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• DAC Beachcroft allies with Canadian firm with a view to merging

  May 18 2012 DAC Beachcroft has entered into a formal association with Canadian firm McCague Borlack, with a long-term plan to fully merge the two firms. Initially, the deal... more

• UK firm Weightmans posts 33% revenue increase

  May 10 2012 UK law firm Weightmans has posted revenues of £77.1 million in the 2011-12 financial year, an increase of nearly 33% that may see the firm enter the top 50 UK law... more

• Indian firm KS Partners expands with new hires and Bangalore launch

  May 03 2012 Indian firm KS Partners has expanded its insurance practice with the hire of two partners from Tuli & Co. Mrinal Ojha and Trinath Tadakamalla joined the Delhi office... more

• Three lawyers leave Seattle firm Stafford Frey Cooper to launch defense boutique

  Apr 15 2012 Three leading lawyers from Seattle law firm Stafford Frey Cooper have announced that they will be leaving to set up their own boutique defense firm. Attorneys Ted... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf loses six more partners

  Apr 06 2012 New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has seen six more partners and one of counsel resign this week, bringing the number of partner departures this year to 46, out of the... more

• Khaitan, Anderson Mori, and Amarchand lead largest ever Indian mutual fund investment

  Apr 04 2012 Khaitan & Co and Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have led a deal for the largest ever Indian mutual fund investment, with Asian private insurance leader... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf shakes up management team in response to stream of departures

  Mar 28 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf is changing its leadership strategy, with a plan to appoint London partner Stephen Horvath to a new role of executive partner. The plan proposes... more

• Berrymans Lace Mawer elects new senior partner

  Mar 26 2012 Berrymans Lace Mawer has elected Mike Brown to the role of senior partner, taking over from Terry Renouf, who will return to fee-earning in the London insurance... 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

• 12 partners depart troubled NY firm Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Mar 19 2012 Twelve insurance law partners from Dewey & LeBoeuf resigned on Friday of last week. The group is headed to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, bringing the total number of... more

• UK firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain boosts SIngapore office with relocation

  Mar 09 2012 UK insurance specialist firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has boosted its Singapore office by relocating legal director Jeremy Hewitt from London. Mark Errington,... more

• Law firms boost insurance in the face of increasing malpractice suits

  Feb 08 2012 Law firms are bulking up on insurance to protect themselves from litigation by former clients. Insurance and legal experts say that the recent increase in the number... more

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

  Feb 06 2012 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

• London firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper cancel trainee programs

  Oct 25 2011 London merger partners Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper have announced that they will not conduct a trainee recruitment program this year. The two insurance law... more

• British Justice Minister investigated for conflict of interest

  Oct 17 2011 Deep cuts to the British Legal Aid budget have attracted significant controversy, and now more fuel has been added to the fire with accusations that British Justice... more

• Bristol firm Burges Salmon boosts litigation practice with Clifford Chance hire

  Jul 20 2011 Bristol-based firm Burges Salmon has boosted its litigation practice with the hire of former Clifford Chance partner Kari McCormick, who specializes in insurance work.... more

• Osborne Clarke boosts German office with hire from Geyr Hintz

  Jul 13 2011 Osborne Clarke has boosted its German office with the hire of insurance partner Bettina Plaßmann-Robertz from Geyr Hintz & Partners. Plaßmann-Robertz will work... more

• UK insurance firms negotiate for a merger

  Jun 24 2011 UK insurance law firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper are in the midst of negotiations over a possible merger which, if completed, would create an insurance law... more

• Barlow Lyde & Gilbert under pressure

  Jun 07 2011 More reports have emerged to shed light on the merger negotiations between Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and insurance rival Clyde & Co. TheLawyer.com has reported an... more

• Greenwoods hires insurance team from Clarke Wilmott

  Mar 30 2011 Disputes firm Greenwoods has hired the entire Southampton insurance team from Clarke Willmott in a move that will launch Greenwoods in a new Southampton office. The... more

• Kennedys merges with Portuguese alliance partner

  Mar 02 2011 Kennedys has announced the completion of a merger agreement with its Portugal-based associate office Almeida & Athayde to launch Kennedys Portugal. Senior partner... more

