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UPC one year on: a review of the court’s first 12 months in action
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers Sebastian Moore, Frederic Chevallier and Rachel Montagnon look back on the Unified Patent Court’s maiden year
Axiom Ince collapse fuels threefold hike in compensation fund levy
Regulator says proposed payment increases down to sharp rise in interventions
Tributes pour in for former leader of the Law Society of Scotland’s in-house lawyers group
Janet Hood, a Scottish licensing specialist, died suddenly last week
Pinsent Masons joins junior salary war, ups NQ pay to £97k
Five percent increase puts UK firm ahead of rivals including Addleshaw Goddard, Eversheds Sutherland and Bird & Bird
Seladore Legal taps BonelliErede for international arbitration partner
Laurence Shore will join the London disputes specialist in September
Xiaomi hit by FRAND lawsuits in France and India
Patent holding company Sun Patent Trust is asking the Paris Judicial Court to determine a global FRAND rate, while India will examine infringement
Clifford Chance joins London salary war as it ups NQ pay to £150k
Firm matches Magic Circle rivals Freshfields and Linklaters but still lags market-topping £180k at Gibson Dunn and Quinn Emanuel
Bayer loses appeal at UK court over its blockbuster blood thinner drug
Decision upholds earlier ruling revoking patent covering the drug Xarelto, further clearing way for generic manufacturers to enter the lucrative market
Leveraging intranets as a knowledge management tool – part three
For firms interested in using SharePoint as their intranet platform, 3Kites consultant Anthony Olisa shares some tips on how to improve their search experience
Making pro bono a core value pays rich dividends
Nura Maznavi outlines Jenner & Block’s ‘all in’ approach to pro bono and advises how firms can increase their commitment
Arbitration and litigation funding legislation falls as UK heads to the polls
Laws clamping down on power of Big Tech and exonerating victims of Post Office Horizon scandal rushed through
Complex global M&A deals face increased merger clearance challenges, study finds
Some 43% of cross-border transactions over the past four years failed to close due to regulatory scrutiny
White & Case builds in Germany with hire of capital markets partner duo from Latham
Oliver Seiler and David Rath join US firm in Frankfurt amid reports Latham restructuring partner duo are moving to Willkie Farr & Gallagher
London’s Commercial Court sees rise in international litigants despite sharp fall in number of Russians
Study finds decline in Russian litigants is offset by record numbers of Swiss and UAE users
Navigating public access to UPC court documents
Balancing confidentiality and transparency is an evolving landscape for UPC proceedings, writes Mewburn Ellis partner Matthew Naylor