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• Large law firms likely to award spring bonuses again this year, say experts

  Jan 27 2012 Legal industry experts predict that large law firms will again award spring bonuses in 2012, following on from a trend begun in 2011, but that spring bonuses are... more

• Actos Lawyer

  Jan 27 2012 Actos drugs became the most talk issue recently. This is also the reason why most people are becoming more aware of their health especially those who have taken Actos... more

• Private company acqires law firm for 19.3 million pounds

  Jan 26 2012 Publicly traded company Quindell Portfolio has announced a plan to purchase personal injury law firm Silverbeck Rymer, in what may be the first transaction of this... more

• Herbert Smith's bank borrowings reach £70.9m

  Jan 26 2012 Bank borrowings at Herbert Smith grew from £59.5m to £70.9m in 2010-11, bringing total debt back up to near 2008-09 levels, the firm’s LLP accounts have revealed.... more

• DLA Piper to vote on giving all partners equity status

  Jan 26 2012 DLA Piper is set to vote on a measure that would move all salaried partners to equity status. The firm currently has three classes of partner - junior salaried,... more

• London firm Wiggin adds non-lawyer CEO to partnership

  Jan 26 2012 London media boutique Wiggin has announced the addition of a non-lawyer CEO to its partnership, a move that is now permitted under the Legal Services Act. The firm’s... more

• Freshfields launches global financial investment practice group

  Jan 25 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a global financial investors group to handle private equity, infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth funds and alternative... more

• Bar Professional Training Course applications rise as pupillages fall

  Jan 25 2012 Applications for the Bar Professional Training Course in the UK have risen to over 3000, despite the number of pupillary places falling to just 446 first six... more

• Hogan Lovells litigator pulls out of the Megaupload litigation due to conflict

  Jan 25 2012 Hogan Lovells Robert Bennett has said that due to client conflict he is unable to defend the operators of file-sharing Web site Megaupload against charges that they... more

• DLA Piper relocates Asia-Pacific Employment head to Australia

  Jan 25 2012 DLA Piper has relocated the head of its employment practice in the Asia Pacific from Hong Kong to Sydney. Pattie Walsh will continue to lead the practice across Asia... more

• Herbert Smith enters negotiations with Australian firm Freehills

  Jan 23 2012 Herbert Smith has entered into merger talks with Australian firm Freehills, with a number of different options on the table including a full merger, a Swiss... more

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... more

• 31% of judicial posts in India's high courts remain vacant

  Jan 23 2012 New reports show that 31 per cent of the sanctioned posts in India's high courts remain vacant - a whopping 285 vacant posts at the end of 2011. According to the... more

• More male partners working part time, says survey

  Jan 23 2012 6.2 per cent of lawyers at big firms work part time, according to a new survey released by NALP. In 2011 98 per cent of large law firms allowed part-time schedules,... more

• Choosing an immigration Attorney

  Jan 23 2012 The US immigration is a complicated process. This has been the cause of many problems in the lives of foreigners. The law governing the immigration section is the... more

• Malik Law Associates

  Jan 23 2012 Providing free legal Aid to the needy, helpless and deserving people of the society. deals in all kinds of law suit and cases. more

• Jacoby & Myers challenges US law prohibiting non-lawyer ownership of law firms

  Jan 21 2012 Plaintiff firm Jacoby & Meyers has sued New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, claiming that state laws prohibiting nonlawyers from owning a stake in law firms are... more

• McGrigors and Pinsent Masons in merger talks

  Jan 21 2012 Scotland’s largest law firm by turnover, McGrigors, has confirmed that it is in merger talks with the London-based Pinsent Masons, with a deal to be put to the firms’... more

• Herbert Smith's Belfast office grows apace

  Jan 21 2012 Herbert Smith has hired 18 lawyers in its Belfast office, bringing the number of employees at the office to 56. The office was launched in April 2011 with the aim... more

• US firms McKenna Long and Luce Forward announce merger

  Jan 20 2012 McKenna Long & Aldridge and Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps have announced a merger, forming a combined firm under the McKenna banner, with a headcount of over 600... more