IBA Daily News: ‘A whole generation has grown up with war’

At the IBA's annual conference, taking place this week in Denmark, the organisation's Human Rights Institute highlighted the impact of conflict on children and asked whether the international legal system can do more to protect children’s rights

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Brown Rudnick launches national security practice with six-lawyer group

White collar defence partner Patrick Gilman joins at group's helm having co-led national security practice at Greenberg Traurig

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Skadden, A&O Shearman, Davis Polk lead on $8.9bn Boots acquisition

Davis Polk guides Boots in deal that will see the retailer acquired by the Canadian branch of the Weston family, with Skadden and A&O Shearman across the table

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Kirkland tops global M&A rankings after strongest first nine months for dealmaking since 2021

Chicago-founded giant comfortably ahead of Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins in second and third spot respectively

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'A natural next step': RPC marks US debut with New York launch

Insurance partner hire Scott Schechter joins from national US firm Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan to lead new office

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IBA Daily News: conference's keynote address explores the legal impacts of agentic AI

The IBA's Artifical Intelligence Institute is seeking to ensure AI governance is consistent with the rule of law and human rights

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WilmerHale restocks London disputes bench with double partner hire

Jeremy Kosky joins from Clifford Chance to head London disputes practice as arbitration partner Charlie Lightfoot moves over from Cooley following earlier exits

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Denmark welcomes IBA annual conference as Greenland takes centre stage at opening ceremony

This year's conference, held in Copenhagen and attended by more than 6,000 delegates, kicked off yesterday with a ceremony focused on the rule of law

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Relationship-building and human insight remain paramount in the age of AI – report

While the legal profession races to embrace the efficiency and cost-saving benefits of AI, it has struggled to reconcile them with adverse impacts on business development, particularly for junior lawyers, finds new research from MD Communications

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Wolf Theiss opens London office to tap CEE investment opportunities

Vienna-based regional firm to join City’s legal, financial and investment communities ‘on a permanent basis’

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Mori Hamada pushes international growth with two new offices in Texas

Japanese Big Four firm to open in Dallas and Houston next year, giving it five US offices

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'My goal is to be the voice of the lawyer': Luminance hires chief legal officer

Don Riddick joins as CLO from AI software company amotivv

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Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing eye merger

Partners reportedly set to vote by year-end on tie-up creating fully integrated European firm

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Star partners: Is it really only about the money?

As lateral hiring reaches new heights and guarantees pass $40m, Lexington’s Moray McLaren argues that the real choice facing partnerships is not how much to pay their stars, but what it really means to be a co-owner

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Haynes Boone and Penningtons add international arbitration leaders in London

Firms recruit new practice heads from Vinson & Elkins and Pinsent Masons respectively

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Star partners: Is it really only about the money?

As lateral hiring reaches new heights and guarantees pass $40m, Lexington’s Moray McLaren argues that the real choice facing partnerships is not how much to pay their stars, but what it really means to be a co-owner

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Luxury brands brace for workforce shift as new UK employment regulations take hold

The UK’s Employment Rights Act is ushering in the most substantial change to employment law in a generation. For luxury retailers, proactive preparation will be key to compliance, write Pinsent Masons lawyers Kate Dodd and Alyce McNaughton

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A step further in collective licensing for AI training in the UAE

Bashar Malkawi explores how the UAE’s emerging collective licensing model could offer a solution to copyright challenges posed by AI

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IBA Daily News, Wednesday 7 October 2026

‘Democracy is going backwards,’ warns former UK foreign secretary Lord William Hague

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IBA Daily News, Tuesday 6 October 2026

Former Danish PM urges Europe to step up on security and warns against weakening NATO

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IBA Daily News, Monday 5 October 2026

Denmark welcomes the IBA as Greenland takes centre stage at opening ceremony

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IBA Daily News, Thursday 6 November 2025

Global institutions push back on Trump’s rule of law assault

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Luxury brands brace for workforce shift as new UK employment regulations take hold

The UK’s Employment Rights Act is ushering in the most substantial change to employment law in a generation. For luxury retailers, proactive preparation will be key to compliance, write Pinsent Masons lawyers Kate Dodd and Alyce McNaughton

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Luxury collaborations: the contracts behind successful brand partnerships

Behind the apparent simplicity of luxury collaborations, Stocche Forbes lawyers Flavia Câmara e Castro and Thiago Porto Ribeiro explore the network of commercial decisions that need to be reflected in the contract

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‘That investigative instinct still drives a lot of what I do today’: Alibaba’s Matthew Bassiur

Luxury Law Awards winner talks about his investigative instinct, technology literacy, the importance of mastering the fundamentals and building a broad toolkit

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Dupes or deception? The blurry line between legal copies and counterfeits

With a TikTok generation redefining the boundary between smart shopping and IP infringement, the luxury sector needs to catch up to the conversation, write Stocche Forbes lawyers Roberta Rodrigues Rozenthal and Thiago Porto Ribeiro

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