London-based Hodges Jones & Allen has become the first-ever wholly employee-owned UK law firm following a change in its ownership structure as founding partner Patrick Allen continues to plan his succession. Allen, (pictured) who stepped down as managing partner last year in favour of Vidisha Josh, has accumulated 70% of shares in the firm over […]
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Defendants Admit and Accept Responsibility for Their Conduct and Will Pay More Than $6 Million in Total to Resolve Claims Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Laura Wertheimer, Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General (“FHFA-OIG”), and Michael J. Missal, Inspector General for the
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Dykema and Loss, Judge & Ward Announce Combination Detroit/Washington, D.C. – December 4, 2018 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, and Loss, Judge & Ward, LLP, a Chambers-ranked Washington, D.C., firm, today announced their strategic combination. The combination takes effect on January 1, 2019, and will double each firm’s Washington, D.C., presence. The depth and experience of Loss, Judge
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One of the biggest threats facing law firms is from other lawyers – specifically those working for in-house legal teams. The development has been one that has been occurring with relentlessness for many years, with Law.com reporting last year that 75 per cent of work for legal departments is handled in-house, with more being retained
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The firm has announced its 2019 class of Skadden Fellows, a group of 28 graduating law students and judicial clerks who are devoting the next two years of their professional careers to public interest work. Since the program’s inception in 1988, Skadden has funded 849 Fellows Christina Avalos University of California, Los Angeles School of
After one of their most difficult year’s in the firm’s history following the sexual harassment issues, Russell McVeagh has announced the appointment of four new partners, three of whom are women. The firm has striven to restore its reputation following the issues over sexual harassment, implementing all the recommendations made in the independent report from
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Managing Real Collaboration and Change: An Overview Everyone knows how the practice of law is changing, including a major push from clients not only on billing and billing methods but also to simply understand their requirements. Six Stages of Concern Affecting Law Firm Innovation Clients are driving a need for lawyers to be more attuned
LawFuel – News for Innovative Lawyers & Law Firms LONDON – The Financial Times has ranked Hogan Lovells eighth overall in the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2018 report, which is published in conjunction with research partner RSG Consulting. The firm achieved “standout”, “highly commended” and “commended” in a number of categories: “Standout” – Creating a
Jonathan Scragg is a litigation partner in Duncan Cotterill’s Wellington office, one of the foremost insurance law litigation firms in the country. He has just become the first New Zealander to sit on the global association of insurance law groups, Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA) and recently stepped down after four years as
Achieving gender equality is one of the law profession’s major issues and so when a major firm – particularly one as gold-plated as Cravath Swaine & Moore – announce that their latest partner intake not only comprises mainly women, but only women, then it’s three cheers for them. It isn’t the first time Cravath has
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