Pogust Goodhead revealed plans on Thursday to sue BHP and Vale in London for £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages, accusing the mining companies of interfering in litigation over the collapse of a dam in Brazil and pressuring claimants into settling.
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Pogust Goodhead To Sue BHP For £1.3B Over Dam Litigation

By Joanne Faulkner

Pogust Goodhead revealed plans on Thursday to sue BHP and Vale in London for £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages, accusing the mining companies of interfering in litigation over the collapse of a dam in Brazil and pressuring claimants into settling.

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CMS' Global Revenue Hits €2B Driven By Corporate Work

By Ashish Sareen

CMS said Thursday that its global revenue has exceeded €2 billion ($2.3 billion) for the first time as it recorded growth in major practices in its latest financial results.

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Shoosmiths Hikes NQ Pay To £105K Amid Pay Crunch Worries

By Ashish Sareen

Shoosmiths LLP said Thursday that it is increasing the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in London to £105,000 ($139,000) while acknowledging concerns that rising rates could leave less room for distinction between junior solicitors and their more senior colleagues.

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LAW FIRMS

Mayer Brown Hikes New Lawyers' Pay By 11% To £150K

By Ashish Sareen

Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that it is now paying newly qualified lawyers at its London office £150,000 ($198,000), putting it on a par with law firms in the Magic Circle.

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Brief

Chambers Offers Free Training After Legal Aid Cyberattack

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The Barrister Group chambers said Tuesday it has won regulatory approval to provide public access training that it will offer for free to barristers struggling to make ends meet after a cyber attack halted legal aid payouts.

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LITIGATION

Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs

By Adele Redmond

A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SRA Warns Law Firms Over Handling Of Motor Finance Claims

By Jamie Lennox

The solicitors' watchdog warned law firms Thursday that they must tell prospective clients about possible cost-free ways to pursue their motor finance commission claims before agreeing to act on a case for a fee.

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New Arbitration Act To Streamline UK Dispute Resolution

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

A suite of reforms to the U.K.'s arbitration laws aimed at attracting more business to the country's legal sector took effect Friday, as the government enacted the first updates to the almost 30-year-old law.

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PEOPLE

Linklaters Hires Paul Hastings' Former London Co-Chair

By Andrea Keckley

Linklaters LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former co-chair of Paul Hastings' London office to its corporate and structured lending practice.

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Equality Watchdog Gets New Chair Amid Trans Controversy

By Hanna Vioque

The government appointed a controversial new chair to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Thursday, despite accusations she had endorsed gender-critical views, as the commission fights a challenge to the legality of its guidance on toilet use for trans people.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Challenges Law Firms Face In Recruiting Competitor Teams

Since the movement of lawyer teams from a competitor can bring legal considerations and commercial risks into play, both the target and recruiting firms should be familiar with the relevant limited liability partnership deed to protect their business, say lawyers at Fox & Partners.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Boies Schiller

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Clifford Chance

Crowell & Moring

Eversheds Sutherland

Freshfields

Latham & Watkins

Linklaters LLP

Mayer Brown

Nabarro LLP

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Pogust Goodhead

Shoosmiths LLP

Slaughter and May

White & Case

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Unibail-Rodamco

Vale SA

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Financial Conduct Authority

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

UK Ministry of Justice