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• Law firm leaders say changes to the industry are here to stay

  May 21 2012 A new survey by consulting firm Altman Weil Inc shows that a growing number of law firm leaders believe that he changes wrought on the legal services industry by the... more

• Clifford Chance and DLA Piper lead $11.9bn sale of baby food business to Nestle

  Apr 26 2012 Clifford Chance and DLA Piper have taken leading roles on Pfizer's $11.9 billion cash sale of its baby food business to Nestle. Nestle is advised by US law firm... more

• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... more

• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• Australian lawyers head to Africa behind mining boom

  Feb 28 2012 Australian lawyers are following their clients into the mining boom to Africa, supporting over 230 Austrlaian mining companies with a physical presence on the... more

• Average profits rise at Scottish law firms

  Feb 20 2012 Profits at Scotland’s law firms are rising for the first time since the global finaincial crisis, with the average profit per equity partner across all sizes of firm... 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

• ABA considers allowing non-lawyers to have a stake in US law firms

  Oct 29 2011 Here is an interesting article in the NY Times that takes a look at developments around the world with respect to outside investment in law firms. Australia and... more

• Baker Donelson set to launch office in Texas

  Oct 25 2011 Tennessee-based law firm Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz is set to launch a new office in Texas after the acquisition of Houston firm Spain Chambers.... 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

• 'Tesco Law' begins in England and Wales

  Oct 06 2011 The much anticipated reform to the Legal Services Act has come into force in England and Wales, under which banks and supermarkets are now able to sell consumer legal... more

• UK and India to negotiate on access to Indian legal market

  Sep 28 2011 There appears to be some movement on the issue of access to the Indian legal market for foreign firms, with India’s Law Minister Salman Khurshid agreeing to work with... more

• Scottish law firms hover above minimum wage for trainees

  Sep 14 2011 An interesting article here about the pay in Scottish law firms. According to the article, leading corporate firm Dickson Minto is the most profitable firm in... more

• Australian firm Gadens boosts competition practice with G+T hire

  Aug 01 2011 Sydney firm Gadens has boosted its competition practice with the hire of special counsel, Merridy Woodroffe from Gilbert + Tobin. Woodroffe brings expertise in... more

• Without bank funding, UK sole practitioners are folding in numbers

  Jul 25 2011 The number of sole practitioner firms in the UK fell from 4,056 in March 2010 to just 3,692 one year later, says independent finance provider, Syscap. According to... more

• Cravath scores with hire of top competition regulator

  Jul 07 2011 The US governement’s top competition regulator Christine Varney is stepping down from her role at the Justice Department to become a partner at the New York law firm... more

• Korean legal services market set to open to foreign lawyers

  Jun 30 2011 The Korean-EU Free Trade Agreement has opened the way for European law firms the enter the Korean market from July. The agreement will see the Korean legal market... more

• Linlaters reshuffles leadership in competition practice

  Jun 30 2011 Linklaters has reshuffled the leadership of its competition practice. Michael Cutting has been appointed as global head of competition, taking over from Gerwin Van... more

• Scottish firm Morton Fraser launches 'league tables' of associate billing

  May 16 2011 Scottish law firm Morton Fraser has announced that it will do away with annual fee targets and adopt a policy that encourages competition between associates instead.... more

• Mayer Brown to pay spring bonuses to US associates

  Apr 18 2011 Mayer Brown has jumped on the spring bonus bandwagon with the announcement that it will pay US-based associates according to the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore.... more

• UK College of Law admits students with poor grades

  Mar 22 2011 The director of business development at the College of Law i the UK, Sarah Hutchinson, has said that 68.4 per cent of students earned a first or upper second class... more

• Head of leading Scottish firm predicts unprecedented consolidation in legal services market

  Mar 15 2011 The chief executive of Shepherd and Wedderburn, Patrick Andrews, say that he is amazed by the number of approaches that he has received from senior lawyers who are... more

• Comment: CCI says “All izz Well” with Pre payment Penalty

  Feb 15 2011 After nearly eighteen months from the date of notification of the substantive provisions of the Competition Act (Act) pertaining to anti competitive agreements and... more

• Luthra & Luthra supports International Moot Court Competition

  Feb 11 2011 Luthra and Luthra Law Offices has partnered with the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) as an “Official Law firm Partner” for the 3rd GNLU International Moot Court... more

• 4th NLSIR-Palkhivala Foundation Taxation Law Essay Competition- Submission

  Jan 31 2011 The National Law School of India Review, the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in association with the Nani Palkhivala... more

• Amarchand and Luthra kick-start the new year with accolades

  Jan 25 2011 Amarchand and Luthra have been on an award winning spree, beginning 2011 with Amarchand winning the Indian Business Law Journal’s 2010 Law firm of the year award and... more

