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Industry bosses slam class action proposals
Business bosses have slated British government plans to launch 'opt out' class actions for consumers.
Football club scores goal over police costs
An English football club has won a landmark case clarifying the funding of police services on match days.
Bookie to challenge Olympics advert ban
Paddy Power today launched legal proceedings against the London Olympics organisers after the Irish bookmaker's advertising posters were removed from high profile areas across the UK capital.
BLP ramps up outsourcing strategy
Global law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner is to launch a major push for new clients for its two-and-a-half-year-old outsourced legal services supplier, according to reports from London.
Ex-Freshfields head takes top slot in Barclays inquiry
Anthony Salz takes reins of Libor rigging investigation
English lawyer dies after shotgun attack
A Wiltshire solicitor who was shot in the head with a shotgun while he worked at his office has died in hospital from his injuries, it was reported yesterday.
Terry's slip of the tongue
Chelsea Football Club captain John Terry may have been found not guilty over a charge of a racially aggravated public order offence relating to an on-pitch incident involving defender Anton Ferdinand, but he had some rough moments during the trial.
Barclays digs in
Despite losing its chief executive and being fined nearly £300 million by US and UK regulators for rigging interbank lending rates, Barclays Bank has decided to take on Mother Nature and offer help to customers affected by the sodden British summer.
Social media: times change
The Law Society of Scotland recently released a guide for law firms that use LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, which covers media policy, data and legal implications, risk and ethical and security considerations.
London
New York-headquartered global law firm Proskauer Rose has continued to build its global capital markets capabilities with the addition of three partners and a senior counsel to the firm's London office.
UK
London-based commercial law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted the ranks of its funds team with the poaching of Justin Cornelius from fellow English firm Nabarro.
Firm foundations
Private equity companies were eyeing up English law practices even before the legislation allowing them to buy-in hit the statute books. Jonathan Ames talks to a prominent business angel boss who's struck early
Apple forced to run Samsung 'did not copy' adverts
A British judge has told Californian electronics giant Apple that it must advertise that rival company Samsung did not copy its iPad tablet device.
Mayer Brown trainees offered £10,000 to defer
The London office of US firm Mayer Brown has offered its trainees £10,000 to defer their contracts for a year. Only three of the 47 trainees across four intakes agreed to defer, with the remaining 44 beginning their contracts as normal.
Consumers press for cheaper legal services
Fewer than half of consumers seek professional advice for legal problems because they perceive services as being too costly.
Boost for newly-qualified retention at English firms
Retention rates for newly qualified solicitors at a cross-section of leading English law firms are increasing, but graduate vacancies are waning, providing a mixed outlook for new lawyers.
Scottish regulator unveils ABS plans
Scottish lawyers could soon join their counterparts south of the UK border in radical alternative business structures as the jurisdiction's regulator has submitted reform plans to the Edinburgh government, it was announced today.
Firm launches investment scheme to fund litigation
A London-headquartered niche litigation practice has launched a process to make it easier for its partners to invest in litigation.
Birmingham law firm bids to run local TV station
A Birmingham general practice law firm is leading a consortium competing for a licence to broadcast regular television programmes in the city.
Norton Rose bags Diamond role
International law practice Norton Rose is set to advise former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond in relation to the Libor rate-fixing scandal.