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O'Melveny opens second Texas office in less than a month with Dallas launch
Firm has hired a quartet of partners from Norton Rose Fulbright to lead the new Dallas office
UK law firms access more than half a billion in emergency Covid loans
Government-backed funding schemes support legal industry to the tune of £694m
Nearly a third of in-house teams experiencing large swings in legal spend, study finds
Some departments seeing at least 90% differential in costs, Wolters Kluwer report shows
Diversity Lab announces UK pilot scheme to boost law firm diversity at senior levels
Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Freshfields among UK firms taking part in the programme
Linklaters appoints new global head of corporate in latest leadership reshuffle
M&A partner Simon Branigan replaces Aedamar Comiskey, who becomes senior partner in July
Pandemic-fuelled online shopping boom increases spotlight on tackling counterfeit goods
Keynote session at Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit outlines importance of tech for combating fakes
Crowell & Moring to combine with Chicago tech and IP firm Brinks Gilson & Lione
Deal sees Crowell add 27 new partners and expand its presence in the Midwest for the first time
Morrison & Foerster takes on former FDA chief counsel and Trump White House lawyer
Stacy Cline Amin joins the firm's life sciences and healthcare practice in Washington
Taylor Wessing launches independent China-focused IP and trademark business
Beijing Tailun IP Agency is headed by partner Thomas Pattloch, the EU's former IP officer in China
Barnes & Thornburg take Nutter IP quartet to launch Boston office
US firm eyes city's 'thriving' life sciences and biotech sectors
Mayer Brown hires former federal trial lawyer to bolster Washington litigation team
Sean McDonnell returns to firm after spell as assistant US attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
US legaltech provider Lexion raises $11m to boost AI-powered contract management business
Investors include Khosla Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and Wilson Sonsini
Covid-19 hinders career development for lawyers from minority backgrounds, ACCF study finds
Lack of in-person contact, heavy workloads and caregiving duties weigh on career progress
In-house legal teams struggle with data management amid online platform boom, study finds
Legal departments lack policies to retain data for eDiscovery and litigation purposes
Gateley suffers data breach following 'cyber security incident'
Firm says some client data was exposed but adds that the impact was limited
Cravath makes $6m donation to civil rights causes following four-decade discrimination case
Firm donates all fees it was awarded from long-running pro bono case in Jefferson County
Wedlake Bell merges with 170-year-old 11-partner City firm Moon Beever
Moon Beever specialises in insolvency and debt recovery work
Davis Polk lands Cleary Gottlieb's former foreign investments and national security head
Partner Paul Marquardt joins firm's financial institutions group in Washington
Asafo & Co hires project finance partner duo from HFW in London
New recruits include HFW's former project finance head Andrew Thomas
Africa eyes more Chinese investment to boost post-pandemic recovery, study finds
CMS survey shows that 72% of African executives will be more open to new Chinese projects