Alex Aldridge

April 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

BT has sealed a deal to send basic legal tasks to outsourcing provider UnitedLex, spelling the end of its in-house legal support services team in India. From April 1, a 15-strong UnitedLex team (including lawyers, project managers and online support and admin staff) will handle commercial contracting and antitrust regulation work.�

By Alex Aldridge

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August 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Prudential and AOL have overhauled the management of their internal legal teams in the wake of the departures of their respective general counsel. Prudential GC Peter Maynard has left the financial services company after about a decade in the role. Margaret Coltman, the former GC of Lloyds TSB, has replaced him on an interim basis. Separately, AOL's international GC Tony Wales has left for a position at the Oxford Internet Institute. The company has named their GC for Europe, Nity Raj, as his replacement.

By Alex Aldridge

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August 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Agency's Decision Ruled Not Arbitrary; Owner Is Denied Luxury Decontrol of Unit

By Alex Aldridge

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February 17, 2010 | Law.com

Rio Tinto managing attorney Leah Cooper is leaving the mining giant to join legal outsourcing provider CPA Global. Cooper, who was the driving force behind the deal struck last year by Rio to outsource low-level legal tasks to a team of CPA lawyers in India, will become a member of the company's legal outsourcing board, focusing on strategy and development. The new role, which is based in London, will not involve the practice of law and will commence at the beginning of March.

By Alex Aldridge

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August 10, 2010 | Law.com

Thirty law firms have "registered serious interest" in a scheme to find new roles for trainees left without places due to the break up of U.K. law firm Halliwells. The initial focus is to secure contracts for the 17 trainees who were due to commence at the firm in September.

By Alex Aldridge

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March 15, 2010 | Law.com

The U.K.'s College of Law has unveiled a new course that will enable students to sit for the New York Bar exam. Beginning in September, students in the full-time Graduate Diploma in Law program who go on to complete either the Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course will be able to take the New York Bar Exam after an additional 22-week study program. Those successfully completing the course will be awarded a U.S.-style College of Law Juris Doctor degree in law.

By Alex Aldridge

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March 15, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Judith Shepard replaces Barclays Capital general counsel Jonathan Hughes, who left his position to work in the front office with the investment bank in a predominantly non-legal role.

By Alex Aldridge

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February 23, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

The software giant enters into an agreement with legal outsourcing provider CPA Global to offshore legal work to lawyers in India. Microsoft began a pilot scheme with CPA in October and formally rolled it out at the end of 2009.

By Alex Aldridge

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July 09, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Spotify's GC is a frequent flier, but she's having fun.

By Alex Aldridge

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March 30, 2010 | Law.com

Half of all female solicitors in England and Wales believe they work too many hours and that flexible working arrangements negatively affect career development, according to a survey released this month by the Association of Women Solicitors and King's College London.

By Alex Aldridge

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