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• Litigation Consulting outside the US

  Today Litigation Consultants (also called Trial Consultants or Jury Consultants, depending on who is talking) are hired with increasing frequency for civil litigation in the... more

• Exodus of Dewey partners includes half of the firm's leadership team

  May 10 2012 Winston & Strawn has scooped up 24 litigation partners from ailing law firm Dewey & LeBouef, taking on a group of around 60 lawyers in total. Among the transferring... more

• Dewey continues to lose talent

  May 04 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf continues to hemorrhage its lawyer base, with the Moscow team jumping ship to open a Russia base for Morgan Lewis & Bockius, while London banking and... more

• Stephenson Harwood promotes three to partnership

  May 03 2012 London firm Stephenson Harwood has promoted three associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round, down from four last year. Promotions went to... more

• BLP promotes 11 in annual promotions round

  Apr 23 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has promoted 11 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round - a slight decrease on the 13 promotions made last year. Managing... more

• US SEC hires Matthew Solomon as deputy chief litigation counsel

  Apr 23 2012 The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Matthew Solomon as the deputy chief litigation counsel of its enforcement division. The role will see Solomon... more

• Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg hires two top lawyers from Hunton & Williams

  Apr 18 2012 Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg has hired leading litigation lawyers Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess of Hunton & Williams along with a number of associates.   “We are... more

• Litigation funding firm BlackRobe hires Simpson Thacher lawyer as MD

  Apr 18 2012 New York-based private investment firm BlackRobe Capital Partners has hired former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyer Michael Chepiga to become its managing director.... more

• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• NY firm Kelley Drye & Warren agrees to end compulsory de-equitization at 70

  Apr 13 2012 New York law firm Kelley Drye & Warren has agreed to end its policy of requiring partners to relinquish their equity in the firm at the age of 70. The firm made... more

• Alcoa Inc hires senior litigation partner from Fried Frank

  Apr 12 2012 Pittsburgh-based aluminum company Alcoa Inc has hired Audrey Strauss, a senior litigation partner at Fried Frank, as its chief legal officer, chief compliance officer... more

• More partners walk away from Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Apr 11 2012 US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has not yet managed to stem the flow of departing partners, with another two announcing their intention to leave the firm’s London office.... more

• Court orders lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler to reduce fees

  Apr 06 2012 A US court has ruled that that lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler overcharged for legal work, inflating their charges with overstaffing and redundant... more

• Survey shows in-house counsel getting bigger piece of the pie

  Apr 04 2012 The Association of Corporate Counsel has conducted a survey that charts the growth of in-house-legal departments and the reduction in law firm-litigation spending over... more

• Head of bank litigation practice at Hogan Lovells to launch litigation boutique

  Mar 21 2012 Hogan Lovells is losing the leader of its bank dispute resolution practice, Graham Huntley, who is leaving the firm to launch a litigation boutique. Huntley is... more

• Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co takes on 2 new partners

  Mar 21 2012 Indian law firm M.V. Kini & Co has boosted capacity with two new hires - tax partner Shrikant Kamat will be joining the firm’s Mumbai office and corporate partner Ram... more

• UK firm Herbert Smith gets a slap for lackadaisical approach to litigation

  Mar 20 2012 UK firm Herbert Smith has received stern admonishment from a top judge for a ‘lackadaical’ approach to its disclosure obligations. The judge’s comments, which... more

• Nixon Peabody forms alliance with Chinese firm Hyland Law Firm

  Mar 15 2012 US firm Nixon Peabody has formed a strategic alliance with the Beijing-based Hylands Law Firm. The alliance affords Nixon Peabody a significant anchor in China, with... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• US firm Quinn Emmanuel set to follow ambitious expansion strategy

  Mar 09 2012 US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has released the details of an ambitious new expansion strategy. The firm wishes to add to its existing German... more

• Juris Corp boosts Delhi dispute resolution practice with FoxMandal hire

  Mar 06 2012 Juris Corp has boosted its dispute resolution practice in Delhi with the hire of former FoxMandal Partner Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra. The new hire brings the total number... more

• Small claims to be mediated by telephone in England and Wales

  Mar 01 2012 The Ministry of Justice has concluded a public consultation process with an announcement of plans to introduce telephone mediation sessions in England and Wales. The... 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

• 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

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

  Feb 03 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

• Vodafone Tax case restores investor confidence in India

  Jan 29 2012 Experts say that the landmark Vodafone tax case in the Supreme Court of India has boosted India’s image and reinforced standards of fairness and impartiality in 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

• 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

• Washington Promotions show focus in Litigation and International Law

  Jan 18 2012 The latest round of law firm promotions in Washington reveal that the region’s largest firms are focusing on litigation — particularly intellectual property — and... more

