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Field Fisher’s Addition

Linklaters Hire To Lead Firm’s European Private Client Practice Powered By LawFuel – Fieldfisher boosts private client practice with Linklaters partner Peter Golden will join Fieldfisher this autumn to lead the European law firm’s private client practice, to help capitalise on the firm’s strong existing reputation in trusts, real estate and tax advice for wealthy […]

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Former Baker + McKenzie Trade Lawyer Joins Sidley Austin

Move to Sidley in Global Arbitrtion, Trade & Advocacy Practice Powered By LawFuel –WASHINGTON–Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Ted Murphy has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner in its Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy practice. He joins from Baker McKenzie, where he built a distinguished practice over 20 years

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Baker + McKenzie’s #Metoo Headache As Charges Laid

The former head of global legal giant Baker McKenzie’s London office is facing prosecution for alleged sexual harassment, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said today with the former chief and his former firm instructing partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to represent them. Gary Senior, who left the firm last year, has been

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Jones Day Responds to Gender Bias Lawsuit Sayings It’s a “Distorted Picture”

In Jones Day, the Big Law firm under intense attack in a $200 million proposed gender discrimination class action, has delivered its first detailed response to claims that it systematically discriminated against women, saying it was a “distorted picture” of the truth. LawFuel has reported earlier on the ‘spreading virus’ of lawsuits against the firm and

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The Spreading ‘Virus’ of Jones Days’ Gender Bias Lawsuits

The Jones Day lawsuit ‘virus’ is spreading. The Big Law firm faces further allegations of gender bias with claims being brought from its offices in both New York and Atlanta as three anonymous, former female associates of the firm saying that they suffered from Jones Days’ gender bias. Jones Day now faces allegations of gender

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Slaughters Lift London Pay Rates in Pay War ‘Race to the Top’

Slaughter & May is the latest major law firm in London to life its associate pay, which is £100,000 including bonuses The pay increase follows recent moves by firms in The City, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance which both lifted their pay for newly-qualified (NQ) pay to £100,000 as the pay war started

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