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Law firms must ‘rethink roles’ when accepting clients to combat corruption claims

Institute of Business Ethics taskforce challenges legal profession to act as ‘steward of public trust’

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Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin approve merger to create top 20 global firm

Partnerships vote ‘overwhelmingly’ for combination, forging ‘transatlantic and transpacific’ firm with $2bn-plus revenue

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IBA reaffirms support for rule of law and diversity amid Trump attacks on legal profession

International Bar Association launches new initiative aimed at young lawyers to help safeguard rule of law

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Lenovo and Ericsson enter into SEP licensing agreement ending global litigation

Settlement ends all ongoing patent-related legal proceedings between the parties

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Hogan Lovells hires litigation partner quartet from Kramer Levin in Washington

Group were part of litigation boutique Robin Russell, which merged with Kramer Levin in 2022

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Milbank latest law firm to cut deal with Trump

Firm joins Paul Weiss, Skadden and Willkie Farr in making a deal to avoid punitive executive order

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Greenberg Traurig hits Reed Smith for London infrastructure partner

Richard Ceeney second Reed Smith partner to defect to GT in London in a month

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Pinsent Masons elevates 24 to partner in latest promotions round

Women make up 54% of the latest cohort, while the UK dominates with 18 promotions

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Shoosmiths to offer £1m firmwide bonus pot if staff meet AI usage targets

Firm will pay bonus if staff collectively make one million Microsoft Copilot prompts over next year

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Willkie Farr strikes deal to avoid Trump executive order

Firm where former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff practices joins Paul Weiss and Skadden in cutting a deal to escape punitive executive action

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Green Bay Packers sign GC from Arizona Cardinals as previous legal head named CEO

Experienced NFL lawyer Kevin Manara replaces Ed Policy

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MoFo advises SoftBank on mega $40bn funding round in OpenAI

Largest venture-backed investment on record values ChatGPT-creator at $300bn

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Travers Smith hires Fried Frank partner as new restructuring head

Mandip Englund joins leading City independent after four years at US firm

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Paul Weiss, Wachtell lead on Rocket’s $9.4bn Mr Cooper acquisition

Paul Weiss guides online mortgage business Rocket on second major acquisition this year

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Japan’s Miura & Partners marks Hong Kong office launch

Office set to open this summer follows firm’s recent launches in US, Malaysia and Thailand

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