The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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October 28, 2026
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the restructuring powerhouse that led Lehman Brothers, Enron and General Motors through bankruptcy, told Law360 Pulse Wednesday that the firm is preparing to wind down operations.
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October 28, 2026
In-house legal leaders should provide mentorship and develop complementary skills across their teams as artificial intelligence reshapes legal work, rather than make age-based assumptions about colleagues' abilities and training needs, a new report says.
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October 28, 2026
Lawyerly Ltd., a sister company of South African legal service provider Law For All, has won approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority to operate as an alternative business structure.
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October 28, 2026
Another London-based finance partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to join colleagues who moved to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, as the Wall Street firm continues to lose rainmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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October 28, 2026
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP has hired the former head of DAC Beachcroft LLP's China desk as a partner in London, bolstering its insurance practice as Chinese corporates expand globally.
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October 28, 2026
The Legal Services Board has approved changes to the financial penalties guidance set out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, allowing the watchdog to impose unlimited fines on solicitors, traditional law firms and their employees for some breaches and misconduct linked to economic crime.
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October 28, 2026
Burges Salmon LLP defeated a claim on Wednesday from a prospective buyer of two east London properties who alleged that the firm mishandled information and evidence he provided about potential fraud exposure during the transaction.
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October 27, 2026
Stone King LLP said Tuesday it has acquired a law firm based in southeast England to strengthen its commercial services offering in technology, media and data protection law.
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October 27, 2026
Reed Smith LLP said Tuesday that the former longtime managing partner of its London office is returning to the job less than two years after handing the reins to the current managing partner.
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October 27, 2026
A former partner at Freeths LLP has been reprimanded for breaching accounts rules by authorizing a payment from a client's account to cover a completion fee for an unrelated property purchase.
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October 27, 2026
Manifest OS, a legal artificial intelligence startup that operates an immigration law firm, announced on Tuesday the international launch of its legal services.
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October 27, 2026
The administrators of class action services provider Goal Group have sued BDO for $30 million, alleging the auditor negligently failed to detect that the company was counting proceeds from clients' claims as revenue, ultimately causing its collapse.
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October 27, 2026
A committee that represents victims of a dam disaster has sought permission to appeal against a ruling that prevents it from replacing Pogust Goodhead before a damages trial against BHP, saying the decision leaves the claimants unable to choose who represents them.
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October 27, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred a former law firm leader to a disciplinary tribunal over allegations he repeatedly made sexual comments to a trainee at the now-shuttered firm he founded.
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October 27, 2026
McDermott Will & Schulte has promoted 36 lawyers to the role of partner, approximately half the 74 it announced in 2025, as the firm looks to grow its numbers in New York and strengthen its private capital business.
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October 26, 2026
A magistrate has been formally warned after he crossed a line while criticizing an official from HM Courts and Tribunals Service over decisions relating to his expenses claims, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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October 26, 2026
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced on Monday the promotion of 31 attorneys, including 15 partners and 16 counsel, one shy of the record it reached last year.
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October 26, 2026
Ropes & Gray LLP on Monday named 26 lawyers who are joining its partnership, the largest partner promotion round in its history, with its office in Boston accounting for half the class.
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October 26, 2026
Clarke Willmott LLP said Monday its chief executive has been reelected to serve a second four-year term in the role, as the firm aims to generate more than £100 million ($134 million) in revenue by the end of the financial year running to 2030.
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October 26, 2026
Ramona Y. Nee has decided not to become executive partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, days after merger talks with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ended and amid departures on both sides of the Atlantic, sources close to the firm told Law360 Monday.
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October 23, 2026
A German Burford Capital affiliate is pressing a Delaware federal court to keep on hold a German claims aggregator's lawsuit over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration agreement, disputing the latter company's argument that a London tribunal has confirmed that the matter belongs in court.
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October 23, 2026
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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October 23, 2026
U.S. law firms' race to dominate London's lucrative private capital market is making some partnerships more fragile, as Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has seen with increasingly mobile rainmakers across the city commanding huge pay packages and controlling client relationships worth tens of millions of dollars, recruiters and consultants say.
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October 23, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP has elected 36 associates to its partnership in its second round of promotions in 2026, with its New York office gaining the biggest share — just under a third of those who leveled up.
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October 23, 2026
A retired solicitor who invested in a redevelopment scheme in Birmingham, England, lost his bid to recover more than £432,000 ($578,000) when a London court ruled he didn't show the scheme's managers were negligent by failing to preserve tax relief in the deal.