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SNR Denton revives counterclaims against Huron in $30m US recruitment dispute

A US court has handed SNR Denton fresh ammunition to defend itself against a $30m (£19.9m) lawsuit brought by Huron Consulting Group over allegations that the law firm improperly poached five consultants, writes the Am Law Daily. Huron sued SNR Denton US legacy firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal after the law firm three years ago hired healthcare partner Lisa Murtha, a former Huron consultant who is accused in Huron's complaint of breaching non-compete agreements by recruiting other Huron employees to join her.
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Neuberger criticises costs in Irwin Mitchell personal injury case

Irwin Mitchell has come under fire for the pricing of a personal injury case, after the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, said costs of almost £75,000 were disproportionate to a damages award of £12,750. The case, Simcoe v Jacuzzi UK Group, saw plumber Adrian Simcoe bring a claim against Jacuzzi UK after suffering pain as a result of repetitive work assembling shower cubicles for the company.
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Freshfields transfers senior disputes duo to HK in Asia litigation push

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to relocate two senior dispute resolution partners to Hong Kong, as the firm looks to grow its litigation footprint in Asia. Global arbitration co-head Lucy Reed will relocate from Freshfields' New York office to the Asia base in May this year, while global investigations co-head Geoff Nicholas is set to move from London to Hong Kong this summer.
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Abramovich battle is fitting launch as Rolls Building bolsters City's dispute credentials

Litigators are optimistic that flagship court will help lure big-ticket disputes to London. Suzanna Ring reports
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Redknapp acquittal bruises HMRC but scores handy column inches

After five years of investigation it took a jury just five hours to last week (8 February) acquit Harry Redknapp (pictured) of tax evasion. For Redknapp, clearing his name after the 13-day trial at Southwark Crown Court could leave the path clear to the England manager role recently vacated by Fabio Capello. For HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which pursued the high-profile case against the Tottenham Hotspur manager and his co-defendant, former Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric, the outcome has led to claims that the case should never have gone to trial at all.
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Weil Gotshal secures key client payouts in MF Global case

Weil Gotshal & Manges and KPMG have reached a groundbreaking agreement in the MF Global administration that will see money returned to clients without the need for a court order. Weil Gotshal is advising administrator KPMG on the high-profile insolvency proceedings, which kicked off late last year and are the first under the UK's new 'special administration' regime set up last year to protect market stability in the wake of Lehman Brothers' 2008 collapse.
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Dealmaker: Ian Terry

"Proudest professional moment? Winning the Apple v Apple litigation for Steve Jobs and realising he was now free to take access to music to another level" - Freshfields litigator Ian Terry on the joys of Leeds Crown Court and his ice-skating aspirations
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Government drops plans to protect civil claimants from paying costs

The Government has dropped plans to extend incoming access to justice provisions beyond personal injury (PI) as the debate over the implementation of the Jackson reforms to civil litigation costs continues. The Government earlier this month confirmed that it had rejected proposals to usher in so-called 'qualified one-way costs-shifting' (QOCS) beyond PI claims during a Parliamentary debate on the new civil justice bill.
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Bakers secures Spanish coup with hire of former Garrigues managing partner

Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of former Garrigues managing partner Jose Maria Alonso Puig, reports The Am Law Daily. Senior arbitrator Alonso, who spent nine years as managing partner of the 2,000-lawyer Spanish giant before standing down in 2009 to head the firm's arbitration practice, will join Bakers' Madrid office on 1 March.
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Clifford Chance appointed as judges fight planned pension changes

Clifford Chance (CC) has been instructed to advise a group of judges fighting upcoming changes to their judicial pensions proposed as part of the Pensions Bill 2011. The magic circle firm has been asked to obtain quotes for legal advice for the action group from leading counsel.
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