Family marketing teams on DEFCON 1 as Law Commission calls for gold-plated prenups in UK law
For marketing teams at the family bar it’s been a tough wait but at last the Law Commission has issued its…
Litigation
RBS litigation: Bird & Bird’s head of dispute resolution criticised for £500m fluctuation in value of claim
The highly complex Royal Bank of Scotland 2008 rights issue litigation has seen Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution head Steven Baker…
You’re gonna need a bigger boat! – big data and the modern law firm
Big data has been hailed as the next big thing to hit legal tech and has already become a force…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 advocates take silk
Latest QC promotions round the largest in three years In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of…
Return to form for Queen’s Counsel as 100 barristers take silk
In stark contrast with the recent decline in the number of Queen’s Counsel (QC) appointments, the latest round announced today (19…
Showing its teeth: SFO charges Barclays trio over Libor as watchdog publishes new deferred prosecution code
In a move emphasising the increasing efforts of the Serious Fraud Office to overhaul its image, the body announced on…
You’re hired: Irwin Mitchell’s head of regulatory investigations joins Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis has boosted its London white collar crime capability with the hire of Irwin Mitchell’s head of regulatory and…
Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank blame litigation for drop in Q4 profits
Financial institutions report multibillion-dollar effects of post-crisis costs Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank have become the latest major financial institutions…
Clyde & Co loses 15-strong US litigation team to LeClairRyan
Latest exits add to departures of two partners from City headquarters The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three-year post-merger partner lock-in…
Regulatory: Embattled SFO requests £19m emergency funding for ‘blockbuster’ litigation
The Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) somewhat fraught efforts to redefine itself by focusing on higher profile, higher risk complex fraud,…
Bank spend – RBS warns of £3bn extra litigation costs ahead of next month’s financial results
In a statement rushed out late yesterday (27 January) to soften the blow of its official results announcement next month,…
Protests and resignations but the High Court says QASA is lawful
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
The expiry of Clyde & Co’s three year post-merger partner lock-in appeared to pass almost unnoticed last April but the top…
Former Stewarts Law pair to return to SDT after High Court upholds one finding of dishonesty
Former Stewarts Law partner Andrew Shaw has failed to entirely clear his name in the High Court, which has ordered that the…
Herbert Smith Freehills announces hire of Maitland Chambers Tom Leech QC as Murray Rosen QC retires
Herbert Smith Freehills has today (9 January) announced the hire of Tom Leech QC, who has left Maitland Chambers to…
International markets – Addleshaw hires third partner in Hong Kong and rebrands to Francis & Co
Having launched in Hong Kong last summer, Addleshaw Goddard has forged ahead with a number of developments in the region…
Unsettled forecast for 2014 as MoJ unveils court fee consultation and CBA announces legal aid strike
Following a year of protests over legal aid cuts and court reforms from a profession better known for its quiet…
How to win cases and influence people – litigation funding strives to go mainstream
As third-party funders enjoy robust growth within a buoyant disputes climate, Legal Business assesses current attitudes towards litigation’s controversial bankrollers.…
Enhancing the brand: US IP specialist launches in London
One of the strongest intellectual property firms in the US, Washington DC-based Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, has launched…
Redundancy watch: Lyons Davidson blames litigation market for letting go of 50 post AA and Admiral deals
Having secured not one but two successive major joint ventures with Admiral and then the AA, Lyons Davidson is undoubtedly the envy…