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The Ministry of Justice‘s plans to levy sizeable court fees in commercial claims have encountered a setback after the Government’s…

Norton Rose takes pole position as McLaren drops Bakers as global legal adviser

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Baker & McKenzie has lost its role as global legal adviser to British automotive group McLaren, which has opted for…

LLP Latest – Freshfields sees drop in equity partners and highest paid earner as Clydes grows across the board

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second Magic Circle firm to release its 2012/13 limited liability partnership (LLP) filings with Companies…

LLP filings 2012/13 – DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co reveal numbers

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DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co have joined the ranks of leading UK law firms to have filed…

Former Paul Hastings litigator disbarred following Bar Standards Board appeal

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A former Paul Hastings consultant and barrister has been disbarred after it emerged that he had lied about his education…

Guest Post: See Talent. Liberate it.

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It’s been viewed online nearly seven million times. Sheryl Sandberg calls it one of the most important documents ever to…

Financial squeeze – Morgan Stanley declares a hit to net income due to $1.2bn in legal costs

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Morgan Stanley is the latest major financial institution to declare that it has been hard hit by litigation and the…

Deutsche Bank pinpoints litigation costs for wiping out its fourth quarter profits

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Frankfurt-headquartered Deutsche Bank yesterday (19 January) partially blamed its full-year litigation expenses of €2.5bn for a fourth quarter pre-tax loss…

All grown up – HSF’s Belfast volume disputes centre pilots post-merger Australian litigation

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When legacy Herbert Smith set up its volume disputes support centre in Belfast in 2011 it was, despite or perhaps because…

Protests and resignations but the High Court says QASA is lawful

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Following months of protests from the criminal Bar including the resignation of a number of barristers from the Bar Standards…

Breaking: Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team as two London partners exit

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The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three year post-merger partner lock-in appeared to pass almost unnoticed last April but the top…

Revolving doors: Bird & Bird, Bond Dickinson and Simmons all make lateral moves

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The appetite shown by global elite firms to hire laterally at the start of the year has spread wider in…

LLP latest: CMS Cameron McKenna posts revenue and profit drops for LLP but highest earner remains stable

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Top ten LB100 firm CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a revenue drop for its UK limited liability partnership (LLP) of 6.6%…

More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA’s attempts to gain greater fining powers

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Further cracks in The Law Society’s already strained relationship with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have emerged this week as…

Former Stewarts Law pair to return to SDT after High Court upholds one finding of dishonesty

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Former Stewarts Law partner Andrew Shaw has failed to entirely clear his name in the High Court, which has ordered that the…

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MoJ’s court fee proposals criticised by internal government review

Norton Rose takes pole position as McLaren drops Bakers as global legal adviser

LLP Latest – Freshfields sees drop in equity partners and highest paid earner as Clydes grows across the board

LLP filings 2012/13 – DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co reveal numbers

Former Paul Hastings litigator disbarred following Bar Standards Board appeal

Guest Post: See Talent. Liberate it.

Financial squeeze – Morgan Stanley declares a hit to net income due to $1.2bn in legal costs

Deutsche Bank pinpoints litigation costs for wiping out its fourth quarter profits

All grown up – HSF’s Belfast volume disputes centre pilots post-merger Australian litigation

Protests and resignations but the High Court says QASA is lawful

Breaking: Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team as two London partners exit

Revolving doors: Bird & Bird, Bond Dickinson and Simmons all make lateral moves

LLP latest: CMS Cameron McKenna posts revenue and profit drops for LLP but highest earner remains stable

More in-fighting as Law Society contests SRA’s attempts to gain greater fining powers

Former Stewarts Law pair to return to SDT after High Court upholds one finding of dishonesty