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• Blake Cassels & Graydon promotes 13 to partnership

  Yesterday Leading Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has promoted 13 associates to the partnership. “I am pleased to announce our latest group of partners,” said Rob... more

• PE firm Duke Street buys controlling interest in London law firm

  Yesterday Private equity firm Duke Street has taken a stake of just over 50 per cent in London-based law firm Parabis. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval and is... more

• DWF and Cobbetts end merger talks

  Yesterday After months of negotiations, the proposed merger between DWF and Cobbetts has fallen in a heap. Word go out last November that the firms were considering joining up,... more

• US legal services sector adds 1000 jobs in January

  Yesterday The legal services sector in the US added about 1000 jobs in January, regaining at least some of the ground lost in January, when the sector lost 1,800 jobs.... more

• Foreign LPOs await decision on whether they can remain in India

  Feb 04 2012 The Madras High Court is deliberating on the future of 31 international legal process outsourcing firms in India, after counsel concluded arguments about the legality... more

• Civil suits allege US law schools inflated graduate employment data

  Feb 04 2012 Twelve more law suits have been initated against US law schools, with the team of lawyers behind proposed class actions against the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and... more

• Lateral hiring is the growth strategy of choice at US law firms

  Feb 04 2012 The lateral market is heating up, as law firms reduce their graduate recruitment and seek to expand by hiring partners with established client lists from other law... more

• Four associates leave London office of Quinn Emanuel

  Feb 04 2012 Four litigation lawyers have departed from the London office of US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel, punching a largeish hole in the team of 13. The firm’s London has... more

• NY court system suffers from budget cuts

  Feb 02 2012 The New York court system is suffering the effects of the $170 million in budget cuts made in the 2011-12 period, with widespread court delays, shortages of... more

• Recession-era measures seem as though they are here to stay

  Feb 02 2012 The cost-cutting measures undertaken by law firms in the recession – including smaller entry-level classes, stagnant salaries and an impossibly long road to... more

• UK Court holds that fixed share partner is not an 'employee'

  Feb 02 2012 The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that a fixed share partner at Lester Aldridge is not an employee for the purposes of unfair dismissal laws. The Court drew a... more

• Mayer Brown invreases revenue by 2.4%

  Feb 02 2012 Mayer Brown has increased its revenue by 2.4 per cent – after two years of falling revenues. The figures will be some relief for the firm after dropping 14 per cent in... more

• Ashurst managing partner steps down 6 months early

  Feb 01 2012 Ashurst managing partner Simon Bromwich has announced that he will stand down from his role in May, six months ahead of schedule. Bromwich is set to take over as head... more

• Herbert Smith and Freehills consider July merger

  Feb 01 2012 Herbert Smith is still in merger negotiations with Australian firm Freehills, with reports emerging that a tie-up between the firms could happen as early as 1 July... more

• Where are they now? The Howrey lawyers make their way

  Feb 01 2012 In the year before Howrey went under, the firm had a headcount of 242 lawyers in Washington. After the firm’s collapse on March 15, 2011, those lawyers flooded the... more

• Law firms remain cautious in recruitment despite recovery

  Feb 01 2012 This article in the Wall Street Journal points out that law firms are finally starting to recover from the recession, but that the returning good fortune is not being... more

• Australian law firm Slater & Gordon buys British firm Russell Jones & Walker

  Jan 31 2012 Australian law firm Slater & Gordon has concluded a deal for the takeover of British firm Russell Jones & Walker for $80 million. The deal, which is still subject to... more

• Chinese firm Yingke continues aggressive expansion with new offices in Poland and Turkey

  Jan 31 2012 Yingke, China’s second largest firm by lawyer headcount has announced a further expansion abroad, launching an office in Poland and another in Turkey. The move comes... more

• Skadden tops list of strongest law firm brands

  Jan 31 2012 Brand research company Acritas has compiled a list of the strongest brands in the US and global legal services market. Their study, which surveyed 902 clients, of... more

• South African firm Adams & Adams picks up Bowman Gilfillan IP team

  Jan 31 2012 South African corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan is set transfer its team of 20 intellectual property lawyers to the specialist firm Adams & Adams in a "win-win"... more