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The promise held out by the arbitration industry is that it will be quicker, cheaper, and more private than litigation. Many litigators, however, have found that the...
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Some Halliwells partners still owe on loans of more than £500,000, after borrowing money to finance contributions to the firm over the past few years.
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Ballard Spahr has hired intellectual property litigator Katrina M Quicker, formerly a partner at King & Spalding. Quicker joined the partnership at Ballard Spahr two...
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Yesterday
Top securities and corporate governance law firm Grant & Eisenhofer, has bolstered its New York antitrust practice with the appointment of Linda P. Nussbaum as a...
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A new survey indicates that small and midsized firms saw declining revenues during 2009 as a result of tough economic circumstances, but cuts in expenses resulted in...
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The American Lawyer has conducted a survey focusing upon mid-level associates, finding that overall satisfaction level is down to the lowest level in six years.
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UK firm Addleshaw Goddard took out a £14.5 million loan and asked partners to contribute £15.6 million to the business in the last financial year, according to the...
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Sep 01 2010
Two leading Australian law firms - Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Clayton Utz - have banned a website that publishes law firm gossip.
‘Firm Spy’ seeks to publish...
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Sep 01 2010
Dechert has announced the hire of partner Achim Pütz, the former head of German financial markets at SJ Berwin.
Pütz will join the firm’s Munich office, and is...
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Sep 01 2010
The view that family law is not lucrative enough to attract the interest of large law firms may be changing, in light of a recent series of divorce cases that earned...
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Sep 01 2010
Top Chinese firm King & Wood has recruited Mary "Meg" Utterback to the firm’s Shanghai office. Before being hired by King & Wood, Utterback was the managing partner...
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Aug 31 2010
Allens Arthur Robinson has taken a leading role in the proposed A$3.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Intoll Group by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
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Aug 31 2010
Many have said that access to justice in the UK is under threat with new cuts to legal aid funding, The arrival of ‘Tesco Law’ and difficulties securing indemnity...
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Aug 31 2010
Kirkland & Ellis intellectual property partner Gerald Flattmann Jr has resigned from the firm's New York office to take up a role with Paul Hastings. He will be...
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Aug 31 2010
US firm Kirkland & Ellis has announced the promotion of nine lawyers to the partnership in the London office.
Lawyers were elevated in a number of different...
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Aug 31 2010
AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co have assisted Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries in its Rs 1020 crore ($217m) buy today of a 14.12 per cent stake in the Oberoi hotel...
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Aug 31 2010
Currently, there is no law against sexual harassment in India. Victims can bring suit using provisions in tort law, the Indian Penal Code and labour law. But as...
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Aug 30 2010
Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance lawyer Simon HP Morgan, who joins the firm’s Moscow office as partner. Morgan was previously a...
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Aug 30 2010
Kingsley Napley boosted its family law practice with the hire of Michael Rowlands from Cripps Harries Hall
Rowlands joins the firm as a partner, bringing the total...
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Aug 30 2010
A number of Weil, Gotshal & Manges associates have made the rather embarrassing realisation that by failing to complete the Professional Skills Course they have never...
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