Of Time In Office
Gowling WLG said on Tuesday that it will require legal staff in the U.K. to spend at least 60% of their time working in the office, after a recent survey revealed that half of law firms are "actively looking" at increasing in-office attendance.
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March 25, 2024
Five Judiciary Members Exit Garrick Club, With More To Come
At least five senior members of the judiciary have resigned from the Garrick Club in London, with more set to follow as the controversy surrounding membership of the men-only club intensifies, The Judicial Office confirmed Monday.
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March 25, 2024
Macfarlanes Adds 6 Lawyers To Partnership
Macfarlanes LLP announced Monday that it is adding six lawyers to its partnership, boosting the number of partners who will take the business forward in the coming years to almost 100.
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March 25, 2024
SFO To Pay ENRC £9M As It Plans To Appeal Costs Findings
The Serious Fraud Office said Monday that it will fight findings that it persuaded a former Dechert partner to divulge confidential information about ENRC, as the agency agreed to initially pay the mining company £9 million ($11.4 million) in damages.
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March 25, 2024
Allen & Overy Opens Saudi Office Ahead Of Shearman Merger
Allen & Overy LLP announced Monday that it has expanded its Middle East presence by opening an office in Saudi Arabia before its merger with Shearman & Sterling LLP is completed.
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March 25, 2024
Law Firm Closures Hit Lowest Since 2019 As Premiums Dip
Closures of law firms have fallen to the lowest level since October 2019 as more businesses negotiate their professional indemnity insurance premiums amid a general fall in insurance costs, research published on Monday suggested.
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March 25, 2024
Baker McKenzie's Managing Partner In London Wins 2nd Term
Baker McKenzie revealed on Monday that Ed Poulton has won a second term as the managing partner of its London office as the firm settles in after moving into a new space in 2023.
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March 22, 2024
Ex-Mishcon De Reya Atty Talks Switching To Litigation Finance
After 20 years in private practice, and a summer holiday in the wake of a mammoth $11 billion arbitration case, former Mishcon de Reya LLP partner Zachary Segal made the switch to a litigation finance firm where the commercial arbitration lawyer is eyeing opportunities in emerging markets.
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March 22, 2024
Justice Committee Recommends LSB Reform
A cross-party parliamentary committee on Friday recommended that the government conduct a review of the Legal Services Board as part of a broader effort to enhance public perception of a legal sector marred by the recent Axiom Ince Ltd. and Post Office scandals.
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March 22, 2024
BigLaw's Shanghai Exodus Continues With Orrick Closure
The list of large, international law firms downsizing in China — and, in particular, shuttering Shanghai offices — continues to grow, with an Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP spokesperson revealing Friday that the firm plans to close its office in the city and has already terminated its lease in Taipei, Taiwan.
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March 22, 2024
Regulator Fines 2 Law Firms As AML Crackdown Continues
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined two law firms for failing to comply with laws on anti-money laundering, continuing the action it is taking against legal businesses that aren't doing enough to mitigate their potential exposure to criminal activity by clients.
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March 22, 2024
Solicitor Jailed For Fraud Wins Bid To Fight Conviction
A solicitor imprisoned for pocketing the salary of a fake employee won permission Friday to challenge her conviction from the Court of Appeal because the presiding judge failed to tread cautiously with a co-defendant accused of lying.
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March 22, 2024
More Lawyers Favoring Nontraditional Firms, Report Indicates
Firms that use a fee-sharing business model, such as Setfords and Keystone Law, are outpacing their traditional counterparts as lawyers prioritize work-life balance in the post-Covid era, a new report from technology and legal industry data company Codex Edge Ltd. has found.
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March 22, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the BBC and Wall to Wall Media hit with a passing off lawsuit by musician BOSSIIE, Poundland parent company Pepco Group file a commercial fraud claim against several mobile network giants, family law specialists Alexiou Fisher Philipps LLP start proceedings against former oil trader Michael Prest, and a transgender lawyer file a libel claim against a blogger. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 22, 2024
Robin AI Hires CFO From Data Security Co. BigID
Contract software company Robin AI Ltd. announced Thursday the hiring of a chief financial officer two months after closing a Series B funding round that aims to scale up the artificial intelligence-focused business.
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March 22, 2024
In 107K Pro Bono Hours: Hogan Lovells Tackles Racial Justice
Hogan Lovells pledged to dedicate 65,000 pro bono hours to advancing racial justice in June 2020, and, according to a report out this week, the firm's personnel have exceeded that goal by dedicating approximately 107,000 hours through 2023 to causes across the globe aimed at advancing racial justice.
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March 22, 2024
Osborne Clarke's Arty Rajendra On The Future Of FRAND
Arty Rajendra of Osborne Clarke LLP was instrumental in securing a win in one of the most influential patent cases in recent memory — the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that English courts can set global licensing rates for patents deemed essential to European telecoms standards.
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March 22, 2024
The Two Phone Calls That Left SFO Facing A Huge ENRC Bill
As the SFO and Dechert head to court on Monday to learn exactly how much they owe ENRC for breaching its confidentiality, Law360 looks at how two pivotal phone calls exposed the white-collar agency to potentially tens of millions of pounds in damages.