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Norton Rose's Canada arm sees post-merger exit of top arbitrator due to conflicts

Norton Rose's Canada arm is set to see the departure of a high-profile senior arbitrator, with former Ogilvy Renault chairman Yves Fortier quitting the firm due to conflict concerns. Fortier, 76, will leave Norton Rose OR at the end of the year in the wake of Ogilvy's merger with the top 10 UK firm, which went live this June.
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Law Soc chief exec sees Solicitors from Hell slander charge thrown out

A claim of alleged slander brought by Solicitors from Hell owner Rick Kordowski against Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson has been struck out of court. Kordowski had claimed Hudson slandered him in comments he allegedly made to Professor John Flood of the University of Westminster in which, according to a blog published by Flood on 22 July this year, he called Kordowski a "criminal".
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Linklaters, Gianni and Credit Suisse settle £118m negligence dispute

Linklaters, Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners and Credit Suisse have settled a £118m professional negligence dispute relating to advice given to the bank on a deal with Italian food company Parmalat nearly 10 years ago. It is unclear how much the firms have settled for; however, the figure, which both law firms are contributing to, is expected to be only a fraction of the original claim value.
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Bank of America moves to force Quinn Emanuel off $10bn AIG case

Bank of America (BoA) has filed a motion to disqualify US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan from representing AIG in a $10bn (£6.3bn) securities litigation case, reports The Am Law Litigation Daily. The bank argues that Quinn Emanuel is conflicted because Marc Becker, a London partner the firm recruited in 2009, had previously represented Merrill Lynch and a subsidiary as a partner at Munger Tolles & Olson, BoA's lawyers. Becker joined Quinn Emanuel's London office shortly after it opened for business in in the City in October 2008.
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Quinn Emanuel set for Moscow with hire of ex-CC duo from Dechert

Quinn Emanuel is set to launch an office in Moscow with the hire of two senior litigation partners from Dechert. Ivan Marisin and Vasily Kuznetsov, who are set to join Quinn later this year, both joined Dechert's Moscow office from Clifford Chance (CC) last year. The number of associates who will follow the duo to Dechert is as yet unconfirmed.
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Freshfields appoints Paris managing partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Elie Kleiman as the new head of its Paris office. Kleiman, who formerly headed up the firm's dispute resolution practice, is set to take up the role of Paris managing partner on 1 November. He will hold the new position in conjunction with his client work.
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Halliwells fixed-share partners level new claims at equity partners

A group of ex-Halliwells partners have been issued with a letter by former fixed-share members threatening legal action on the grounds of misrepresentation. The letter, which was sent by Irwin Mitchell on behalf of 14 former Halliwells fixed-share partners, levels a number of complaints at the equity partners who each received a share of the defunct firm's controversial £24.5m ''reverse premium' property payout.
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CC signs up litigation partner trio for New York white-collar practice

Clifford Chance (CC) has added three partners to its New York litigation practice with the hire of a trio of former US federal prosecutors. David Raskin, Christopher Morvillo and Edward O'Callaghan all formerly worked together in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
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Winston & Strawn seals hire of Ashurst litigation chief for City base

Ashurst's outgoing litigation chief Michael Madden is set to join the London office of US firm Winston & Strawn. Madden, whose departure from Ashurst was first reported by Legal Week yesterday (12 October), has been hired with a remit to launch a London commercial litigation practice for Winston. The firm is planning to recruit additional laterals in the coming months.
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Herbert Smith introduces new CEMEA disputes chief role

Herbert Smith has appointed Moscow litigation chief Dmitry Kurochkin as its new head of dispute resolution for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). The appointment, effective from the start of this month, makes Kurochkin the first partner to hold the role. The firm previously appointed Paris disputes head Denis Chemla to lead the CEMEA practice in May this year; however, he resigned days later to join Allen & Overy (A&O). Kurochkin will continue as head of the Moscow disputes practice alongside the new position. He has been at Herbert Smith since 2002, when he joined from Clifford Chance, and was made up to partner in 2004.
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