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The A-Levels Fiasco: Calls for More Law Firms to Drop Grade Requirements

Ashurst and DWF were quick to respond to a fiasco that left UK students fearing for their futures. Now there are calls for more law firms to follow suit.
5 minute read

International Edition

Post Office General Counsel: 'Diverse Law Firms Perform Better'

The UK institution's legal head explains why diversity is a key criteria for his panel and what firms can do to improve.
3 minute read

International Edition

EU-US Privacy Shield Replacement Likely, But Not Long for This World

For any new data transfer agreement between the U.S. and the EU to last, the U.S. may have to first undertake some strenuous reforms to its intelligence surveillance. But that's unlikely to happen anytime soon.
4 minute read

International Edition

How South Africa's Law Firms Are Preparing for the Post-COVID Era

The pandemic has forced South Africa's major law firms to reinvent themselves, with many firms hinting at smaller offices and greater efficiencies.
5 minute read

International Edition

Pandemic Crisis Shows 'US Firms Have a Better Culture Than UK Rivals'

With US firms adopting fewer pandemic cost-saving measures, some partners argue their U.K. rivals can no longer demonise their culture.
6 minute read

International Edition

Africa's Lawyers Offer a View Into the Depth and Scale of Corruption On the Continent

No group of individuals can offer as clear a glimpse of corruption on the continent as its best lawyers, who talk to Law.com International about the corruption they encounter, and what's being done to stamp it out.
8 minute read

International Edition

Market Report: Hong Kong's Loss Could be Singapore's Gain, Say Locals

As protests and legal changes continue to dog Hong Kong, Singapore is attempting to gain a bigger slice of the Asian legal business market.
12 minute read

International Edition

Will Billing Rates for Elite Firms Rise More in 2020?

Kirkland & Ellis said it typically increases the hourly rates of its professionals twice a year. But in 2020, routine rate hikes by big firms are not certain, observers said.
6 minute read

International Edition

Law Firms Remain Vulnerable to Wire Transfer Scams, as Liability and Breach Costs Grow

A lawsuit against Holland & Knight alleging the firm didn't do enough to prevent a wire transfer scam echoes a similar case involving Dentons.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Tax Change That Threatens the Flexi-Lawyering Market

Coming into effect next spring, U.K. rules known as the IR35 have the power to upend the flourishing flexi-lawyer sector.
6 minute read

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