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UK Court of Appeal finds Panasonic’s conduct ‘indefensible’ in FRAND dispute with Xiaomi
Xiaomi’s adviser Kirkland hails ‘groundbreaking’ decision to make an interim licence available ahead of FRAND trial
Judge reprimanded for love letter to step down as CAT president
Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis
The race is on – UK vs US hiring markets
Higher lawyer salaries in the US are putting UK firms under pressure to compete and attract top talent amid buoyant hiring markets, writes Major Lindsey & Africa’s Nathan Peart
TLT adds eight-partner team from BDB Pitmans
Infrastructure-focused team joins in London
O’Melveny adds senior private equity duo in London from Ashurst
Ashurst’s PE co-chair David Carter and UK/European PE head Braeden Donnelly join US firm
Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments
Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949
Huel and WeTransfer-backer Highland Europe hires GC from Osborne Clarke
Josephine Healy replaces Rini Banerjee, who left the VC fund back in April
Law Society lines up with City and regional counterparts to oppose SRA penalty proposals
High-profile challenges to changes to SRA’s financial penalties regime demonstrate widespread opposition
Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott add corporate and M&A partners in London
Former Goodwin counsel Ben Morgan joins SPB, while Sebastien Bonneau joins McDermott from Eversheds
Hogan Lovells bolsters capital markets practice with double partner hire from Linklaters
Íñigo Berrícano joins in Madrid and Alex Parkhouse joins in London
London’s 9 Stone Buildings dissolves as members join Tanfield and Selborne Chambers
Seventeen tenants move their practice as London barristers’ chambers closes after more than a century
Pump Court Chambers suffers multi-million pound alleged fraud loss
High Court judgment reveals £2.75m alleged fraud committed by former employee in set’s credit control department
The assistant or the master: regulating the rise and rise of AI
Until we know more about the technology and its risks people must remain accountable for decision making, writes Herbert Smith Freehills’ Jasveer Randhawa
Chinese giant Yingke marks London launch
World’s largest law firm by headcount aims for 100 international offices by 2026
Freshfields to scrap ‘Bruckhaus Deringer’ in rebrand
Refreshed brand to be rolled out from October
Addleshaw Goddard joins raft of firms upping London NQ rates to six figures
Addleshaws’ newly-qualified London lawyers will see salaries increase 5% to £100k
Norton Rose Fulbright formalises new global leadership structure
Firm replaces global CEO role with global managing partner set up, currently jointly held by Jeff Cody and Peter Scott
‘Being trusted doesn’t actually mean anything unless you’re the most trusted’: trust building expert Stefan Grafe
Mext Consulting’s Stefan Grafe talks about how law firms can build greater client trust and win more business
Freeths increases turnover by 13% as double-digit revenue growth trend continues
Revenue hit £145.5m following first full year in Scotland and buoyant disputes activity
Kirkland, Freshfields guide $1bn acquisition of stake in BP Pipelines TAP
Freshfields advises BP as Kirkland counsells Apollo-managed funds on acquisition