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Thomson Reuters buys digital court document and evidence-sharing platform CaseLines
Acquisition comes as courts move to virtual hearings amid the coronavirus pandemic
Eversheds Sutherland posts strong results as CEO warns of tough times ahead
Firm's international business, excluding the US, sees net profit rise 5%
Ropes & Gray backs behavioural science trend with new data analytics consultancy
Regulators increasingly touting behavioural science as a way for businesses to improve corporate culture
LexisNexis invites applications for firm's fifth Legal Tech Accelerator programme
Three-month programme starting in September will run in a virtual format due to Covid-19
Ashurst joins consortium to develop AI platform for better data collaboration
Project aims to enhance data sharing across industries while assuaging privacy concerns
Barclays names former SABMiller deputy GC as bank's new legal chief
Stephen Shapiro will replace outgoing GC Bob Hoyt at the start of August
Aria Grace Law pledges to donate all profits to charity every year
UK firm aims to donate at least £150,000 this year as part of its ethical commitment programme
DAC Beachcroft partners with Cognia Law on flexible resourcing service
Cognia Flex will give firm on-demand access to 'curated talent pool'
Pinsent Masons sees revenue increase as it unveils new performance targets
Firm waves off 12% drop in PEP as it looks to measure success by its culture and client satisfaction
Ashurst annual revenue holds steady even as pandemic hits Asia Pacific business
Firm posts FY20 revenue of £644m at the end of April, broadly in line with 2019 levels
Former Nedbank chief legal counsel launches South African law firm Maphosa Attorneys
Founder Jonathan Maphosa was also previously deputy GC at South Africa's central bank
Boies Schiller hires bankruptcy duo as firm prepares for Covid-19 economic fallout
Arrivals come as Boies Schiller loses another senior lawyer to King & Spalding
Jenner & Block hires team of eight from Kilpatrick Townsend to bolster Native American law practice
Three-partner team joins as Chicago-based firm celebrates landmark Supreme Court victory for Creek Nation in Oklahoma
Private equity firms increasing scrutiny on legal spend amid Covid-19 pandemic
Majority of in-house counsel at buyout firms say their legal bills are not transparent
Clifford Chance pledges at least 40 per cent of its global partners will be women by 2030
UK magic circle firm also sets first LGBT+ and ethnicity targets as it ramps up inclusivity drive
Alternative fees and invoice discounting on the rise as GCs seek to cut costs, study finds
Discounting rises to levels normally only seen in year end as proportion of US matters using flexible fees reaches double figures
Nearly quarter of lawyers fear impact of digitalisation and AI on legal profession, survey finds
The MOSAIC Mood Index also shows the vast majority of lawyers are taking work-related stress home with them
Latin America Covid-19 woes see region's M&A activity plunge to lowest on record
Deal value in first six months of the year falls below previous record low in 2003, Mergermarket report shows
Asia Pacific region least impacted by coronavirus-fuelled global M&A slowdown
Indian law firms dominate top echelons of Mergermarket's APAC M&A advisory league tables
Freshfields and DLA Piper top European H1 M&A tables for value and volume as deal activity plunges
Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills jump up rankings as Slaughter and May drops out of top 20