The High Court has ruled that documents prepared by mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) in relation to a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation were not protected by legal professional privilege (LPP).
US employment powerhouse Littler Mendelson has announced it is launching in the UK, through a merger with London-based boutique GQ Employment Law.
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has launched a tender process for a £20m panel to cover a wide portfolio of legal work. The framework, which is split into ten lots, is due to be finalised in August this year.
Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director of Guardian Media Group (GMG) , is set to leave the company after seven years in the role, Legal Business can reveal.
A Manhattan jury has found former Dewey & LeBoeuf chief financial officer (CFO) Joel Sanders guilty of altering the US firm’s accounts to cover up its shaky financials ahead of its demise.
In the joint-largest fine ever handed down to a law firm, in March Clyde & Co was hit with a £50,000 penalty for breaching accounting and money laundering rules. In a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) decision, Clydes corporate partners Christopher Duffy and Simon Gamblin, alongside projects partner Nick Purnell, all received individual fines of £10,000. …
Tom Baker speaks to corporate crime specialists as Freshfields advises supermarket on UK’s fourth-ever DPA and hires top SFO lawyer Last month the fourth deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in UK history was approved by judge Sir Brian Leveson, enabling Tesco to pay a £129m fine and escape criminal charges relating to the false accounting scandal …
Controversy, upheaval and regulatory scrutiny – who’d want the lot of a media and publishing GC? In a world where newspapers are branding judges ‘enemies of the people’ and fake news dominates public discourse, these days the media itself is the story.
The media company’s group legal director discusses how her personal approach took her to the top of her game At the age of 19, while doing work experience for a duty solicitor, Nilema Bhakta-Jones was called to Nuneaton police station, finding herself in a mostly empty set of cells at 1am. One cell was occupied …
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In a busy week for lateral hires, firms have been actively adding to their offices at home and abroad. Linklaters has made a couple of key appointments in Asia while a host of other firms have hired laterals in the UK, the US and Gibraltar.
