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March 28, 2024
4 Questions For Bristows' Commercial IP Experts
Bristows LLP intellectual property leaders Matthew Warren and Robert Burrows have seen much change in their decades of advising clients, but they say the pace has “increased significantly” in recent years. Here, they talk to Law360 about artificial intelligence, the latest developments in FRAND disputes and other trends in IP litigation.
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March 28, 2024
Freshfields To Require Attorneys Work 4 Days In US Offices
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP will soon be mandating that all of its U.S. attorneys work from the office at least four days a week, a source with knowledge on the matter confirmed Thursday.
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March 28, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen investors target fraudsters who ran a fake film tax scheme, Barclays Bank sue privately owned Russian bank PJSC Sovcombank, easyGroup bring a trademark infringement claim against online casino TGI Entertainment for its "easybet" word sign, and a bioethanol fuel company hit high-profile individuals connected to the collapsed Elysian Fuels scheme. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 28, 2024
Lewis Silkin Promotes 9 To Partner In Record Round
Lewis Silkin LLP said on Thursday that it has promoted nine lawyers to its partnership, the highest number the law firm has elevated in a single promotional round.
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March 28, 2024
UK To Nullify NDAs That Stop People Reporting Crimes
Non-disclosure agreements that prevent victims from reporting potential crimes are to become unenforceable, the government said Thursday as it announced plans to "clarify" the law governing the controversial contracts.
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March 27, 2024
Linklaters' Flexible Lawyering Arm Is A Win With Clients
As Linklaters LLP's contract lawyer arm approaches its fifth anniversary, the firm has seen its work growing by nearly a third over the last year as its cheaper flexible staffing model proves popular with clients.
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March 27, 2024
Wedlake Bell Can't Get Early Exit From Trust Negligence Case
A London court dismissed a law firm's attempt to escape a damages claim for its admitted negligent management of a trust, finding Wednesday that the law is "in a state of development" about the scope of a solicitor's duty in that situation.
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March 27, 2024
Property Developers Slash Legal Negligence Claim By £9M
Two property developers have cut their claim accusing their solicitors of negligence in a residential development from £15 million ($19 million) to £6 million, representing unpaid loans that they are now on the hook for.
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March 27, 2024
Lawyer Group Ends Challenge Over Fixed Recoverable Costs
A legal trade body has ended court proceedings against the U.K. government after it agreed to make changes to a new regime to extend fixed recoverable costs in personal injury cases.
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March 27, 2024
Harbottle & Lewis Appoints First Woman Senior Partner
Harbottle & Lewis said Wednesday it has appointed its head of family law as a new senior partner, marking the first time the firm has elected a woman to the role.
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March 27, 2024
Linklaters Hits Diversity Goals With Pared Back Partner Class
Linklaters LLP has hit its diversity targets with the elections of 27 lawyers to its partnership, despite elevating a third fewer lawyers than it did in 2023.
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March 27, 2024
Fieldfisher Adds 10 Lawyers To Partnership, TLT Promotes 5
Fieldfisher LLP said on Wednesday that it has promoted 10 lawyers from its business to the partnership, while TLT LLP said it has elevated five in the latest round of its partner promotions.
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March 27, 2024
Ex-Deloitte Lawyer Cleared Of Sexual Misconduct Claims
A former Deloitte solicitor was cleared by a disciplinary tribunal on Wednesday of charges that he violated professional standards and committed sexual misconduct by allegedly deliberately kissing a junior colleague on the lips at a work event.
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March 27, 2024
SFO Loses Bid To Delay £1B Damages Trial Over ENRC Leaks
A judge refused to grant the Serious Fraud Office permission on Wednesday to challenge his findings that its officers encouraged a former Dechert LLP partner to divulge confidential information about ENRC.
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March 27, 2024
Fenchurch Law Transfers Ownership To Employees
Fenchurch Law said on Wednesday that it has transferred 60% of its shares to a trust owned on behalf of its employees as the firm prepares to open its first overseas office in Singapore amid a change in leadership.
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March 27, 2024
CMS Joins List Of Firms Using Harvey Legal AI Tool
CMS said Wednesday it has inked a deal with Counsel AI Corp. to use legal artificial intelligence software Harvey, joining a flurry of firms who have adopted the tech in a bid to boost lawyers' productivity.
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March 26, 2024
UAE Fund Must Pay £7M As Judge Tosses Azima Fraud Ruling
A London judge has ordered a sovereign wealth fund to make an initial £7.6 million ($9.6 million) payment to Farhad Azima, ending a lengthy feud involving allegations the fund fraudulently obtained a $4 million judgment against the aviation tycoon with help from a lawyer at Dechert LLP.
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March 26, 2024
Lawyer Can't Charge For Executor Fees, Appeals Court Finds
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed Shepherd & Co. Solicitors' argument that one of its partners should be paid for his work as the executor of an estate despite the absence of a charging clause in the will, because an inactive executor had not provided written consent to him being paid.
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March 26, 2024
Judicial Conduct Watchdog Sanctions Recorder Over Tweets
A senior barrister who sits as a recorder has been sanctioned for posting inappropriate and offensive messages on social media, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Deloitte Lawyer Denies Deliberately Kissing Junior Worker
A solicitor on Tuesday denied deliberately kissing a junior colleague at a work event while he was employed at Deloitte, while admitting asking for her number and a hug but saying that the kiss on the lips was "inadvertent."
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April 02, 2024
Marks & Clerk Hires IP Pro From Wynne-Jones In Birmingham
Marks & Clerk LLP has recruited a partner to its Birmingham office for his second stint at the firm as it looks to cement a place among the top specialist intellectual property outfits globally.
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March 26, 2024
PACCAR Reforms Pushed Through At Consumers' Expense
Draft legislation aimed at reversing a Supreme Court ruling that upended the financing of class actions has been well-received by litigation-funders, but critics say the government has steamed ahead at the expense of consumers.
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March 26, 2024
Ex-Dentons Saudi Chief Sues For $2.6M Of Withheld Pay
Dentons' former Saudi Arabia managing partner is suing the firm for more than $2.6 million in a London court, alleging that it deprived him of pay after dismissing him for no good reason.
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March 26, 2024
Womble Bond Taps Houston Leader For Firm's Global Board
Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Jeff Whittle, managing partner of the firm's Houston office, to a two-year term on the firm's global board, which is responsible for ensuring that the firm's U.S. and U.K. operations work smoothly together.
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March 26, 2024
Barrister Who Bought Drugs From Clients Can't Cut Sentence
A barrister convicted of buying crystal meth from his drug dealer clients lost an appeal against his prison term on Tuesday as an appeals court ruled that "no other sentence could possibly be justified."