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May 14, 2025
Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Start Prison In OneCoin Case
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to set a date for a former Locke Lord LLP partner to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence after he was convicted of helping to launder about $400 million in proceeds of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.
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May 14, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Rehires Tax Expert From DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland is welcoming back a tax expert in the U.K. who spent the last seven years at DLA Piper, the firm announced.
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May 14, 2025
EU Wrong To Deny Dutch Tax Firm's Trademark, Court Says
A Dutch consultancy was wrongly denied a trademark for "Taxmarc" in the European Union after a German consultancy that controlled a trademark for "X Taxman" opposed its registration, the European General Court said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
In-House Solicitors Get New Ethics Guidance After Scandals
The Law Society unveiled new resources on Wednesday to help in-house solicitors tackle ethical challenges in the workplace as their role remains under scrutiny following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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May 14, 2025
Goodwin Hires Legal Ops Expert From HSBC
Goodwin Procter LLP has hired HSBC's former head of legal market engagement as its new managing director of client value to oversee initiatives related to pricing, legal operations and service delivery as part of Goodwin's client-facing business support functions.
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May 14, 2025
Reed Smith Loses Costs Security Bid In £21M Oil Tanker Clash
Reed Smith LLP lost a bid for Dubai-based shipping companies who are suing it for negligence to put up £6 million ($7.9 million) in costs security, as a London judge ruled Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence that Barclays Banks PLC would refuse to comply with a court order.
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May 14, 2025
UK Gov't To Shut Ministry Of Justice's London Headquarters
The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will close the London building that houses the Ministry of Justice and Crown Prosecution Service amid plans to push more civil service roles out of the capital.
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May 14, 2025
Ex-Bevan Brittan Pro Loses Appeal Over Antisemitic Tweets
A former lawyer with Bevan Brittan LLP failed to overturn on Wednesday a disciplinary tribunal's decision to strike him off after a London court found that he had over a long period repeatedly posted grossly offensive and antisemitic tweets.
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May 14, 2025
Linklaters, EY Sued For Negligence By Fintech Investor
Linklaters and Ernst & Young LLP are being sued by a financial technology investment company for professional negligence in London, according to online court records.
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May 14, 2025
BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited two new partners from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Taylor Wessing LLP to boost its finance and tax capabilities in London.
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May 14, 2025
Magistrate Reprimanded For Sharing Views On Homosexuality
A magistrate has been sanctioned after he undermined the reputation of the magistracy by sharing his personal views on homosexuality with colleagues in the retiring room of a court, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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May 14, 2025
HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
A London court unjammed Hewlett Packard's $4 billion fraud case against Mike Lynch on Wednesday by approving an administrator to his estate, reactivating the case after the technology entrepreneur died when a yacht he was aboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
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May 13, 2025
K&L Gates Adds Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty In London
K&L Gates LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Taylor Wessing LLP attorney as a partner on its finance team in London.
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May 13, 2025
Solicitor Sanctioned For Unauthorized Immigration Work
A disciplinary panel has suspended a solicitor after he undertook immigration work without authorization even though the profession's regulator had explicitly warned him against doing so.
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May 13, 2025
Victims Call For Punishment Of Post Office Lawyers In Report
Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have called for lawyers to be held to account for their roles in facilitating one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in English legal history, a study by academics has revealed.
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May 13, 2025
Europe-Focused Legal AI Noxtua Opens Paris Office
Noxtua SE, a Germany-based company that calls itself Europe's first sovereign legal artificial intelligence, announced Tuesday the opening of a Paris office, soon after it raised money and targeted further expansion in the region.
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May 13, 2025
SSB Law Staff Let Go Without Consultation Win 90 Days' Pay
A group of former staff from SSB Group Ltd. are entitled to receive compensation after the business made them redundant without carrying out a formal consultation process, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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May 13, 2025
Small UK Firms Opt For Organic Growth As M&A Declines
More small law firms are looking to grow organically without overstretching themselves rather than combine with another outfit as they face a wave of mounting pressures, an industry survey has revealed.
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May 12, 2025
SRA Ditches Plan To Fine Firms Based On Global Turnover
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Tuesday that it will abandon proposals to fine law firms based on their global turnover and cease to hand out financial penalties to lawyers convicted of drink-driving — except in exceptional circumstances.
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May 12, 2025
Dentons Launches AI Tool For Europe, Central Asia Staff
Dentons announced Monday the launch of an internally developed artificial intelligence tool for its personnel in Europe and Central Asia, joining other firms in developing proprietary AI tools this year.
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May 12, 2025
CILEX Gets Green Light For Chartered Paralegal Status
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives introduced a new paralegal status on Monday, making a significant step towards greater inclusivity within the legal sector.
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May 12, 2025
Shoosmiths Downsizes Space In Nottingham, Milton Keynes
Shoosmiths LLP said Monday that it is moving staff in Nottingham and Milton Keynes to smaller, flexible workspaces as staff have embraced hybrid working for the long term.
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May 12, 2025
DWF Partner Must Shell Out £33K For Payment Error
A disciplinary tribunal ordered a real estate partner at DWF LLP Monday to cough up more than £33,000 ($44,000) after he failed to check whether a contract had been met before he authorized a related payment from the law firm's client account.
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May 12, 2025
Mancunian Law Firm Sues To Block Firm With Same Name
Amicus Solicitors, a firm in northwest England, has asked the High Court to prevent a rival firm from using the name Amicus Solicitors London, arguing that it has a long-standing reputation associated with the name.
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May 12, 2025
Fladgate Posts £88M Revenue In Record Year
Fladgate said Monday that its revenue has surged to almost £90 million ($119 million) under its new plan to boost disputes and strengthen some of its teams, announcing a staff-wide bonus as it expects profit per equity partner to hit an all-time high.
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Funders Roiled As Slow Cases, PACCAR Dull Demand
Litigation-funders are grappling with an apparent existential crisis amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions and regulatory pressures in the U.K., compelling some to revamp their business models in pursuit of fresh capital for investment in cases.