• DLA Piper and Dechert settle dispute over lateral hire

  Jan 18 2012 A long running dispute between DLA Piper and Dechert over Dechert’s hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has been settled after going through arbitration... more

• Dubai International Financial Centre Courts open for business

  Jan 13 2012 The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts have ruled upon the first case to involve litigants outside of the Centre – opening the way for other international... more

• Third-party litigation funding changes the game in the UK

  Dec 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in The Guardian about third party funding of litigation, where a disinterested third party takes on the financial risk of another's... more

• Kodak switches advisors in struggle to avoid bankruptcy

  Dec 06 2011 Photography company Kodak has switched legal advisors in the middle of its struggle to avoid bankruptcy, trading in Jones Day’s restructuring practice in favour... more

• New Chair at O'Melveny & Myers says things are looking up

  Dec 05 2011 O'Melveny & Myers is set to gain new leadership with the appointment of Bradley Butwin as chairman. Butwin is looking on the bright side, portraying the departure of... more

• US Justice Department boosts antitrust litigation team

  Nov 26 2011 The Justice Department has hired star litigator Glenn Pomerantz to bolster its trial team for the antitrust case against AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA.... more

• Herbert Smith appoints new head of Asia dispute resolution practice

  Nov 24 2011 Herbert Smith has appointed litigation specialist Gavin Lewis as the new head of their Asia dispute resolution practice. Lewis takes over from Mark Johnson, who has... more

• Kasowitz expands IP practice with Silicon Valley launch

  Nov 23 2011 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has expanded its intellectual property practice with the launch of an office in Silicon Valley. The office will be led by... more

• UK lawyers push to do away with training contracts

  Nov 23 2011 As US law firms grapple with the question of how to train lawyers when companies refuse to be billed by inexperienced associates, the profession in the UK is... more

• Court orders that ‘Solicitors From Hell' website be taken down

  Nov 22 2011 The controversial website ‘Solicitors From Hell; has been removed from the internet after a court ordered that the site administrator take it down. The decision... more

• ‘Perjury is rampant’: Ram Jethmalani on Indian courts and the art of cross-examination

  Nov 18 2011 Legally India has posted an interview with senior counsel and BJP parliamentarian Ram Jethmalani, addressing the art of cross-examination, Adam & Eve and why political... more

• Hogan Lovells boosts San Francisco IP practice with Squires hire

  Nov 17 2011 Hogan Lovells has boosted its intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices with the hire of a partner from Squire Sanders & Dempsey in San... more

• Jenner & Block boosts L.A. practice with 6 lateral hires from Hogan Lovells

  Nov 16 2011 Jenner & Block has given a significant boost to its Los Angeles office and media and entertainment practice with the hire of six partners from Hogan Lovells. The... more

• China's legal profession grows to 200,000 lawyers

  Nov 07 2011 Interesting short article here about the legal profession in China. According to this report in China Daily, the number of licensed lawyers in China has reached... more

• Why Quinn Emanuel steers clear of Hong Kong

  Nov 04 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Asian Lawyer about why Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opted not to open an office in... more

• Singapore firm RHT boosts disputes practice with lateral hires

  Nov 02 2011 Taylor Wessing’s Singapore alliance firm RHT has boosted its litigation and dispute resolution practices with the hire of two partners from rival Singaporean firms.... more

• Blank Rome boosts maritime practice with Eversheds hire

  Oct 27 2011 Blank Rome has boosted its maritime practice with the hire of former Eversheds and DLA Piper partner Ronald Sum in its Hong Kong office. Sum brings over 15 years... more

• WilmerHale hires star Antitrust lawyer Molly Boast

  Oct 21 2011 WilmerHale has boosted its New York antitrust and competition practice with the hire of Molly Boast, the former deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice... more

• Two more senior departures from Ashurst

  Oct 12 2011 Ashurst will see two more senior departures from its litigation practice, with litigation chief Michael Madden leaving the firm and partner Wil Thorburn set to join JP... more

• Where do the graduates go? Indian survey shows recruitment pattern

  Oct 12 2011 Bar & Bench has conducted a survey to determine the recruitment patter for 371 law school graduates from leading law schools in India; NLSIU, Bangalore; NALSAR,... more

• Quinn Emanuel boosts IP practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Oct 10 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has boosted its intellectual property practice with the hire of high-profile partner Andrew Schapiro of Mayer Brown.... more

• New players in the litigation funding game

  Oct 05 2011 There is growth in the “alternative litigation funding” market this year, and while some firms remain wary of litigation funding arrangements, others welcome their... 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

• Baker Donelson boosts Mississipi Litigation practice with new hire

  Oct 03 2011 Memphis-based Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz has boosted its litigation and pro bono practices with the hire of La'Verne Edney from a role as general... more

