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Quinn Emanuel City litigation partner set for return from conflict exile

Former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London partner Marc Becker could be set for a return to the firm after a US judge dismissed a motion filed by Bank of America (BoA) to disqualify the firm from a multibillion-dollar litigation case. The US firm is now set to ask BoA to consent to Becker's return, after he was asked to leave in October as a result of a conflict issue relating to a minor role he took on Quinn Emanuel's work for AIG in a $10bn (£6.3bn) securities litigation case against BoA.
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Charles Russell scores appeal win for Rooney over Euro 2012 ban

Charles Russell and Blackstone Chambers have taken advisory roles for England footballer Wayne Rooney on his successful appeal against a three-match ban at next year's European Championships. Charles Russell commercial litigation partner Jonathan Ellis and Blackstone Chambers' Adam Lewis QC represented Rooney in his appeal to European football governing body UEFA, which yesterday (8 December) saw his ban reduced from three matches to two.
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Freshfields faces £68m claim over Department for Transport advice

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is facing a potential negligence claim worth more than £68m from the Department for Transport (DfT) for advice it gave the organisation in 2006 in relation to a rail franchise agreement with Stagecoach South Western Trains (SSWT)...
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Withers launches tax investigations group with Irwin Mitchell hire

Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 
1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head. He will lead the tax litigation team at Withers, which will sit within the firm's wealth planning group. The firm is planning to add a team of junior lawyers to the group over the coming months.
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Litigation and Regulatory Team of the Year: Wragge & Co

This was an extremely hard-fought category – but Wragge & Co won the day thanks to the versatility 
of competition partner Bernardine Adkins, who became the first solicitor to take a competition cartel case all the way to the 
courtroom. It all began one January morning in 2006 when Adkins took a call from construction company Thomas Vale to say it was the subject of a dawn raid by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for alleged 'bid rigging'.
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Chambers of the Year: Guildhall Chambers

Bristol-based Guildhall Chambers caught the eye of the judges thanks to its ability to demonstrate how its clearly-defined and well-executed strategy had led to a slew of top quality work in its chosen fields. The set, which has 69 barristers, has worked purposefully and imaginatively to develop its five specialist teams covering insolvency, regulatory crime, commercial, property and personal injury and clinical negligence.
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As hacking hits the headlines, steps can be taken to prosecute over stolen emails

"The passwords to the claimant's email accounts had been obtained in July 2008 through the services of a group based in China called (remarkably) 'The Invisible Hacking Group'..." - Skadden on what English law can offer hacking victims
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Withers launches new London practice group with Irwin Mitchell hire

Withers has launched a tax litigation practice in London with the hire of Irwin Mitchell's business and tax investigations head Maurice Martin. Martin joined the firm on 1 December after five years at Irwin Mitchell, four of which he spent as practice head.
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Mishcons recruits partner to launch US family practice

Mishcon de Reya has launched a family law practice in New York with the hire of a new US partner.Michael Stutman joined the UK law firm this month from his own firm Mayerson Stutman Abramowitz, which he founded in 1998.
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Voluntary code & membership body launched for third party litigation funders

A new code of conduct and central membership body for third party litigation funders has been launched in response to the increasing number of suppliers in the market. The Civil Justice Council (CJC) issued the new voluntary 11-point code yesterday (23 November), which sets out standards of practice and behaviour for litigation funders in England & Wales.
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