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Firms in Europe are bulking up their teams in anticipation of more compliance work.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but published reports estimate the value of the deal at as much as $7 billion.

Slaughters is first large UK firm to engage with the climate group, which asks lawyers to pledge to withhold their services on matters that could support 'new fossil fuel projects'.

If the Supreme Court had decided in favour of the claimant, it could have opened banks up to a flood of litigation from fraud victims.

Thirty-four countries, as well as the African Union, the Pacific Community, the European Union and the Commission of Small Island States, will give evidence in the case over two days of hearings, beginning Monday.

It comes after the firm revealed a slowdown in global revenue growth earlier this summer.

Stories this week concerning firms like Slaughter and May and Ince show that taking shortcuts to acquire brand kudos isn't always the best move, writes The London Lawyer.

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The firm is currently focused on recruitment in order to build a team under Joa o Lima Cluny's leadership, a spokesperson told Law.com International.

José Antonio de la Calle and Sanna Orkan previously made up a purely antitrust legal boutique, which has now been fully integrated into White & Case's Madrid office.

"From the perspective of AI companies, people want clarity around which applications are prohibited, and what the obligations are associated with each category," said Shannon Yavorsky, an Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe partner.

"Mass data scraping of personal information can constitute a reportable data breach in many jurisdictions," an international group of privacy watchdogs warned.

The insurance and reinsurance facility will act as a back-stop in the event that the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund runs out.

An in-depth analysis of five years of M&A data by Law.com International has revealed how frequently the members of the famed European network actually work together on announced M&A deals—with only a small percentage involving more than one of Slaughters, Hengeler, De Brauw, Uria, Bredin Prat and BonelliErede.

The rollout of Openbank is part of Santander's efforts to service more of the unbanked population in Mexico, which is a major market for the Spanish bank.

In May, Drew & Napier became the first law firm to represent Asia-based investors collecting filing claims in the Swiss courts against the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

They will be joining Proskauer Rose in a few weeks, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

When the opening takes place in 2024, three of the Spanish firm's five international offices will have been opened in just a three-year period.

The launch follows an office opening in Dublin and the addition of practitioners in Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and Paris.

The spectacle of a law firm taking legal action against its own managing partner and owner will now play out in London's High Court.

Staff bonus payments will not be paid out this year, with the firm citing 'the challenging economic back drop'.