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Mills & Reeve sets up low-cost paralegal unit in Norwich

Mills & Reeve has joined the growing list of firms setting up low-cost paralegal support units. The firm has pulled together a team of seven paralegals in Norwich for the unit, which launched last month, with the paralegals taking on low cost, high volume work.
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Damned if you do – the Bar Standards Board's unwelcome place in the spotlight

Bar regulator gets full chattering class treatment on Today as criticism of BSB mounts. Suzanna Ring reports
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Pro bono panellists tackle Olympic disputes as legal contests kick off

Firms and chambers including Charles Russell, Farrer & Co and 4 New Square have taken roles on a trio of Olympic disputes after last year winning spots on a pro bono panel to provide legal advice during the Games. The London 2012 Pro Bono Service, which was set up to provide free legal advice to Olympic participants, comprises a line-up of nine law firms, chambers and advocates, with the first three cases handled by the panel covering selection and doping disputes.
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Quinn chief defends conduct after Apple-Samsung trial contempt claim

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan managing partner John Quinn has defended his decision to share evidence with reporters covering the Apple-Samsung patent trial, reports The Recorder. Quinn yesterday (1 August) filed a declaration confirming that he authorised a press release containing links to evidence that US District Judge Lucy Koh had blocked the jury from hearing, in response to media requests.
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Herbert Smith hires six-partner team for high stakes US launch

Herbert Smith has hired a six-partner litigation team from Chadbourne & Parke as the City law firm gears up for its much-touted US launch. The team, which focuses on product liability work and tobacco litigation specifically, comprises five New York-based partners, including Chadbourne's litigation head, Thomas Riley.
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Court of Appeal confirms 10% damages uplift in civil litigation cases for next year

The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment which will lead to a 10% increase in general damages in most civil litigation cases from 1 April next year. The changes, which form part of the measures recommended by Lord Justice Jackson in 2010, are intended to create a balanced package of measures in conjunction with the Government's Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
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Quinn Emanuel faces judge's ire as Apple-Samsung trial gets underway

Lawyers for Apple and Samsung have kicked off their high-stakes US patent trial, in a dramatic day which saw Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan managing partner John Quinn reproached by the judge overseeing the case, reports The Recorder. The dispute, in which Apple is pursuing a record $2.5bn (£1.6bn) in damages, centres around the claim that Samsung ripped off the unique design features of its iPad and iPhone.
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New Dewey filing confirms names of six pre-collapse merger suitors

A new Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy filing has confirmed the identities of six potential merger partners that reviewed the firm's audited financial reports ahead of its collapse, reports The Am Law Daily. The 355-page financial statement, filed on Thursday (26 July) by advisers overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, details various payments made amid Dewey's death spiral as well as gross revenue figures for certain debtor entities in 2010 and 2011.
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Leading firms sign up to encourage solicitors to apply for judiciary

Some of the UK's leading law firms have pledged to encourage their lawyers to apply for judicial appointments, as part of a campaign by the Law Society to increase the number of solicitors appointed as judges. Twenty firms have committed to the campaign, including 11 of the UK's 20 largest firms by revenue, including Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard.
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Burges Salmon gets result for Leeds FC in policing charges contest

Burges Salmon sports partner Mark Gay has advised Leeds United Football Club on a successful High Court challenge over policing costs charged by West Yorkshire Police. The case saw Leeds United dispute the basis upon which West Yorkshire Police had charged the club for match-day policing outside of its Elland Road stadium.
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