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  Ex-KWM London Chief Cleared Over Kiss With Junior Staffer

  By William Janes

  The former managing partner of the London arm of King & Wood Mallesons was cleared of misconduct charges on Thur...(read more)

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  Pogust Downplays Risk Of SRA Scrutiny Over Dieselgate Exit

  By Joanne Faulkner

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• Pogust Can't Step Back From Lead Role On Dieselgate Trial

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Pogust Goodhead must continue co-leading claims made by millions of drivers of diesel vehicles against car manufacturers after a High Court judge refused on Friday to grant the firm's application to step aside from the case that heads to trial on Monday. 

• The Revolving Door: Pinsent Lures Ashurst Markets Head

  By Max Austin

  Over the past week, Pinsent Masons strengthened its London office with Ashurst's head of capital markets, Mayer Brown hired a corporate and equity specialist from Goodwin, and Orrick appointed four partners from Cadwalader. Here, Law360 looks at these and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.

• Weil Hires 4 More Latham Private Equity Lawyers In Germany

  By Irene Madongo

  Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has appointed four more private equity lawyers for its practice in Germany, adding to its previous hires from Latham & Watkins LLP in a practice area where there is considerable lateral movement.

• Ex-BLM Lawyer Must Pay £16K After Divorce Filing Delay

  By Ashish Sareen

  A tribunal has ordered a former head of family law at Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP to pay £16,500 ($22,000) after he oversaw a delay applying for a divorce decree, though it has ruled that he was only culpable of not providing adequate supervision to junior staff.

• Ex-IT Exec Sues His Lawyers After Losing Hacking Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  A former chief technology officer has sued the law firm that represented him in civil proceedings against his ex-employer following his conviction for hacking their computer systems, accusing the law firm of breaching its duties by refusing to pursue an appeal argument. 

• Dye & Durham Sells AML Software Biz For $104M

  By Matt Perez

  Toronto-based legal technology company Dye & Durham Ltd. announced Tuesday the sale of its subsidiary Credas Technologies Ltd. to U.K.-based anti-money laundering software provider SmartSearch for £77.8 million ($104.4 million).

• Class Reps Vie To Bring Rival Ad-Price Claims Against Google

  By Ronan Barnard

  A former judge and a competition law scholar on Tuesday fought to bring rival multibillion-pound class actions against Google over allegedly unfair advertising pricing practices, each arguing at a London tribunal that they would be the better candidate to take on the tech giant.

• Law Firms Push Gov't To Reverse PACCAR Judgment

  By Ashish Sareen

  Mishcon de Reya, Leigh Day and almost 20 other major legal players have urged the U.K. government to urgently introduce legislation to reverse a Supreme Court judgment from 2023 that upended litigation financing, saying its failure to do so is hindering access to justice.

• Quinn Client Fights To Shield Firm From Ex-Staffer's Abuse

  By Eddie Beaver

  A client of Quinn Emanuel asked a London appeals court on Tuesday to prevent a former employee from sending abusive messages to the firm's lawyers in a case that was set to test a novel area of law. 

• Reed Smith Opens Path To Law With Solicitor Apprenticeships

  By Ashish Sareen

  Reed Smith LLP has launched a new solicitor apprenticeship program in a bid to broaden the pool of talent in its London office and create an alternative path to university for those who aspire to become lawyers.

• Carter-Ruck Pro Can't Get Info On SRA OneCoin Investigation

  By Sophia Dourou

  A Carter-Ruck partner who threatened to sue a whistleblower who exposed the multibillion-dollar OneCoin crypto-scam failed to convince a tribunal Monday to order the Solicitors Regulation Authority hand over information about the decision to press on with her prosecution.

• Linklaters Fails To Toss Fintech Investor's Negligence Case

  By William Janes

  Linklaters lost an attempt on Monday to strike out a claim brought by a financial technology investor that the Magic Circle firm had negligently failed to spot a "large-scale fraud" against a company that the investor had acquired.