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Change in the Force may allow Jedi marriages

British government proposals could see Jedi marriages made legal, bringing joy some 175,000 British Jedi Knights, it was claimed this week.

DOING THE DEALS

Dealmakers

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen

MOVES

In and out

A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice

BLOG: SOCIAL MEDIA

Is the world still flat?

SEC social media rule overlooks rules of engagement around the world, says Veta T Richardson, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

DEALS

Dealmakers

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen

BLOG: LEGAL PROFESSION

Which way now for Personal Injury lawyers?

Personal injury (PI) lawyers are working in an era of fundamental and evolutionary change, not least because of the changes driven by the Jackson reforms but also because of the changing attitudes of banks and funders to PI law firms.

LUXURY LAW SUMMIT

Luxury brands head for the summit

A raft of top luxury brands are on the VIP list for the first ever Luxury Law Summit.

PFI

PF2: a new approach to public private partnerships?

James Larmour of Freeth Cartwright considers HM Treasury's “Standardisation of PF2 Guidance.”

BLOG: LITIGATION FUNDING

Litigation funding comes of age

In his latest blog for The Global Legal Post, Nick Rowles-Davies, a solicitor and consultant with litigation funder Vannin Capital, examines the views of litigators to third-party funding.

BLOG: MANAGEMENT

Online delivery threat to law firm profits

Lawyers are ill-prepared for the massive changes engulfing the practice of law, says George Beaton.

LUXURY LAW SUMMIT

Growing legal issues for luxury sector

Luxury companies are reporting an increase in the breadth and depth of legal issues engulfing the sector, according to research carried out for the Luxury Law Summit 2013.

Aussie practices ditch pro bono commitments

By James Barnes

14 January 2013 at 11:46 BST

Australian law firms reported a drop in the number of pro bono hours worked per lawyer last year, according to a report released last week.

Pro bono time squeeze

Pro bono time squeeze

The Legal Services Expenditure Report 2011-2012 found that more than half of the top 30 Australasian firms reporting in both 2011 and 2012 registered a decline in pro bono work.
According to the web site Legal Business Online, the report also found that only 11 of the 46 firms that reported their 2012 figures hit the aspirational target of 38 hours of pro bono work per lawyer.

Merger affect

Sydney-based boutique Lobban McNally reported the highest number of pro bono hours per lawyer in 2011 with 60, while Anglo-US giant DLA Piper led the major firms by reporting 56.5 hours per lawyer –an increase of 3.5 hours on the previous year.
John Corker, director of Australia’s National Pro Bono Resource centre, commented: ‘There has been a lot of merger activity in the market, which I think has impacted the provision of pro bono legal advice, and I expect we will see that trend continue in the coming year.’

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European GCs slam lack of client service

Law firms across Europe are failing to look after their retained clients with general counsel slating the lack of communication and regular reviews, according to new research from the Global Legal Post in association with Martindale-Hubbell.

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