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March 08, 2024
Osborne Clarke Appoints New Responsible Business Head
Osborne Clarke LLP said Friday that it has appointed Kate Millar as its new head of responsible business as the law firm looks to continue making progress in areas including diversity, workplace well-being and sustainability.
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March 08, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Barclays initiate legal proceedings against top Russian private bank JSC Alfa-Bank; Lex Greensill, founder of the collapsed Greensill Capital, suing the U.K.'s Department for Business and Trade; Wikipedia's parent company hit with a libel claim; and a sports journalism teacher filing a data protection claim against Manchester United FC. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 08, 2024
Law Firms Urged To Retain More Senior Female Solicitors
The Law Society said on Friday that it wants firms to intensify their efforts to promote women to senior roles and retain them, noting on International Women's Day that the gender gap in the sector has narrowed since 2015.
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March 08, 2024
UK Regulator Plans New Support For In-House Solicitors
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it is seeking views on new guidance it has developed for in-house lawyers, after a public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal put their role under the spotlight.
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March 08, 2024
'Non-Dom' Tax Reforms Should Keep UK Lawyers Busy
The government's decision to reform its 200-year-old "non-dom" tax regime to raise £2.7 billion ($3.4 billion) a year presents a short-term boom for tax lawyers expecting a rush of calls from existing and future clients looking for guidance on a new set of rules.
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March 08, 2024
Law Society's Gender Pay Gap Widens, Favors Men by 8%
The Law Society has reported an 8% gender pay gap in favor of men over women on its payroll for 2023, an increase on the 4.7% gap the legal body recorded in 2022.
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March 07, 2024
Property Lawyer To Face Tribunal Over Money Handling
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said a law firm director must face a disciplinary tribunal after it accused him of allowing his firm's client account to be used as a banking facility and claimed he made a personal loan to a client.
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March 07, 2024
Dentons Says It Was Not Required To Refuse PEP Client
The U.K. arm of Dentons argued at tribunal Thursday that it had done enough to establish how an ex-client had earned his wealth, saying it was not required to refuse service because his home country had a higher risk of corruption and money laundering.
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March 21, 2024
Willkie Hires Privacy Partner From Weil
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a data protection and privacy specialist from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP with an intellectual property background, as the firm looks to expand its European capabilities in the cybersecurity sphere.
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March 07, 2024
White & Case Predicts Surge For White-Collar Practice
White & Case LLP has made an additional investment in its investigations practice and brought in white-collar crime expert Neill Blundell amid growing demand from U.K. companies for advice on new environmental, social and governance standards.
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March 07, 2024
Ex-Slater And Gordon Lawyer To Face Tribunal Over PI Claim
A former personal injury lawyer at Slater and Gordon must face a disciplinary tribunal after he allegedly misled a client about the status of her personal injury claim for more than 15 years, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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March 07, 2024
Trustpilot Bids To Ax Law Firm's Bad Review Libel Claim
Trustpilot urged a London judge Thursday to ax an "intimidatory" libel claim, saying a debt recovery law firm has no prospect of proving that bad reviews on the website led to the loss of a contract with Three mobile.
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March 07, 2024
Spring Budget 'Severely Lacking' Investment In Justice
The Law Society has urged the government to direct more funding to the justice system and build public confidence in it, saying the investment unveiled in the spring Budget is "severely lacking."
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March 07, 2024
TLT Hires Tech, IP And Data Partner From Ashurst In London
TLT LLP has recruited a new partner from Ashurst LLP to its technology, intellectual property and data team in a move it said on Thursday will help it grapple with "huge demand" for advice in these areas.
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March 07, 2024
TLT Sets Goal To Have 50% Female Partners By 2029
U.K. law firm TLT LLP said Thursday that it aims to reach gender parity among its partners by 2029, after it reached its target of having 33% female partners in 2023, two years ahead of schedule.
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March 06, 2024
Pinsent Masons Pledges To Improve Support On Mental Health
Pinsent Masons LLP has pledged to make "positive and lasting" changes to the way it tackles mental health issues in its workforce, after former partner Vanessa Ford died while suffering a crisis after working long hours on a high-profile deal.
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March 20, 2024
Fried Frank Hires 3 Private Equity Pros From Goodwin Procter
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has said it has snapped up three partners from Goodwin Procter LLP to join its London mergers and acquisitions private equity practice.
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March 06, 2024
Dentons Says Client Checks Adhered To Relevant AML Rules
Dentons told a tribunal on Wednesday that the Solicitors Regulation Authority's case accusing the firm of breaching money laundering regulations by failing to adequately investigate a former client's wealth is based on current regulations rather than those in force at the time.
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March 06, 2024
Invoice Outfit Oddr Expands Into Asia With Pickering Pearce
Oddr, a Silicon Valley-based invoicing platform for the professional services industry, announced on Tuesday its expansion into the Asia-Pacific regional market through a partnership with law firm consultancy Pickering Pearce.
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March 06, 2024
Lewis Silkin To Boost Paid Leave For New Parents
Lewis Silkin LLP said Wednesday that it is offering six months of fully paid leave to new parents who work for the firm, joining peers that have improved policies to give staff the flexibility to start a family.
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March 06, 2024
Ex-Managing Partner OKs £33K Costs In Failed Bias Claim
A former managing partner of a law firm has agreed to pay £32,500 ($41,400) costs to his former company after a tribunal blocked his discrimination claims and ruled that he hid information while off work with cancer to boost his income.
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March 05, 2024
Gibson Dunn AI Leader On Weathering The AI Policy Blizzard
Like a mountaineer leading a team through a snowstorm, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's artificial intelligence co-chair Cassandra L. Gaedt-Sheckter is guiding companies developing and using artificial intelligence through a blizzard of new laws and regulations coming online in Europe and the U.S., saying that assessing AI risks is the North Star to mitigating them.
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March 05, 2024
DLA Piper Brings On HMRC Vet For Corp. Crime Team
DLA Piper added a member to its corporate crime and investigations team in London, an HM Revenue & Customs veteran most recently at Pinsent Masons, the firm announced.
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March 05, 2024
SRA Investigator Calls Dentons' AML Checks 'Concerning'
Dentons faced allegations from a Solicitors Regulation Authority investigator at a tribunal Tuesday that the way the firm handled a politically exposed client were "concerning" amid claims it breached money laundering regulations by failing to make adequate checks.
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March 05, 2024
Ex-Irwin Mitchell Analyst Barred Over Police Web Chat Use
A former client care analyst at Irwin Mitchell LLP has been banned from the profession after she impersonated another individual while using a police web chat service, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.