• Mergers point to shift in legal services industry

  Jan 02 2011 Two recent mergers have highlighted changing currents in the legal services industry. Thomson Reuters' purchase of legal-process outsourcing firm Pangea3 and Axiom... more

• National Law School of India University to handle recruitment for Competition Commission

  Dec 30 2010 Competition Commission of India (CCI) has outsourced the recruitment job for 39 officer-level posts in law, economics and financial analysis to National Law School of... more

• DLF and National Stock Exchange: Competition Comission of India states abuse of power

  Dec 15 2010 The Director General (DG) in charge of investigations at the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that real estate company DLF Limited abused its dominant... more

• Large law firms in Australia feel the pinch

  Dec 09 2010 Large law firms in Australia have responded to increased foreign competition and deep cuts to profitability by cutting partner numbers and eliminating jobs, according... more

• NUJS in association with Max Planck Institute held workshop on Innovation, Creativity and IP Policy

  Dec 01 2010 National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata recently held a workshop with Max Planck Institute on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law. The... more

• IIT Bombay wins the 9th NLSIU Debate

  Nov 12 2010 The Ninth Edition of the National Law School of India (NLSIU) debate which took place between 6 November, 2010 and 10 November,2010 at the NLSIU campus in Bangalore... more

• Gide Loyrette & Nouel closes three offices in the Middle East

  Oct 28 2010 French firm Gide Loyrette & Nouel has announced that it will close its Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh offices, eliminating its presence in the Middle East region. The... more

• Clifford Chance appoints new leadership for global competition group

  Oct 22 2010 Clifford Chance has appointed new leadership of its global competition group, with Oliver Bretz to become managing partner of the global practice while Thomas Vinje... more

• No foreign lawyers in India, says Indian Law Ministry

  Sep 29 2010 The Indian Law Ministry has reported the Bar Council of India’s decision to bar foreign lawyers from the Indian legal services market. The decision is not final, and... more

• Lawyers protest deregulation of UK legal industry

  Sep 23 2010 A protest outside London’s High Court yesterday saw lawyers handing out cans of baked beans branded with the slogan “Legal services by supermarkets is as ridiculous as... more

• European GCs say the party is over

  Sep 20 2010 At a roundtable discussion at London's College of Law yesterday, general counsel from major corporations including Royal Dutch Shell, Nokia Corporation, and British... more

• Robust growth for fees in the heart of the recession: US Report

  Sep 09 2010 Among all the talk of increased competition and clients demanding more value from legal practitioners, a new report from CT TyMetrix and the Corporate Executive Board... more

• US firms sweeten the deal for start-ups

  Sep 09 2010 Faced with a fiercely competitive market for legal services, a number of large firms dealing with start-up clients are finding ways to make their services more... more

• More competition means greater access to justice in the UK

  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... more

• Online reputation management - the way of the future?

  Aug 25 2010 A group of panelists at the ABA’s 2010 Annual Meeting in San Francisco have predicted that websites that allow clients and peers to rate legal services will become... more

• Fourth annual legislative analysis completion open to Indian students

  Aug 18 2010 The PRS Legislative Research initiative is having its fourth annual legislative analysis completion “ANALYSIS 2010”. This year the competition which is open to law and... 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

• Cyprus Law Firm Anastasios Antoniou LLC files an official complaint against the Republic of Cyprus for illegal State aid to wholly State-owned airline

  Mar 04 2010 Anastasios Antoniou LLC, the Cyprus law firm, have filed an official complaint with the European Commission on behalf of a client, regarding the share capital... more

• Block on Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Juice bid sparks fears over Chinese M&A

  Mar 19 2009 Beijing's decision to block Coca-Cola's $2.4bn takeover of China's leading juice maker Huiyuan Juice has caused a wave of domestic support. In a poll by a Chinese... more

• Salans taps McDermott for City competition launch

  Jun 13 2008 Salans has launched a UK competition practice with the hire of antitrust partner Ian Rose from the London office of McDermott Will & Emery. Rose has a practice... more

• Microsoft Fined A Record $1.39 Billion By EU

  Mar 01 2008 European Union regulators fined Microsoft Corp. a record 899 million euros ($1.35 billion) for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order to stop overcharging for... more

• Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance bag top EC lawyers

  Jan 16 2008 Mayer Brown has bagged a senior official from the European Commission's competition arm, the second firm to tap the Commission in the space of a week. Andres Font... more

• CFI upholds Microsoft fine

  Sep 18 2007 The European Union’s Court of First Instance (CFI) has backed Microsoft’s record €497m fine from 2004 in a landmark antitrust decision that is a boon to Europe’s... more