• Attorney Andrew Weinstein A Featured Speaker For The Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center Tort Law Society

  Feb 23 2011 Coral Springs, FL. – Attorney Andrew Weinstein, managing partner and founder of the Weinstein Law Firm, recently spoke as a guest lecturer for the Nova Southeastern... more

• Debevoise hires former NY state insurance superintendent

  Dec 07 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has hired former New York State insurance superintendent Eric R. Dinallo, who joins the firm’s partnership fresh from a run for New York attorney... more

• UK firm Kennedys opens its doors in Miami

  Sep 24 2010 UK firm Kennedys continues its international expansion with the imminent launch of an office Miami. The Miami office will cater to Latin American and Caribbean... more

• Mexican firm opens its doors in London

  Sep 10 2010 Jauregui Navarrete & Nader has opened its doors in London, making it the first Mexican firm to launch in the British capital. The small branch will provide Mexican... more

• Arent Fox to launch NY insurance/reinsurance practice

  Jul 05 2010 Washington-based firm Arent Fox is set to launch a new insurance and reinsurance unit in New York. The move is designed to make up for lower revenue as corporate... more

• Clydes boosts US insurance practice with two lateral hires

  May 25 2010 Clyde & Co has boosted its US insurance practice with two new lateral hires in its San Francisco and New York offices. Peter Whalen joins the firm’s San Francisco... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• AIG asks ex-Lehman lawyer Thomas Russo to be next general counsel

  Jan 12 2010 US insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG) has asked Thomas A. Russo, former legal affairs chief at Lehman Brothers, to be its next general counsel,... more

• Insurance Rules for DWI Cases

  Jun 02 2009 Insurance Rules verses DWI in DUI Cases more

• Effect of Social Networking on your Injury Claim

  May 04 2009 If you are injured and seeking compensation then you have to aware of various issues involved in the compensation claim process. There are several instances where... more

• Insurance to Even Provide Cover Against Global Crisis

  Apr 03 2009 CAPE TOWN - The global economic crisis makes it even more imperative that investors ascertain the economic and legal conditions in foreign countries. ‘‘When one has... more

• London leaders: credit crisis loss estimates “intuitively low”

  Apr 03 2009 Existing estimates of the global (re)insured losses arising from sub-prime, credit crisis, liquidity and fraud-related litigation are “intuitively low”, according to... more

• AIG being investigated by US State authorities for insurance rates

  Mar 31 2009 Insurer AIG is being investigated by the state authorities of 50 US states based on questions whether the firm violated laws governing workers' compensation insurance.... more

• Lloyd's predicts more litigation following financial crisis

  Mar 25 2009 As if you could not have guessed, Lloyd's of London noted recently in its annual report that a specific risk exists for increased litigation against financial services... more

• Damage Limitation

  Oct 21 2008 We are seeing uncertain times. in the past few weeks, a major bank has disappeared and other have merged, while giant insurance group AIG almost fell. So, what to do... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell, Davis Polk win roles on $37.8bn AIG deal

  Oct 10 2008 Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have secured roles on US insurance giant AIG’s additional $37.8bn funding. more

• Insurance Law Update - Summer 2008

  Aug 21 2008 Recent legal decisions and developments that are likely to be of interest to those in the insurance industry. (PDF)... more

• Taylor Wessing hire Clydes' insurance partner Anthony Menzies

  Aug 18 2008 Taylor Wessing has hired Clyde & Co insurance litigation partner Anthony Menzies in a bid to become a bigger player in the insurance field. more

• Seminar examines technical and legal issues of machinery breakdown

  Jul 31 2008 The final session focuses on the final resort – failure redress via litigation, resolution and insurance coverage – with guidance from solicitors Ian Teare, an... more

• Wisdom of the Pirates’ Code

  Jul 31 2008 SWANSEA’S Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law had a packed turnout for its event at Lloyd’s on the proposed reforms to the Marine Insurance Act, which... more

• Skadden, Debevoise Advising on $6.2 Billion Insurance Merger

  Apr 28 2008 Boston-based insurance monolith Liberty Mutual, one of the top property and casualty insurers in the U.S., has tapped Debevoise & Plimpton's M&A partners Gregory... more