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Libel reform - too timid, too dangerous, too bad

Too much expectation can sometimes be a bad thing. Take libel reform. Given that campaigners have for years sought substantive changes to defamation laws, the emergence last week of a draft bill delivering reform should have been a good thing. Instead, the reforms have managed the neat track of leaving many practising lawyers grumbling that it merely codifies current case law (a debatable point) while supporters of the status quo have howled with indignation.
4 minute read

Legal Week

BT adds Camerons to panel after review of global advisers

BT has unveiled its global legal panel, handing CMS Cameron McKenna a first-time appointment alongside regular advisers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird & Bird. The three firms will primarily advise the telecommunications giant on corporate, commercial and antitrust/regulation work.
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International Edition

BT adds Camerons to panel after review of global advisers

BT has unveiled its global legal panel, handing CMS Cameron McKenna a first-time appointment alongside regular advisers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird & Bird. The three firms will primarily advise the telecommunications giant on corporate, commercial and antitrust/regulation work.
2 minute read

Legal Week

The right strategy

When one newly-appointed finance director took up his new role, he reportedly said: “If a manufacturing business ran itself like we do, they would go bust in one day”. The statement reflects a call to arms from finance directors, human resources and clients alike for law firm IT departments to help them out as the recession hits.
14 minute read

International Edition

The right strategy

When one newly-appointed finance director took up his new role, he reportedly said: "If a manufacturing business ran itself like we do, they would go bust in one day". The statement reflects a call to arms from finance directors, human resources and clients alike for law firm IT departments to help them out as the recession hits.
6 minute read

Legal Week

Weil Gotshal takes lead on £320m All3Media sale

Weil Gotshal cashes in on Bridgepoint links as consolidating TV sector attracts City advisers
12 minute read

International Edition

Weil Gotshal takes lead on £320m All3Media sale

Weil Gotshal cashes in on Bridgepoint links as consolidating TV sector attracts City advisers
2 minute read

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