• DLA Piper boosts London financial litigation practice with 3 hires from LG

  Sep 30 2011 DLA Piper boosted its London financial litigation practice with the hire of three from Lawrence Graham - Jeremy Andrews, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry and James Curle.... more

• Lawyer found guilty of stealing £11,000 from UK firm Walker Morris

  Sep 19 2011 A litigation executive at UK firm Walker Morris has been found guilty of stealing £11,000 from the firm, but has avoided a prison sentence. Lynne Morley worked at... more

• Former Howrey head joins Winston & Strawn as an equity partner

  Sep 14 2011 Winston & Strawn has taken on former head of defunct firm Howrey, Robert Ruyak as an equity partner in the Washington DC office. Ruyak brings expertise in intellectual... more

• Herbert Smith's corporate partners face heat over revenues

  Sep 08 2011 The corporate department at Herbert Smith may face layoffs after its budget target by £20m last year. Some reports suggest the firm is preparing to axe 15 to 20... more

• Quinn Emanuel hires three partners to launch Washington DC office ... before signing a lease

  Sep 08 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has plans to open an office in Washington, DC, and has taken the step of hiring three partners from Alston & Bird in... more

• US firm Dykema boosts litigation department with lateral hires

  Aug 17 2011 US law firm Dykema has boosted its litigation department with the hire of John M. Thomas and Terri S. Reiskin to firm's Ann Arbor and Washington, D.C. offices... more

• Former Stroock partner sues firm for retirement benefits

  Aug 11 2011 A former litigation partner from US firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan is suing the firm for allegedly denying him retirement benefits to which he believes he is entitled.... more

• O'Melveny & Myers appoints Bradley Butwin as Chairman

  Jul 29 2011 O'Melveny & Myers has appointed New York-based litigation head Bradley Butwin as its new chair. Butwin was selected for the top job over two other candidates,... 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

• Kasowitz Benson to launch corporate real estate practice after Skadden hires

  Jun 24 2011 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman is set to launch a corporate real estate practice, after the hire two real estate partners from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &... more

• Norton Rose sees £47m increase in turnover in 2010-11

  Jun 16 2011 Norton Rose has announced its financial results for the 2010-22 financial year, posting revenues of £484m for its international operations. This figure represents a... more

• The third tier of US lawyers

  Jun 16 2011 There is interesting coverage in the Wall Street Journal on the creation of a ‘third tier’ of legal practitioners in the US: temp or contract attorneys that perform... more

• UK firms Martineau and Sprecher Grier negotiate for merger

  May 23 2011 Birmingham firm Martineau and London firm Sprecher Grier Halberstam have confirmed that they are in the advanced stages of merger talks. The tie-up, should it proceed,... more

• Hogan Lovells partner dismissed for claiming over £1m in false expenses

  May 19 2011 Hogan Lovells has dismissed litigation partner Christopher Grierson after revelations that he wrongly claimed more than £1m in expenses. The firm’s internal... more

• Cleary Gottlieb hires Clifford Chance's US litigation chief

  May 09 2011 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has scored a major coup with the hire of Clifford Chance US litigation chief Juan Morillo. Morillo leaves his position at Clifford... more

• Pan-Baltic firm Lawin hires 10-strong team from VARUL

  May 06 2011 Pan-Baltic firm Lawin has bolstered its litigation practice with the hire of ten-strong team from VARUL, led by partner Andrias Smaliukas. Lawin chairman and... more

• Kelley Drye & Warren is back in LA after linking up with local firm

  Apr 07 2011 New York-based firm Kelley Drye & Warren has re-established a presence in LA after the acquisition of 15-lawyer Los Angeles boutique White O'Connor Fink & Brenner.... more

• US firm Fish & Richardson appoints new litigation head

  Apr 04 2011 US firm Fish & Richardson has appointed IP litigator Ann Cathcart Chaplin as head of the firm's litigation practice. Chaplin takes over the role from outgoing... more

• Baker & Hostetler takes on 17 Howrey litigators

  Mar 30 2011 Baker & Hostetler has taken on 17 litigators from defunct firm Howrey. The team of lawyers is lead by Robert Abrams, the former cochair of Howrey's global litigation... 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

• Italian lawyers to strike over mandatory mediation in commercial cases

  Mar 15 2011 Lawyers in Italy are preparing to go on strike on Wednesday in protest over new laws requiring the parties to go to mediation in commercial cases. The strike has... more

• Gulf firm Al Tamimi promotes three to partnership

  Mar 03 2011 Gulf firm Al Tamimi has promoted three lawyers to the partnership. The honours go to Khaled Saqqaf, who heads the firms Jordan and Iraq offices, and to Qatar-based... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• What do you get for $5 mill? DLA Piper's newest recruit

