Legal Business

The month online: our top ten most popular news items through January

  1. ‘Embarrassed’ Mishcon partner ‘condemns’ Presidents Club conduct as SDT suspends assault solicitor 25 January
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  3. Magic Circle scrambles as UK construction giant Carillion falls into liquidation 15 January
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  5. #MeToo: Dentons launches investigation and puts partner on leave amid reports of sexual misconduct 19 January
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  7. On your marks: eight DLA Piper partners line up in tight senior partner race 17 January
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  9. Irresistible forces – Within weeks of $10m Freshfields hire, Kirkland targets Cravath for M&A playmaker 24 January
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  11. No politics, please – Macfarlanes names new head two years before high profile chief stands down 8 January
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  13. Rich rewards on offer – Fieldfisher accounts show top earnings soar over £2m as profits surge 3 January
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  15. ‘Totally out of the blue’: Slaughters’ von Bismarck awarded New Year OBE 2 January
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  17. ‘A no-brainer’: Milbank hires four-partner Cadwalader team to upgrade City restructuring business 18 January
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  19. ‘Not another mid-market law firm’: Deloitte to make much-anticipated foray into UK legal market 11 January