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Beckwith: The High Cost of the SRA's Failed Case Unveiled
The regulator's total spend in its investigation into the former Freshfields partner's conduct has been discovered by Law.com International.
'We Have a Lot to Learn': Pierre Duprey, Ex-Linklaters Arbitration Head, on Launching a New Firm
Duprey spoke this week with Law.com International about the new firm's values, his decision to leave big-firm life, and how arbitrators often have a different way of looking at the law.
Hogan Lovells 'Star' Moscow M&A Partner Leaves to Start Own Firm
Oxana Balayan used Instagram to announce that she is launching her own firm. She was with Hogan Lovells for 19 years.
Shearman & Sterling Relaunches Munich Office, Hires 2 Finance Partners From Linklaters
DWF Overhauls Structure, Resumes Investments Paused Due to COVID-19
Firm CEO Sir Nigel Knowles said no more redundancies or office closures are expected as part of the latest shake up.
Latham & Watkins Recruits A&O Cannabis Star
Legal Tech Predictions For 2021
Six UK experts offer their thoughts on where the sector is heading after last year's unprecedented disruption.
A&O Global Arbitration Co-Head Leaves
Another Private Client Partner Leaves BCLP
IBA Names Zimbabwe Lawyer as President
Sternford Moyo, chairman and senior partner of the Zimbabwe law firm Scanlen and Holderness, is the IBA's first African president in the history of the 74-year-old organization.
'Difficult Business for London Litigators': Judgment Enforceability Limbo Persists
The universal belief among U.K. practitioners is that accession to the Lugano Convention now that the U.K. has left the EU would make life "dramatically easier." But the EU has thus far been silent.
Opinion in Data Privacy Facebook Case Could Lead to More GDPR Investigations
The highest adviser to Europe's top court has said national privacy regulators can take legal action against tech giants who flout GDPR rules even if they are headquartered in another EU country.