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  Knights To Buy English Law Firm THP For £4M

  By Tom Fish

  Knights Group said Monday that it has agreed to buy an English law firm, THP Solicitors, for £4 million ($5.4 mi...(read more)

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  Russell-Cooke, Teacher Stern End Proposed Merger Talks

  By Ashish Sareen

  London law firms Russell-Cooke and Teacher Stern will continue to operate independently after they agreed not to...(read more)

• Pogust Backer Demands £84M Over Brazil Dam Case Funding

  By Robbie Kalus

  Pogust Goodhead is being sued by one of its financial backers for £84 million ($114 million) over demands the firm repay debts funding its mammoth group litigation against Australian mining company BHP.

• The Revolving Door: Akin Continues Weil Restructuring Raid

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  Over the past week, Simons Muirhead Burton hired two lawyers for its corporate team, Weil lost top talent to Paul Hastings and Akin Gump, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner brought Crowell & Moring's head of digital law on board in London and San Francisco to co-lead its digital transformation practice.

• Fieldfisher Launches Berlin Disputes Practice With New Hire

  By Corey Rothauser

  Fieldfisher has added corporate disputes attorney Benny Wünschmann as a partner in Berlin, launching a dispute resolution practice in the German capital as the firm continues to expand its European disputes team.

• Divorce Co. Seeks SRA Nod To Launch Tech-Driven Law Firm

  By Ashish Sareen

  Online divorce and separation specialist Amicable said Thursday it is planning to launch a new tech-enabled law firm to offer legal services and representation in family and conveyancing matters that Amicable does not provide.

• Flint Bishop Relocates To Permanent Home In Sheffield

  By Ashish Sareen

  Flint Bishop has moved to a new permanent home in Sheffield as part of a wider investment program to sustain the firm's growth after it generated more than £40 million ($54 million) in revenue for the first time.

• Simon Cowell Sued Over Unpaid Fee Deal 'Written On Napkin'

  By Eddie Beaver

  The founder of Rosenblatt Solicitors has sued Simon Cowell in London, alleging that the music mogul failed to pay him a cut of a confidential 2025 deal under a contract "written on a napkin" over dinner.

• Law Firm Hit With £25K Fine Over AML Control Failures

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm £25,000 ($33,800) after it uncovered failures in its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing controls.

• Bird & Bird Rehires Tech Patent Litigator From Nokia

  By Ashish Sareen

  Bird & Bird LLP has hired a senior in-house lawyer at Nokia as a partner, rejoining the firm's intellectual property team after two decades specializing in patent litigation. 

• LawCare Warns Of Data Breach After Hacking Incident

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  LawCare has disclosed that hackers who breached its records management software provider Beacon CRM accessed personal information about people who contacted the legal support charity.

• Ex-Goodwin Lawyer's Plea Date Set For Insider Trading Case

  By Robbie Kalus

  A former mergers and acquisitions solicitor at Goodwin Procter appeared at a London court on charges of insider trading on Tuesday, when his plea date was adjourned by a month.

• Gunnercooke Denies Botching Settlement Over HBOS Fraud

  By Eddie Beaver

  Gunnercooke has denied costing a family £4.7 million ($6.3 million) by bungling a settlement reached in the wake of their bankruptcies over a £245 million fraud against HBOS, arguing that the deal reflected what it was instructed to do.

• Ex-Solicitor Can't Return To Rolls After Sham Marriage Advice

  By Ronan Barnard

  An ex-solicitor who was struck off after being caught on camera advising an undercover reporter on how to use a sham marriage for immigration purposes, and for not following up on red flags for a property transaction, failed Monday to return to the legal profession.