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  LSB Orders Further Urgent SRA Reform After PM Law Failures

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority will face further scrutiny from the legal industry's oversight regulator aft...(read more)

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  Burges Salmon Trims Staff Bonus Despite Record Revenue

  By Ashish Sareen

  Burges Salmon LLP reported a dip in net profit and cut staff bonuses in its latest financial year, despite reven...(read more)

• Sidley Adds Mandatory AI Seat Into Training Contracts

  By Jamie Lennox

  Sidley said Thursday that all its new trainees will need to complete a seat focused on artificial intelligence during their training contract, declaring itself the first firm in London to adopt the policy.

• Pogust Says New GC Leads BHP Case After 2 Partners Leave

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Two partners hired to lead Pogust Goodhead's multibillion-pound BHP litigation have left the firm within a few months of joining, and the firm said Wednesday that general counsel Lynn Wong is now leading the case.

• Court Pilot Sees Demand Amid Uncertainty Over Compliance

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A court pilot program intended to improve public access to documents has generated early demand for expert reports, skeleton arguments and written submissions, but lawyers warn that uncertainty over compliance with its filing obligations could undermine its aims.

• Law Firm Appeals To Trim Fired Paralegal's £109K Bias Payout

  By Adele Redmond

  A law firm appealed on Wednesday to trim the £109,000 ($147,000) it owes to a paralegal it discriminated against, arguing that the award was wrongly inflated because of a tribunal's "indignation" at its conduct. 

• Solicitor Convicted Of Stalking Loses Bid To Pause SDT Case

  By Ronan Barnard

  A City solicitor has lost his bid to halt disciplinary proceedings against him while he appeals against his conviction for stalking a legal blogger, as a legal tribunal handed down a ruling on Wednesday.

• SFO, Dechert Settle ENRC's $290M Claim Over Criminal Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Serious Fraud Office, Dechert LLP and Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. reached an out-of-court settlement on Wednesday, ending a long-running $290 million claim that accused the agency of mishandling a criminal investigation.

• Lawyers Wary Of Inaccurate Information As AI Use Grows

  By Ashish Sareen

  Lawyers are becoming increasingly concerned about the risk that AI tools will generate inaccurate or fabricated information as their reliance on the technology grows, an industry survey revealed Wednesday.

• PE Looks Offshore For A New Way Into Legal Services

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Private equity investors might have found a promising opening in offshore law firms, whose governance, fiduciary and consulting businesses can generate the kind of recurring revenue that buyout companies seek.

• Charles Russell Hires New GC From Pinsent Masons

  By Ashish Sareen

  Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has hired a senior in-house lawyer at Pinsent Masons LLP as its new general counsel, a move to help the firm deal with emerging regulatory risks and other challenges as it looks to deliver growth in the long-term.

• Pogust Won't Budge As Clients Replace Firm In BHP Case

  By Robbie Kalus

  Pogust Goodhead insisted on Tuesday that it still represents claimants in the £36 billion ($48.7 billion) litigation over the Brazilian dam collapse against BHP, even though its clients have said that the firm had been replaced by Bailey Glasser.

• Osborne Clarke Opens In Frankfurt With White & Case Hire

  By Ashish Sareen

  Osborne Clarke LLP has hired a corporate lawyer from White & Case LLP to help lead the new office it has opened in Frankfurt as it responds to growing demand for advice on private capital and financing transactions.

• How UK Lawyers Are Responding To AI

  By Law360 Staff

  U.K. lawyers are split on their views about the role of AI in the legal industry, with lawyers at larger firms and at those encouraging and training lawyers to use AI tools more bullish on the emerging technology's place in law, Law360 UK Pulse found in a new survey on lawyer satisfaction.