A&O Shearman Ex-Partners Cite Leadership Gap Amid Exits
Partners are still heading for the exit at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in London, prompting lawyers to note that the firm’s top decision-makers are not based in the U.K. Here, former partners talk about leadership and the growing emphasis on billable hours at the firm.

Latham's London Head Remains 'Restlessly Ambitious'
Following a decade of significant expansion in the London market by Latham, the firm’s new London managing partner says he is focusing on growth in its second-largest office while maintaining unwavering ambition.

Simmons' Senior Partner Sees Opportunities Left By BigLaw
Julian Taylor, senior partner at Simmons & Simmons, whose term has been extended to July 2027, discusses the benefits of working part-time, AI transformation and how leading City firms such as his can embrace opportunities opened up by BigLaw.
Editor's Picks
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The Revolving Door: Paul Weiss Raids A&O Shearman
Paul Weiss raided A&O Shearman twice in 24 hours over the past week as part of a London growth push, Jones Day added a high-profile product liability duo from Kennedys, and Hill Dickinson launched a new corporate practice in Newcastle with a team from Ward Hadaway LLP.
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The Revolving Door: Rosenblatt Law Adds Its First Silk
Over the past week, Rosenblatt Law hired a dispute resolution silk, Travers Smith appointed a new property disputes head, and Clyde & Co. tapped an insurance pro from Brazilian firm Campos Mello Advogados.
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The Revolving Door: HCR Law Hires White Collar Crime Pro
Over the past week, HCR Law has tapped Squire Patton Boggs for a financial crime expert, A&O Shearman lost a brace of capital markets partners to Latham, and White & Case continued to shed partners from its infrastructure team.
Expert Analysis
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Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Nick Bolter
Nick Bolter, leader of the London intellectual property practice at Morgan Lewis, discusses the challenges of acting in disputes where the other party is a lay person representing themselves, the need to refocus trademark law on consumer protection, and why IP is a challenging area of law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Mayer Brown's James West
James West, co-leader of Mayer Brown's private equity practice, discusses the challenges of conducting complex deals at pace, the benefits of maintaining a relatively light regulatory framework in the private equity arena, and why the current economic climate has led to a need for the industry to be more flexible in its approach to dealmaking.
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Practice Leader Insights From Norton Rose's Paul Griffin
Paul Griffin, head of employment and labor for Europe, Middle East and Asia at Norton Rose, discusses the challenge of litigating a whistleblowing case with a CEO remaining in post, why the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal should be reviewed, and the importance of retaining one's authenticity as a lawyer.
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What Rise Of AI Means For Future Of Junior Lawyer Careers
While artificial intelligence is reshaping law firms’ approach to core tasks, it is unlikely to eliminate the need for human oversight, and if junior lawyers can embrace new technologies with integrity, they can focus on more meaningful work and add greater value to their teams, says Valeriya Zinchenko at Teacher Stern.
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Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Michelle Chance
Michelle Chance, head of HFW's London employment practice, discusses the challenges of defending a high-profile race discrimination class action in the civil courts, the need for male employees to take shared parental leave, and the significance of the new employer duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.
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Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Sebastian Sperber
Sebastian Sperber, leader of Cleary's EMEA capital markets and debt finance practice, discusses the challenges of working on complex transactions in pre-internet days, why regulators should think carefully before imposing additional disclosure burdens on corporations, and his hope that the recent U.K. listing reforms will encourage more companies to choose to list in London.
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What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies
The recent employment tribunal age discrimination decision in Scott v. Walker Morris demonstrates that while law firms may implement mandatory retirement schemes, the policy must pursue a legitimate aim via proportionate means to pass the objective justification test, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.
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Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster
Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting complex arbitration, why arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market makes working in insurance law easier.
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Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan
Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen
Gareth Kristensen, head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why IP rights can have such significant value, and how nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.
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PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands
Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.
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Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell
Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.
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Roundup
Practice Leader Insights
In this Law360 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.
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Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard
Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues, whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, and why understanding technology makes it easier to argue the nuances of the law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman
Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving multiple patents, the need to reform legislative provisions in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.