COVID-19
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International Edition | Features
'It's a Real Issue': Law Firm Leaders Brace for Another Painful Year of Insurance Premium Rises
By Simon Lock | February 12, 2021
Law firm leaders and insurance brokers anticipate another year of double-digit rises in insurance premiums, with many in the industry concerned.
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International Edition | Features
It's the Future: DLA Piper's New Regional Head On Why the Firm is Building in Africa
By Jennigay Coetzer | February 11, 2021
The firm's recently appointed managing partner for Middle East and Africa, Peter Somekh, believes Africa is the future for law.
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Osborne Clarke, Sidley Austin Advise on Latest Equity Investment Into Online Shopping
By Varsha Patel | February 11, 2021
The deal comes as e-commerce businesses boom during the pandemic.
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Freshfields Signs For New Silicon Valley Office, Plots Continued Growth
By Varsha Patel | February 11, 2021
Freshfields launched on the West Coast in July 2020.
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UK Law Firm Advising As Latest High Street Restaurant Chain Falls Foul of Pandemic
By Varsha Patel | February 10, 2021
The insolvency deal comes as the U.K.'s hospitality sector continues to struggle with the continuing effects of the string of COVID-19 lockdowns.
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International Edition | Expert Opinion
Big Law Firms Cut Their Way to Double-Digit Profits Growth in 2020
By Gretta Rusanow | February 10, 2021
As a pandemic-fueled recession plagued the U.S. economy, law firms grew revenue and pulled the right levers to post stunning profits increases, a Citi Private Bank report indicates.
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Brazil Anti-Corruption Efforts to Center on COVID-Related Fraud
By Amy Guthrie | February 9, 2021
Officials in the South American country have already identified at least $385 million lost to corruption in pandemic-related contracts.
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Swathe of Law Firms Provide Lawyers to UK Test & Trace Programme
By Simon Lock | February 9, 2021
Seven law firms are set to receive a combined total of over £1 million for secondments to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Osborne Clarke Ends Salary Cuts, Set to Repay Staff in Full
By Simon Lock | February 8, 2021
The firm originally introduced a 7% cut for staff in June last year in the wake of the pandemic.
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International Edition | Analysis
EU's Vaccine Export Blocks Weakened Brexit Agreement, Lawyers Say
By Linda A. Thompson | February 4, 2021
Lawyers say EU officials' now-scrapped decision to trigger a safeguard clause has cast a cloud over an agreement meant to prevent border checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland post-Brexit.
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