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SRA launches fund to support disadvantaged students to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination
SRA fund established through fines levied on Kaplan, the official SQE provider
Winners announced at UK Women and Diversity in Law Awards
Women of the Year Charlotte Proudman and Monica Feria-Tinta among those honoured
CMS makes up 56 in latest partner promotions round
Round focused on UK, Europe and corporate lawyers nears gender parity
Cooley, Covington shepherd AstraZeneca's $1bn EsoBiotec acquisition
AstraZeneca boasts highest market capitalisation of FTSE 100, at $185bn
'Win for democracy': convention protecting Europe’s lawyers inches closer to reality
Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer last week
WIPO reports return to growth in patents and trademarks filings in 2024
China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks
Cleary acquires London Gen AI-focused legaltech startup
Springbok AI’s founder and team of 10 data scientists and AI engineers to join Cleary
In-house lawyers say ‘empathy’, ‘soft skills’ critical as AI advances, study finds
Simmons in-house counsel survey seeks to understand what legal profession will look like in 10 years
Trademark balancing act: luxury brand protection versus reputational risk
Luxury brands can attract negative publicity for aggressively defending their trademarks, so striking the right balance is essential, write Freeths IP experts Iona Silverman, Dan Cahill and Kishan Pattni
Travers Smith plans Brussels office launch as it winds down Paris arm
UK firm looks to enhance competition law offering, but will close Paris office ‘in due course’
Wachtell, Davis Polk lead $6.7bn merger of troubled drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo
Hogan Lovells, Paul Weiss and Ireland’s Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody also act in tie-up of drugmakers with shared history of opioid crisis lawsuits
IBA announces next phase of its gender equality project
Second stage of the 50:50 by 2030 study will include a global survey of women lawyers
Clyde & Co enlists RPC partner for new global regulatory and investigation role
Former RPC white collar crime head Sam Tate is joining with a team of two associates and a counsel
Ropes & Gray debuts in Paris with Clifford Chance team
Team led by trio of partners focuses on private equity, infrastructure, banking and finance transactions
Collective actions on the rise in the UK – a competition perspective
Morgan Lewis antitrust partner Frances Murphy says 2025 could be a defining year for competition class actions in the UK