  Mar 02 2011 Last month DLA Piper announced the hire of James Wareham, the former head of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's global litigation practice, who joined the firm with... more

• These days, arbitration doesn't seem so 'final'

  Feb 16 2011 The advantage of choosing to arbitrate rather than litigate are that former option is cheaper, faster, private and final. But how final is a decision made by an... more

• DLA Piper hires star litigator in Washington DC

  Feb 08 2011 DLA Piper has hired star Washington D.C. litigator Jamie Wareham from Paul Hastings. Wareham was formerly the global chair of litigation at Paul Hastings, and with his... more

• Things are looking up: demand for legal services increases in the US

  Jan 31 2011 Demand for legal services in the US increased in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the first time in more than two years, according to a report by Hildebrandt Baker... more

• New president for The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  Jan 28 2011 Doug Jones AM, partner at Australian firm Clayton Utz, has been elected as the president of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The Institute is a global... more

• Pro Bono in New York: are lawyers doing enough?

  Jan 17 2011 New York’s 161,000 registered lawyers are providing an estimated 2 million hours of free legal work each year, but there are still millions of people in the state for... more

• Lawyer sanctions in e-discovery cases are on the rise in the US

  Jan 17 2011 Electronic discovery held out a great promise: no more towering piles of document boxes, an end to the associate-level purgatory of document reviews, and an efficient... more

• Herbies to pay lawyers £10 in Belfast

  Jan 14 2011 Industry rumour has it that Herbert Smith's new Belfast outpost will pay its lawyers as little as £10 per hour, with paralegals earning a mere £7 an hour. The new... more

• Leading US litigator leaves Akin Gump to return to former firm

  Jan 02 2011 Star Supreme Court litigator Thomas Goldstein is set to leave Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and his role as head of the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice... more

• Orrick accused of wrecking Coudert Bros

  Dec 16 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has been accused of delivering the ‘fatal blow’ to rival law firm Coudert Brothers, five years after the latter firm announced its... more

• Susman Godfrey smashes Cravath bonus scale with 6-figure payments

  Dec 14 2010 The standard set by the Cravath Swaine & Moore end-of-year bonuses has been surpassed again, with Susman Godfrey - the 90 lawyer litigation boutique with offices in... more

• Sidley Austin Boosts NY litigation team with triple hire from Howrey

  Dec 14 2010 Sidley Austin has bolstered its New York litigation practice with the hire of the cochair of Howrey's litigation practice Gary Bendinger. Bendinger is followed by towo... more

• New York AG's lawyer crosses to Goldman Sachs

  Dec 08 2010 Goldman Sachs has boosted its litigation and regulatory proceedings capability with the hire of David Markowitz of the New York Attorney General’s office. Markowitz... more

• Quinn Emanuel hires Olswang litigation head

  Dec 03 2010 US litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has scored a coup with the hire of Martin Davies, the head of litigation at Olswang. This is the second... more

• Skadden boosts Palo Alto litigation practice with hire of solo practitioner

  Dec 01 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has secured the hire of Silicon Valley solo practitioner Allen Ruby. Ruby will bring his successful litigation practice to Skadden... more

• Entry Barriers to Litigation in India: Critical supplementary issues

  Dec 01 2010 Kartikeya Tanna has analysed the report by RFGI on the Entry Barriers to Litigation and given additional supplementary issues to the same. The Indian legal system,... more

• Committee to consider operation of foreign law firms in India

  Nov 25 2010 The Bar Council of India has put together a committee to examine the issue of whether foreign law firm should be permitted to operate in India. The committee will... more

• Herbert Smith to open Belfast base to handle disputes documents

  Nov 24 2010 Herbert Smith is set to launch a new office in Belfast to handle large volumes of documents from major litigations, arbitrations and regulatory investigations. The... more

• Kochhar recruits new head for South India litigation practice 

  Nov 23 2010 Pan India law firm, Kochhar & Co. has set its sights firmly on the future and in regard to that has roped in well known Senior Counsel, J. Sivanandaraaj (pictured) to... more

• Litigation funding on the up

  Nov 16 2010 The New York Times has reported that investors are looking to litigation for new investment opportunities. They fund a wide range of litigation, from medical... more

• RFGI’s Report on Entry Barriers to Litigation

  Oct 28 2010 The “Entry Barriers to Litigation” report is based on a survey and a series of interviews held in 2009 and 2010 by Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI).... more

• Edwards Angell hires Squires' London litigation head

  Oct 19 2010 Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has hired the London litigation head from Squire Sanders & Dempsey', Rod Cowper. With the addition of Cowper, there are now six... more

• UK defamation cases reach ten year high

  Oct 13 2010 The UK saw more defamation claims last year than in any year since 1998, according to London law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain. A total of 298 claims were issued... more