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April 17, 2026
The 13-year legal battle between the Serious Fraud Office and Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. could be headed for its final chapter on Monday as the mining company demands compensation for a botched criminal investigation.
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April 17, 2026
London-based litigation funder Fenchurch Legal has entered administration amid a winding-up petition from an investment manager that previously warred with the company over a multimillion-pound loan.
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April 17, 2026
European appellate officials have nixed a university's patent for a method of freezing biological samples, ruling that it required "extensive experimentation" for a skilled inventor to carry it out and lacked clarity.
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April 17, 2026
Over the past week, the exodus of Cadwalader lawyers to Orrick reached 42, Weil expanded its securities bench with the addition of a funds partner from Kirkland & Ellis, which also lost a tax partner to Vinson & Elkins.
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April 17, 2026
More remote hearings are a "needs must" to cope with a surge in claims from workers and difficulties in recruiting judges to work in London, the president of the Employment Tribunals has said.
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April 17, 2026
Partnership promotions, BigLaw hires and firm merger votes helped make this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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April 17, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it is creating four new senior leadership roles as part of a major effort to rebuild trust after the Axiom Ince and SSB Group scandals.
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April 17, 2026
A former Goldman Sachs banker must repay almost £400,000 ($534,000) in legal aid funding after being sentenced for contempt of court, an appeals court ruled on Friday as it rejected his case that the recovery regime caused inconsistent results.
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April 17, 2026
The German arm of Taylor Wessing is looking to expand in Europe by bringing law firms in other jurisdictions — including in the U.K. — into the fold, sources close to the firm said Friday.
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April 16, 2026
Automated trademark docketing software company Alt Legal announced on Thursday its acquisition of fellow intellectual property management provider WebTMS.
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April 16, 2026
TransPerfect, which provides translation and language services, announced Wednesday its acquisition of Rome-based audiovisual postproduction and dubbing facility Studio Emme SpA.
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April 16, 2026
The Bar Standards Board has appointed a new director general with prior experience as chief executive of the Law Commission, marking the end of a three-month search.
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April 16, 2026
Linklaters LLP said Thursday that it will close its Hamburg office by the end of 2026 as it focuses its German operations on four other significant locations in Europe's largest economy.
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April 16, 2026
A former Leigh Day lawyer who tried to cover up missing a disclosure deadline by claiming he had written and sent a disclosure letter when he had not was struck off by the profession's disciplinary tribunal Thursday.
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April 16, 2026
Freshfields LLP said Thursday that it has promoted 47 lawyers to its partnership, with London-based solicitors representing around a quarter of the cohort.
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April 16, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday that it is investigating two law firms accused of advising migrants to fake being gay to claim asylum in the U.K.
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April 16, 2026
Glencore does not have to disclose internal communications whose primary purpose was to obtain legal advice in its legal battle with investors who said they were misled about wrongdoing, as a court held on Thursday that they were covered by legal privilege.
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April 15, 2026
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, further expanded its North American footprint, announcing Wednesday the opening of a San Francisco and Toronto office.
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April 15, 2026
The government is weighing exemptions to its proposal to ban non-disclosure agreements in cases of workplace harassment and discrimination, suggesting Wednesday that such NDAs could be valid if staff agree in writing.
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April 15, 2026
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling said Wednesday that it had promoted 33 lawyers to partnership roles, with the U.K. and Europe dominating the latest round two years after the firm's founding merger.
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April 15, 2026
A junior solicitor who claimed she became overwhelmed at work has been struck off and must pay £25,000 ($34,000) after admitting to falsifying up to 100 hours of client work on her timesheet.
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April 15, 2026
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.
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April 15, 2026
A disciplinary tribunal has suspended a solicitor who intimidated a client by warning that prison time was a possible knock-on consequence of the client's complaint to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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April 14, 2026
Mayer Brown LLP is focused on increasing artificial intelligence adoption among its attorneys and staff this year and has launched an AI literacy program to help achieve that goal.
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April 14, 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has achieved certification for its artificial intelligence management system under standards established by two Switzerland-based international bodies.