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June 06, 2025
The Revolving Door: Addleshaw Hires Cyber Chief From Bird
Over the past week, Addleshaw Goddard LLP hired a new director of cyber investigations from Bird & Bird LLP, Dechert LLP saw two experts in international capital markets transactions move to Baker Botts LLP, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP recruited an expert in secondaries transactions from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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June 06, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen MGM and the owners of the "Addams Family" trademark sue a private equity firm, two Cambridge colleges file for injunctions against Pro-Palestine student protest groups and a former NBA player brings a claim against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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June 06, 2025
CMS Ups NQ Lawyer Pay In London To £120K
CMS said Friday that it has increased salaries for newly qualified solicitors in its London office to £120,000 ($162,000) as part of a wider series of increases for junior lawyers in Britain.
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June 06, 2025
Poor Productivity Driving Crown Court Backlog, Study Says
Poor productivity has been a "major factor" in the growth of the Crown Court's case backlog since the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic think tank said in a study published Friday.
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June 06, 2025
Debevoise Names 11 New Partners In Transatlantic Boost
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Friday that it has elevated 11 lawyers to the partnership, with two new partners added in its London office in its latest promotion round, strengthening its capabilities in data strategy and finance across the Atlantic.
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June 06, 2025
Court Rebukes Lawyers For Fake AI-Generated Citations
A London court referred a barrister and solicitor to their professional regulators on Friday for citing cases that do not exist and warned that freely available generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are not capable of conducting reliable legal research.
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June 06, 2025
SRA Shuts Regional Law Firm Over Manager's Dishonesty
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has shuttered a law firm in the southwest of England because it suspects dishonesty by its manager.
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June 06, 2025
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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June 06, 2025
AI-Powered Law Firm Sparks Debate On Legal Sector's Future
The country's first approved artificial intelligence law firm could be a turning point, making it easier for individuals and small businesses to get legal support. But the proliferation of artificial intelligence in the legal sector could also put considerable pressure on small firms and solo practitioners.
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June 05, 2025
UK Needs Modern Sanctions Rules, Ex-Lord Chancellor Warns
The U.K.'s sanctions regime is increasingly unfit for its purpose and must be reformed to tackle complex new forms of aggression such as cyberattacks and economic sabotage, the former lord chancellor urged Thursday.
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June 05, 2025
Legal AI Assistant Co. Flank Raises $10M To Scale
Flank, which offers an artificial intelligence-driven legal assistant that automatically addresses requests from business users, announced Thursday the raising of $10 million to bolster its product development, expand its engineering and commercial teams, and advance its enterprise partnerships.
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June 05, 2025
Trading Biz Can't Short Circuit Trial Against Former GC
A London judge said Thursday that a trading services company must go to trial to prove that its former general counsel misused confidential information, citing a possibility that the business abused the lawyer-client relationship.
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June 05, 2025
Ex-PM David Cameron Joins DLA Piper As Consultant
DLA Piper said on Thursday that former British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined as a consultant to advise on geopolitical risk, adding to the roster of prominent political figures who have taken on roles at the firm.
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June 05, 2025
Antitrust Silk To Helm Tribunal's New Pro Bono Scheme
A Brick Court Chambers antitrust silk will help to run the Competition Appeal Tribunal's new pro bono scheme, offering free legal help to litigants in person, legal charity Advocate said Thursday.
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June 05, 2025
Axiom Staffer Wins Claim Over Dismissals Amid Firm Collapse
A former employee of Axiom Ince Ltd. has won a tribunal claim over the collapsed firm's failure to carry out a redundancy consultation before mass dismissals, with a judge granting her an unspecified monetary award.
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June 05, 2025
Taylor Wessing Adopts Legora's AI Tech To Boost Services
Taylor Wessing said Thursday it will use Legora's artificial intelligence platform to improve its services as it became the latest in a series of large law firms to adopt the technology.
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June 05, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Adds Eversheds Financial Dispute Pro
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has added a heavyweight financial services disputes specialist to join its London office as a partner, as the firm moves to strengthen its practice in the Middle East.
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June 05, 2025
Burberry's Chief Communications Officer Moves To Linklaters
Linklaters LLP has a new chief communications and corporate affairs officer who previously worked for fashion and luxury goods company Burberry Group PLC in London as senior vice president of corporate relations and engagement.
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June 05, 2025
Ex-Solicitor Charged With Defrauding Clients Out Of £137K
A former solicitor and part-time judge appeared at a London criminal court on Thursday accused of defrauding more than a dozen clients by appropriating at least £137,000 ($186,000) in payments to himself.
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June 05, 2025
German Law Society Inks Deal To Boost AI Adoption
Germany's law society has given its backing for lawyers to test out a new artificial intelligence platform by Bryter to help them overcome reservations about the innovation and speed up adoption rates in the profession, the legal tech provider and the trade body have said.
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June 04, 2025
DWF Argues Privacy Claim A Litigation Ploy At Trial
DWF Law LLP argued at trial Wednesday that a claim by three people that the law firm unlawfully shared their health data was only brought to "secure an advantage" for their lawyers in separate proceedings against insurers.
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June 04, 2025
Irwin Mitchell Debuts New London Office
Irwin Mitchell announced on Wednesday that its London office will be relocating to a listed building just off Fleet Street, reflecting the firm's wider growth plans.
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June 04, 2025
SFO Reveals £21M Spent On Lawyers In ENRC Court Battles
The Serious Fraud Office has spent more than £21 million ($28 million) on lawyers fighting its legal battle against Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. over the prosecutor's alleged abuse of its authority during an ill-fated criminal probe of the mining giant.
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June 04, 2025
Hill Dickinson Promotes 4 To Partnership In Smaller Round
Hill Dickinson LLP said Wednesday that it has elevated four lawyers to the partnership in an all-female round of promotions.
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June 04, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Director Denies Misusing Loan Amid Insolvency
A former director of defunct law firm One Legal Services Ltd. denied claims on Wednesday that he had unlawfully paid himself up to £101,000 ($88,300) in director's loans after the firm collapsed, saying he acted on the advice of an administrator.