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Kirkland recruits Skadden mass tort team for Philadelphia debut

Highly-regarded trial lawyer Allison Brown joins with four more partners

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Hogan Lovells corporate partners exit for Jones Day ahead of Australian closure

Charles Bogle and James Wood move over in Sydney as Hogan Lovells prepares to shutter sole Australian office

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Leading Pakistani human rights lawyer to co-chair IBA’s Human Rights Institute

Hina Jilani has succeeded distinguished Swedish lawyer Anne Ramberg

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Comedian loses High Court copyright battle with Steve Coogan’s production company over sitcom format

Harry Deansway laments ‘notoriously difficult’ copyright law after Baby Cow Productions defeats claim

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King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm

Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team

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Reed Smith re-hires trade specialist from Amazon as a partner in Brussels

Philip Heeren will lead the firm’s EU trade and customs practice

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‘Watershed moment’ for lookalike products as Aldi shot down at appeals court in trademark tussle with Thatchers

West Country firm Stephens Scown scores notable win for independent brewery as discount supermarket found to have taken unfair advantage of Thatchers' trademark

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Morgan Lewis shutters Shenzhen office after less than two years

Closure follows office head Shaobin Zhu defecting to DLA Piper last year

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Gearing leaves Fountain Court to build on Singapore connections

Former co-head of arbitration to go solo in London but continue at Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers

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White & Case adds Travers’ tech and commercial transactions head in London

Dan Reavill’s exit follows Travers commercial and IP partner Ben Chivers leaving for Temple Bright earlier this month

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LawCare launches 2025 surveys on mental health and wellbeing in the legal sector

Surveys seek to uncover the causes of stress and anxiety for lawyers

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Simmons bags DLA Piper’s UK competition head

Sarah Smith joins as head of Simmons’ UK competition and antitrust team following predecessor’s exit for Kirkland last year

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Blow for Getty Images after UK judge removes class representative in copyright dispute with Stability AI

Case highlights challenges of bringing infringement claims against AI platforms, currently the subject of a government consultation exercise

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Jones Day signs up former lord chancellor Alex Chalk as a partner in London

Chalk follows footsteps of ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith in joining a top US law firm

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Milbank makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round

New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across alternative investments and energy

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