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Elon Musk Taps UK Top 50 Firm for London Launch of AI Business

The company was incorporated with Companies House in December 2024, and has Elon Musk listed as the person with significant control.
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Kirkland, Macfarlanes Act as Evelyn Partners Offloads £700M Professional Services Arm

The professional services division of professional services firm Evelyn Partners is being sold to PE house Apax.
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Biggest UK Deals of 2024 and Who Got the Mandates

Deals including the acquisitions of Britvic, Royal Mail, Darktrace, and Hargreaves Lansdown, underscore the rising appeal of U.K. companies to international buyers.
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A&O Shearman Exits Continue as New York Partner Joins Cleary

Post merger, A&O Shearman has seen several partners leave, particularly following its decision to cut 10% of its equity partnership.
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KPMG Law US Targets Alternative Business Licence, Shaking Up Legal Status Quo

The Big Four firm is applying for a license under Arizona rules that allow lawyers and non-lawyers to co-own law firms. 
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Norton Rose, Mishcon Make Double Hires in London

Between the two law firms, four partners have been hired, with three specialising in real estate.
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Another Partner Exits Deloitte Legal—Former M&A Head Joins UK Top 50 Law Firm

Deloitte Legal has seen several partners leave its ranks in recent months.
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4 Things to Watch Out For in 2025: Partners Speak

The issues that partners at leading firms believe will dominate the legal landscape in the coming year.
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Akin Adds Orrick Partner in London

With this latest hire, the firm is consolidating its newly launched global capital solutions team.
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Pinsent Masons Top Earner Pay Cut by Nearly Half

While the firm has improved turnover and profit, it has also seen staff costs increase, a trend seen across London.
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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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