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Legal Industry Grows By 8% In July, UK Gov't Stats Show
The U.K. legal industry posted its second-highest monthly revenue in 2024 as growth in the sector outpaces other professional services industries and the wider economy, new government statistics showed on Wednesday.
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Norton Rose Adds Litigator, Crisis Manager From Blank Rome
A former Blank Rome litigator whose eclectic resume includes crisis management and working as an agent for professional athletes has jumped to the New York office of Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner.
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Dentons Adds 2 Corp. Pros In Dublin From US Rivals
Dentons has recruited two new corporate partners to its Dublin office from U.S. rivals as it looks to expand its mergers and acquisitions practice in the Irish market and capitalize on its global footprint.
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Jones Day Litigators Jump To Holland & Knight In Mexico City
Holland & Knight LLP has hired two lawyers from Jones Day for its Mexico City office, where they will handle a sharp increase in litigation and arbitration cases in the country.
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Ex-Simpson Millar Pro Can't Use Privilege Docs In Ouster Spat
Documents detailing failed settlement negotiations between a former director at Simpson Millar LLP and the firm are inadmissible in the solicitor's claim that he was unduly coerced in the lead-up to his dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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Latham Hires Senior Tax Pro From Travers Smith In London
Latham & Watkins LLP said on Wednesday that it has recruited a former head of tax at Travers Smith LLP for its office in London, a blow for the U.K. law firm, which has been hit by the departure of a series of partners.
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SEC Files New Insider Case Tied To Stolen Covington Info
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday brought a new insider trading case tied to the theft of confidential merger information from a Covington & Burling LLP lawyer, suing the cousin of a former FBI trainee who was sentenced to prison for filching the Merck & Co. deal info at the heart of the case and then tipping off others.
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King & Spalding Expands In Texas With V&E, Skadden Attys
King & Spalding LLP has strengthened two of its Lone Star State offices with the addition of a veteran litigator from Vinson & Elkins LLP and a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP attorney who specializes in energy transactions, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Simpson Thacher Names Bi-Coastal Fund Finance Leaders
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped into both its East and West Coast offices to name the new leaders for its fund finance practice, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO's Ch. 11 Case Nixed As 'Bad Faith'
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP convinced a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to throw out the Chapter 11 filing of its former chief financial officer, who is behind bars for stealing over $1 million from the firm, with the judge finding Tuesday that the petition was brought in "bad faith" to stall related state litigation.
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Cybersecurity Pro Jumps From Hogan Lovells To Goodwin
A former partner from Hogan Lovells's privacy and cybersecurity practice has joined Goodwin Procter LLP's data, privacy and cybersecurity group as a partner in New York City, the firm said Tuesday.
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Womble Bond Eyes Growth, Not Layoffs, With New Tie-Up
The merger between Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is not about cutting costs because of mounting competition, the international law firm's U.S. boss told Law360 on Tuesday. It's about growth in the U.S., the U.K. — and beyond.
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V&E Launches New Dublin Office In Aviation Finance Push
Vinson & Elkins LLP has launched a new office in Ireland to provide New York and English law advice to clients on aviation leasing and financing matters.
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Meet The Lawyers Tapped To Defend In Glencore Bribery Case
Six former Glencore employees, including the commodity giant's billionaire former head of oil, who have been charged with bribery by the Serious Fraud Office, have tapped an all-star list of the U.K.'s most experienced trial solicitors and barristers with a track record of prevailing against the white-collar agency.
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McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Prosecutor, Former Fintech GC In SF
McGuireWoods LLP continues to bolster its West Coast presence, announcing Tuesday that it has added a former federal prosecutor and the former general counsel for a fintech company as partners at its San Francisco office.
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Holland & Knight Grows In DC With Ex-IDB Invest Counsel
A former lead counsel with development bank IDB Invest has joined Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C., boosting the firm's financial services team and its Latin American practice.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Baker Donelson Health Pro In Houston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has continued expanding a Houston shop that opened months ago by bringing on a healthcare attorney from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC whose wide-ranging practice has included representing hospitals and other providers on cybersecurity and related issues.
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Troutman Pepper Adds Duane Morris Private Equity Co-Leader
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired Duane Morris LLP's former global private equity co-head to lead the firm's New York efforts in the practice area.
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The Medical-Style Legal Education Model On The Rise In Calif.
A medical-school style model of legal education is expanding to a second California law school, giving law students the option of a year of hands-on training experience and a head start for post-graduation employment while providing much-needed support for nonprofits and government agencies.
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Lewis Brisbois Lands 9 Litigators From Pillinger Miller
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has added more litigation muscle with a nine-attorney pickup from Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, expanding the larger firm's head count in locations including New Jersey and New York.
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Quinn Emanuel Expands London Footprint
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP said Tuesday it has signed lease extensions and is expanding its base in London as it commits to getting its staff to work in the office.
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Kennedys Opens New Offices In LA, Seattle Amid US Growth
Kennedys Law LLP said Tuesday it has opened new offices in Los Angeles and Seattle as the firm looks to build on its accelerating U.S. growth.
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Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech
U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.
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Womble Bond Dickinson To Merge With Lewis Roca
Womble Bond Dickinson said Tuesday that its U.S. business is merging with regional law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP at the start of the new year, the third law firm merger to be announced in the last week.
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Cooley Hires Team For Emerging Companies And VC Practice
Cooley LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited the head of Taylor Wessing LLP's emerging companies and venture capital practice, one of three partner hires as it seeks to boost its transactional ability in London, part of a broader plan for growth in the English capital.