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• Shearman & Sterling senior partner shifts to GC role at Citigroup

  Apr 06 2012 The senior partner at Shearman & Sterling, Rohan Weerasinghe, has announced that he is leaving the firm to take up a role as the general counsel at Citigroup.... more

• Indian law firms start taking professional indemnity insurance

  Mar 23 2012 There are no recorded cases of a former client suing his or her lawyer in India, but larger law firms across the country have started taking malpractice insurance... more

• Law Society of Botswana bars 39 firms from practice

  Feb 22 2012 The Law Society of Botswana has barred 39 law firms from practising because they do not have current practicing certificates. Among the prominent firms in the list are... more

• US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform looks closely at Australian litigation funding industry

  Feb 13 2012 A new report sponsored by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform has taken a look at the six-year-old litigation funding industry in Australia, focusing on the... 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

• 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

• Pillsbury associate leaves to become general counsel in Chinese security firm

  Dec 28 2011 A senior associate in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Washington DC office has been hired as the general counsel at client company China Security & Surveillance... more

• 20 lawyers shift from Willkie Farr to longtime client

  Nov 01 2011 A group of up to 20 lawyers is set to depart from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to move in house at one of the firm’s biggest clients - Bloomberg L.P. The group is led by... more

• News Corp parts with Farrer & Co and takes up with Olswang for Hacking suits

  Oct 18 2011 The Guardian reports that News Corporation has parted ways with Farrer & Co – the law firm that defended the company in lawsuits initiated by more than 60 victims of... more

• Linklaters reportedly pays £13m to settle professional negligence case

  Oct 04 2011 According to reports, Linklaters has paid up £13 million to settle a professional negligence claim brought against it by former client Levicom. Levicom claimed... more

• Private equity firm hires Weil Gotshal & Manges partner as MD and CLO

  Sep 09 2011 The co-head of the private equity practice group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges - James Westra - is leaving the law firm to become Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer... more

• UK firm Kennedy's is cleared of wrongdoing in case of alleged partner fraud

  Aug 08 2011 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has cleared UK firm Kennedys of wrongdoing in the scandal involving a Kennedys senior partner and the alleged theft of £1 million... more

• Paul Weiss raids O'Melveny for seven partners in NY

  May 11 2011 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has announced the hire of six to seven transactional partners from the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers. The team of partners... more

• Lawyers, Are You Getting Things Done Or Making Things Happen

  Apr 28 2011 Lawyers and law firms need to put legal marketing systems in place if they want to build their book of business and grow their practice. Read the full story;... more

• Taking the shears to equity partnerships in 2011

  Jan 19 2011 2011 will be another slow year for law firms, according to the 2011 Client Advisory released by consultants at Hildebrandt Baker Robbins and the Citi Private Bank... more

• Client Conflict Snags Akerman-WolfBlock Merger

  Aug 08 2008 An undisclosed client conflict is delaying the merger of two US firms: the Mid-Atlantic's WolfBlock to Florida's Akerman Senterfitt. The firms, which combined would... more

• Lawyer and Client Sanctioned Over Client's Conduct, Use of 'F Word' During Deposition

  Mar 05 2008 A federal judge has levied sanctions of more than $29,000 on a lawyer and his client after finding that a deposition was a "spectacular failure" because of the... more

• EU Court: Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Apply To Communications Between Companies and In-House Counsel

  Sep 23 2007 Highlighting the differences between American law practice and international law practice, the second-highest court in the European Union ruled today that... more