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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

30 Jun 2021

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

30 Jun 2021

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

29 Jun 2021

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

29 Jun 2021

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

28 Jun 2021

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

25 Jun 2021

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

25 Jun 2021

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

23 Jun 2021

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

22 Jun 2021

Barnes & Thornburg take Nutter IP quartet to launch Boston office

US firm eyes city's 'thriving' life sciences and biotech sectors

22 Jun 2021

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

22 Jun 2021

US legaltech provider Lexion raises $11m to boost AI-powered contract management business

Investors include Khosla Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and Wilson Sonsini

21 Jun 2021

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

18 Jun 2021

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

17 Jun 2021

Gateley suffers data breach following 'cyber security incident'

Firm says some client data was exposed but adds that the impact was limited

16 Jun 2021

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

16 Jun 2021

Wedlake Bell merges with 170-year-old 11-partner City firm Moon Beever

Moon Beever specialises in insolvency and debt recovery work

16 Jun 2021

Davis Polk lands Cleary Gottlieb's former foreign investments and national security head

Partner Paul Marquardt joins firm's financial institutions group in Washington

15 Jun 2021

Asafo & Co hires project finance partner duo from HFW in London

New recruits include HFW's former project finance head Andrew Thomas

14 Jun 2021

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

14 Jun 2021