Robot law: Deloitte estimates automation to cut legal sector jobs by 39% over the next two decades Legal Business A new report released by Deloitte is warning law firms to prepare for changes as the rise of automation is…
Budget 2016: Contract lawyer services avoid tax crackdown Legal Business City law firms using contract lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief, after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (pictured)…
Guest post: The case for legal advice privilege is not as strong as the profession wants it to be Legal Business Lord Neuberger (pictured), in a recent short speech, provides some interesting insights in to the problematic world of legal advice…
Half a million documents later: SFO drops forex investigation due to lack of evidence Legal Business The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigation into allegations of rigging in the foreign exchange (forex) market after…
Comment: Too many reasonable men? What ails law firm leadership Legal Business As two of the most highly regarded leaders in the Square Mile – David Morley at Allen & Overy (A&O)…
Mishcon secures another lateral hire from Addleshaw Goddard in continued disputes push Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has today (14 March) announced the arrival of former Addleshaw Goddard partner Sonia Campbell as it continues…
Watchdog to raise bar on the Bar in toughened pre-vocational test Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has stepped in to the long-simmering debate on costs and access to the profession to…
Guest post: How Boris Johnson is wrong on parliamentary sovereignty Legal Business Since I wrote about David Cameron’s ‘sovereignty plan’, it seems to have been forgotten. It’s clear the idea was aimed…
Comment: We must run just to stay in place – Macfarlanes’ head asks what it takes to be a partner in 2016 Legal Business I confess the analogy is not perfect, but reflecting on the bizarre and often contradictory pressures on partners in law…
Linklaters ramps up associate salaries and rolls out flexible working after remuneration review Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has ramped up associate take-home pay after a lengthy review of its remuneration.
Legal heavyweights including A&O, Travers Smith, KWM and Simmons leaders back anti-Brexit report Legal Business A 250-strong group of lawyers including leaders from Allen & Overy (A&O), King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Simmons & Simmons…
Stewarts Law latest to develop trusts practice with Farrer hire Legal Business Litigation specialist Stewarts Law has hired James Price from Farrer & Co to launch a trusts litigation practice in the City.
Dentons’ venture NextLaw Labs invests in fee transparency firm Apperio Legal Business Dentons‘ NextLaw Labs, a venture launched last year for financing new legal services technologies, has made its second major investment…
Reed Smith blames poor energy prices as global revenues dip 2.5% Legal Business Reed Smith has reported global revenues fell 2.5% in 2015 to $1.12bn from $1.15bn, while profits per partner were lower…
Freshfields makes key competition hire as Clifford Chance City partner to relocate to lead Hong Kong practice Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance’s Alastair Mordaunt to become the new competition head of its Hong Kong practice.
Reed Smith replaced as Addleshaw Goddard joins Siemens UK legal panel Legal Business Eversheds and Osborne Clarke have been reappointed to Siemens UK’s legal panel, while newcomer Addleshaw Goddard will replace Reed Smith,…
Legal pathway to the story of the century Legal Business GC: Obviously the Snowden story was a huge scoop for The Guardian. How did you first hear about it, and…
Brave new worlds Legal Business Schadenfreude doesn’t feature much between in-house legal departments, so many general counsel would have winced when TalkTalk chief executive Baroness…
Myths and Millennials Legal Business Just what is it that you want to do? We wanna be free. We wanna be free to do what…
2016 and all that Legal Business ‘One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road…
