By Ashish Sareen

DWF LLP and TLT LLP are among five law firms that have been approved to provide legal advice to police forces and other public organizations under a framework agreement worth up to £35 million ($48 million) over the next four years.

By Jamie Lennox

A London court has overturned an order that required a sacked chief legal officer to hand over documents which allegedly expose her "sham" redundancy from a cosmetic pharmaceutical company.

By Ashish Sareen

Over the past week, Addleshaw Goddard LLP hired a new director of cyber investigations from Bird & Bird LLP, Dechert LLP saw two experts in international capital markets transactions move to Baker Botts LLP, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP recruited an expert in secondaries transactions from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

By Jamie Lennox

A London judge said Thursday that a trading services company must go to trial to prove that its former general counsel misused confidential information, citing a possibility that the business abused the lawyer-client relationship.

By Ashish Sareen

Shoosmiths LLP said on Monday that it has hired a senior lawyer at payments giant Worldpay as it looks to continue expanding its presence in financial services and technology, two key sectors for the firm.

By Ashish Sareen

Financial technology company Liberis Ltd. said Wednesday that it has hired Jane Moon as its new legal chief to help the business navigate regulatory challenges amid an expansion into new international markets.