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  DWF Fights Appeal In Personal Injury Data Privacy Claim

  By Sophia Dourou

  Three personal injury claimants on Thursday sought to revive their data privacy claim against DWF, arguing at an...(read more)

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  Macfarlanes NQ Pay Hits £150K To Match Magic Circle Firms

  By Ashish Sareen

  Macfarlanes LLP said Thursday that it has raised the basic salary for newly-qualified lawyers to £150,000 ($200,...(read more)

• SRA Proposes New Client Update Rules For Complaints

  By Ashish Sareen

  The solicitors' watchdog has proposed two new rules that would require law firms to communicate more clearly and regularly with clients who make complaints as part of reforms to strengthen complaint-handling standards before matters are escalated to the Legal Ombudsman.

• Hill Dickinson Not Negligent In Doctor's Whistleblowing Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  Hill Dickinson defeated a doctor's bid for a wasted costs order Thursday, with an appellate tribunal ruling that the firm's failure to disclose a document didn't amount to negligence even if it might have been relevant to his whistleblowing case.

• BCLP Plans Move To Bigger Frankfurt Office In 2027

  By Ashish Sareen

  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has said that it is planning to move to a larger office in Frankfurt as it seeks to expand in Germany.

• Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Sees 'Opportunity' In Boston

  By Chris Villani

  With the official launch of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, Boston attorneys at Hogan Lovells are expecting the firm to be able to leverage Cadwalader's strengths and some of the Hub's unique traits in what they call a truly "additive" merger.

• KC Faces July Contempt Hearing Over Palestine Action Trial

  By Ashish Sareen

  A senior barrister at Garden Court Chambers is set to face contempt of court proceedings over allegations that he breached rulings when he delivered a closing address to a jury while representing a Palestine Action activist in criminal proceedings.

• Simmons & Simmons' Revenue Nears £700M In Record Year

  By Ashish Sareen

  Simmons & Simmons said Wednesday that it has set records as profits climbed 14% and revenue rose to almost £700 million ($927 million), driven by a focus on sectors including asset management, use of new technology and growth in partner numbers.

• Addleshaw's Revenue Hits Record £644M In 9th Growth Year

  By Ashish Sareen

  Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Tuesday that its profits have soared and revenue has climbed to a new record of more than £640 million ($846 million) in its ninth consecutive year of growth.

• Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Eyes Future As Elite Powerhouse

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches on Wednesday, betting that regulatory expertise now matters as much as Wall Street finance work to global financial institutions, as chief executive Miguel Zaldivar said that the merger has created a firm that belongs among the global legal elite.

• Collyer Bristow Fights £73M Claim Over Advice On Settlement

  By Jamie Lennox

  Collyer Bristow denies it cost a storage business £73.4 million ($97.3 million) by failing to explain that settling a swaps dispute with Barclays would block future claims against Clyde & Co. and others, telling a London court that its advice was sound.

• Ashurst, Perkins Coie Go Live With 950-Partner Firm

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Ashurst LLP and Perkins Coie LLP said Monday that their merger has gone live, creating a transatlantic law firm with combined revenue of around $2.8 billion.

• Shoosmiths Posts Record £80M Profit Despite Sale Drag

  By Ashish Sareen

  Shoosmiths said Monday that selling its serious injury business had slowed turnover growth, but the firm still posted a record £80 million ($106 million) profit in its latest financial results, as it continues to focus on core practices and technology.

• The Revolving Door: Weil Bags A&O Global Finance Co-Head

  By Megan Norcott

  Over the past week, Weil bolstered its corporate finance offering with a leveraged finance partner from Sidley and a senior fund finance co-head from A&O Shearman, Ward Hadaway continued its expansion into the education sector with two hires in Newcastle, and Travers Smith lost a longtime data and IP partner to Latham. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.