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Reed Smith becomes first international law firm to gain ABS license

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Regulatory approval enables firm to broaden client services, attract wider pool of top talent and be more agile. LONDON – Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that it has become the first international law firm to convert to an Alternative Business Structure (ABS), after receiving approval from the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority. Unlike the […]

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Clifford Chance and the Robots: Firm Launches Robotics LegalTech Training in Asia Pacific

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Clifford Chance has started an interesting robotics training programme, together with ‘Josef’, a legal automation platform, to train lawyers on how to work with a ‘no code’ platform to develop contracts. LawFuel wrote about Melbourne-based legal ‘bot’ Josef and receiving investment funding earlier this year. The firm’s press release explaining the initiative is below –

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. . And Now the DLA Partner Accusing Colleague Is Placed on Leave

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The DLA Piper partner who accused colleague and DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot of sexually assaulting her has been placed on leave herself. The firm said that it was placing Vanina Guerrero on paid leave while it investigates “serious issues” with her conduct that it called unrelated to her accusations against Lehot. Guerrero had earlier

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Big Law Firm Investigated For WhatsApp ‘T*ts and Filth’ Group

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Amid the #Metoo era and major efforts by the law profession to stamp out the culture issues that come with sexist, gender-offensive activity a major law firm is reportedly investigating a “highly offensive” text messaging group about female trainee solicitors. The Independent said it had received a statement from the big law firm confirming the

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Big Grossing Kirkland Promotes Record Number of Partners

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As the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis is used to pushing the limits and has done so again making 141 partners in the largest partner-promotion in a big law firm. The firm promoted 122 partners last year and interestingly it works to fast-track associates to partnership in contrast to many firms that increasingly

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Weil to Add Leading Linklaters M&A Partner David Avery-Gee in London

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Powered by LawFuel -LONDON, October 7, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that David Avery-Gee will join the Firm as an M&A partner in the London office. David is currently a corporate partner at Linklaters. He has advised on many high-profile and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across a

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Dentons’ Big Plans For the World’s Biggest Legal Market

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The US, as the largest legal market in the world with 1.3 million lawyers might appear to be ‘over-serviced’ if anything with law firms. But global player and ‘polycentric’ player Dentons have big plans for the big market. Dentons announced its plans to merge with two US law firms, believes the US market needs a

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Nashville Music Attorneys Join Loeb & Loeb

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Addition expands the firm’s award-winning music and entertainment practice and further diversifies its Nashville presence Powered By LawFuel NASHVILLE (October 1, 2019) – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that prominent entertainment, media and sports lawyer Derek Crownover has joined the firm’s Nashville office as a partner. He joins the firm from Dickinson Wright where he was chair of the Entertainment

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The Big Law Firm That Sees #MeToo As A Biz Opportunity

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Big Law firm Quinn Emanuel has entered the #MeToo practice space, announcing that they had set up a division to rrepresent those who have been subject to harassment and discrimination. Division leaders are Manisha Sheth (pictured) and Diane Cafferata and the difference from firms who have developed defence practices for #MeToo claims is that Quinn

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