Legal Week Staff

October 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Berwin Leighton Paisner, which discussed a combination with Greenberg Traurig in 2016, is now mulling a potential union with Bryan Cave.

By Legal Week Staff

4 minute read

March 02, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Eight partners who quit Herbert Smith Freehills last year to launch White & Case's new Australia practice will be unable to solicit clients or staff from their former firm until September, according to a decision handed down in the Australian courts earlier today.

By Anna Zhang, Asian Lawyer, with Legal Week Staff

33 minute read

January 23, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Reed Smith has confirmed its addition of 17 partners from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in London, Germany and Paris, who bring with them sizeable teams of lawyers, trainees and support staff.

By Legal Week Staff

17 minute read

January 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer

King & Wood Mallesons' (KWM) European arm has filed for administration in a move that represents the end of the line for the London-based legacy SJ Berwin business and the largest-ever law firm collapse in the U.K.

By Legal Week Staff

40 minute read

March 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Drew Combs in New York and Legal Week Staff

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April 02, 2010 | Law.com

The U.K. Court of Appeal handed down its judgment Thursday in the high-profile libel battle between science writer Dr. Simon Singh and the British Chiropractic Association, in what will be viewed as a victory for free speech campaigners. The judgment backed the appeal of Singh against a controversial High Court ruling that the BCA could proceed with its libel claim against Singh for a 2008 article that claimed the body "happily promotes bogus treatments."

By Legal Week Staff

3 minute read

September 17, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Hopes are rising that some jobs in Lehman Brothers' 50-strong in-house legal team can be saved as some legal staff were told Wednesday that they would be paid until the end of the month. The move contradicts earlier expectations that the entire U.K. legal team would lose their jobs in the wake of the bank's shock insolvency and comes as Barclays on Wednesday sealed a $1.8 billion deal to acquire a sizeable chunk of Lehman's investment bank and capital markets business on Wall Street.

By Legal Week Staff

2 minute read

October 21, 2010 | Law.com

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has for the first time backed the enforceability of prenuptial agreements in what will be regarded as a landmark ruling for family law. The 8-to-1 verdict saw the court back German heiress Katrin Radmacher in her dispute with ex-husband Nicolas Granatino, a former investment banker who now works as an academic researcher. There has been much speculation that the Oct. 20 ruling will curtail the U.K.'s supposed reputation as the divorce capital of the world.

By Legal Week staff

9 minute read