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Billables and Bad Partners: Why Associates Are Still Not Happy
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Latham's Partner Promotion Round Shrinks Again

The size of Latham's fall promotions has been trending downward in recent years.
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Analysis

Trump Win Ignites Global Legal Market: Lawyers Prepare for High Demand & Uncertainty

Trade tensions are expected to increase as Donald Trump seeks to unleash a slew of tariffs during his second term as U.S. president.
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Milan to Host 2025 Legal Innovation & Technology Awards, Nominations Open

The awards are moving to Milan, Italy, after 10 hugely successful years in the U.K.
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Trump Re-election Stirs Big Law Optimism and Caution in London

Donald Trump's second-term victory sparks optimism over his pro-business stance, while London's top partners expect global and domestic uncertainty.
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Analysis

Cracking Canada: How International Law Firms Penetrate the Country's Legal Market

None of the U.S. or global giants has much of a presence in the North American country. A&O Shearman and Sheppard Mullin, with their distinct approaches to the market, illustrate how differently firms are servicing clients' Canadian needs.
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Is AI Regulation Attainable on a Global Scale?

Speakers from various international organizations at the New York City Bar Association's "UN Summit of the Future: International Regulation of AI" webinar discussed whether global AI regulation is possible and what's holding it back.
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Sullivan Cromwell Urges Top Court to Resist Making NY the 'Shangri-La' for Derivative Shareholder Suits

Litigators do differ in their opinions on the impact of a decision that would give New York courts the ability to handle shareholder suits against foreign corporations.
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Netflix Offices Raided by Authorities in Paris and Amsterdam

A French judicial source said that the searches are part of a preliminary investigation opened in November 2022 on charges of "aggravated tax fraud and concealed work in an organized gang."
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Research

The Law Firms Generating 8-Figure Fees on the Year's Big Ticket UK Deals

The U.K. M&A market rebound has been a boon for a handful of elite law firms, according to Law.com International research, with one firm proving especially prolific.
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'Significant' Competition Concerns Over £762M GXO Logistics-Wincanton Merger

GXO reached an agreement to acquire Wincanton for £762 million in April, and was advised by Freshfields.
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Commentary

How to Avoid a Money Laundering Scandal

A compliance crackdown has left many floundering, writes Paul Hodkinson, who asked the largest firms about how big their anti-money-laundering teams are.
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News

Trio of Firms Act On Multibillion Dollar Claim Over Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Deal In Paris

It has been widely reported that the dispute could lead to Pakistan facing circa $18 billion in liabilities.
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News

Eversheds Shuts in Beijing, Targets Singapore Re-Entry

The office managing partner, the sole remaining partner in the Beijing office, is hired away by Stephenson Harwood.
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News

Weil Gotshal London Trio Defects to Freshfields

The latest hire comes as firms across London are boosting their private credit offerings.
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News

Gibson Dunn Leads as Hollywood Duo Sell Minority Stake in Wrexham AFC

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds bring more North American investment to the Welsh football outfit.
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Ranking

The Best Law Firms for Pro Bono in the UK, 2024

As the industry marks the 23rd annual Pro Bono week, Law.com International can reveal which firms performed highest for pro bono in the U.K. this year.
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News

Latham Suffers Latest Departure as Skadden Swoops for London IP Head

This is the latest high-profile departure for Latham as the firm continues to suffer a slew of exits.
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News

Australian Senator Accuses PwC International of Inhibiting Accountability

Police search PwC's Australian offices as part of tax leaks investigation.
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Q&A

Inside Travers Smith's AI Training, Development Efforts

The firm aims to expose its employees to gen AI through experimentation and training modules as a way to stay up to date with the fast-evolving technology.
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News

Big Four Japanese Firm Nagashima Ohno Launches First European Office In London

Japanese law firms are expanding aggressively overseas, with several big openings in recent months.
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All Eyes on America

On November 6, whether it's Harris' or Trump's America that the world wakes up to, little will change the fact that Big Law is retreating westward, writes The Global Lawyer.
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Analysis

Hong Kong IPO Market Shows Signs of Slow but Steady Recovery

The law firms Jingtian & Gongcheng, Maples and Calder and King & Wood Mallesons have taken the top spots for IPO deal volume so far this year.
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Kingsley Napley and Lord Pannick Spearhead Private Schools' Challenge to Government VAT Policy

The government announced that from January 2025, all education services provided by a private school in the U.K. for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%.
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Features

The People That Make Us: A Photoshoot with Clifford Chance

This week, Law.com International is featuring photos and interviews with junior talent across Clifford Chance's U.K. corporate team, as part of a series to showcase the teams behind the scenes.
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News

Asia Deal Digest: Clifford Chance, A&O Shearman, White & Case Lead On Fund Formation Deals, Host of Firms Assist on Hong Kong First De-SPAC.

Across Asia, fund formations, joint ventures and acquisitions are keeping both international and regional firms busy.
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HSF, Gowling WLG, Addleshaw Goddard Strengthen German Offices & Other Strategic Hires

Addleshaw Goddard and Herbert Smith Freehills are expanding in Germany despite economic challenges, while others are hiring in London, Brussels, the Netherlands, and France.
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News

HSBC Conducts Legal Panel Review

It comes after the bank announced last week that it is splitting its Hong Kong and U.K. operations into separate entities.
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News

Clifford Chance Splashes $20M on New Houston Office

The move underlines the importance of Houston to firms eager to crack the U.S. market.
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Ranking

The EU Top 30, 2024: Ranking the Largest Law Firms in the European Union by Headcount

The likes of CMS and Hogan Lovells rank highly in the inaugural rankings, but firms told Law.com International that while they see the EU's market as stable it is also challenging and not necessarily their current top source of global growth.
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Leigh Day Cleared of Wrongdoing in £55M Shell Settlement with Nigeria

London's High Court dismissed unauthorized disbursement claims against law firm Leigh Day related to a £55 million settlement over an oil spill in Nigeria.
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Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.

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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.

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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.

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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.

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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.

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