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Withers advises as McCann family PR adviser wins defamation case

Withers has won a High Court defamation battle for client Justine McGuinness, a former PR adviser of Gerry and Kate McCann, parents of Madeleine McCann. McGuinness was represented by Withers counsel Amber Melville-Brown in her case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), after allegations were made in a front-page article in The People claiming that that McGuinness overcharged expenses from the 'Find Madeleine Fund' and was forced to resign.
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New survey of in-house lawyers reveals upturn in litigation work

A new survey of senior corporate counsel has highlighted improving prospects for litigation work, with more than 40% of respondents expecting an upturn in the next year, reports The Am Law Litigation Daily. The 2009 Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation Trends report, now in its sixth year, canvassed 267 in-house lawyers from the US and 125 from the UK, with more than half of the respondents representing businesses with revenues of more than $1bn (£610m).
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Litigation

Claire Ruckin finds controlling costs high on the agenda at the 2009 Legal Week Litigation Forum, while Herbert Smith's Sonya Leydecker and Maura McIntosh look at what effect the Jackson review will have on the spiralling costs of litigation.
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Herbert Smith builds fraud practice with hire of high-profile A&O partner

Herbert Smith has hired highly-regarded Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Robert Hunter to boost its specialist fraud practice in the City. Hunter, who currently heads the trust, asset tracing and fraud group at A&O, will co-head Herbert Smith's civil fraud practice alongside current head Simon Bushell. He will join the firm as a partner with a start date yet to be decided.
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A storm is coming

The Legal Week Litigation Forum was dominated by talk of client pressure for a new deal on costs and managing disputes. Claire Ruckin reports
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Litigation: A proportionate piece of the pie

This April marked 10 years since the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules which followed Lord Woolf's review of English civil procedure. The Woolf reforms have achieved many things, including greater co-operation (or at least a reduction in overt hostilities) between the parties to litigation, more mediated settlements and an overall increase in the speed at which cases get to trial. It is generally agreed, however, that the reforms were not successful in cutting costs, which was one of the major objectives of Lord Woolf's review.
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Civil justice in Scotland could take giant leap with Gill report

Lord Gill's report on the Scottish Civil Justice System was published on 30 September. With 206 recommendations in 15 separate chapters, the report is comprehensive and ambitious. If implemented, it will represent a massive step forward for civil justice in Scotland.
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International Edition

Not simply an arbitrary rating

If there are online user ratings for books and restaurants, why can't there be a similar system for mediators and arbitrators? This reasoning led the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) to strike an outsourcing deal with a little-known company that has already introduced such a service. CPR's new arbitrator rating system is set to launch in January, and if it succeeds, it could put the concept on the map.
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International Edition

Linklaters set for Dutch litigation launch with NautaDutilh partner hire

Linklaters is set to continue its global litigation push with the launch of an Amsterdam practice in early 2010. Litigation partner Daniella Strik will join Linklaters on 1 February from Dutch independent NautaDutilh, where she has been a partner since 2005.
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Bank Of America set to reveal legal advice from Merrill merger deal

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has advised Bank of America to waive privilege and reveal legal advice that the bank received last year in its merger with Merrill Lynch, reports The American Lawyer. On Monday (12 October), Paul Weiss lawyers, along with counterparts from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, advised the bank's board to make a surprising change in strategy and vote to waive privilege in the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) much-publicised disclosure case against Bank of America, which is now set for a trial next year, after Manhattan federal district court Judge Jed Rakoff rejected a $33m (£21m) settlement between Bank of America and the US Government.
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