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Leading US law firms harvest the world’s largest legal market at home and plough cautiously elsewhere, while many of the biggest British-based firms have placed a huge bet on building extensive international networks and a global presence. Who’s right?

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In one of the midtown Manhattan high-rises that house the cream of the US legal profession, a combative senior partner seems uncharacteristically unsure when asked about the threat posed by his London-based rivals. While he thinks the British have failed to make the inroads into the New York market they desperately want, he acknowledges that […]

Leading US law firms harvest the world’s largest legal market at home and plough cautiously elsewhere, while many of the biggest British-based firms have placed a huge bet on building extensive international networks and a global presence. Who’s right? Read More »

The legal battle – the longest in Botswana’s history – has been seen as a major test case in establishing the fundamental rights of indigenous people.

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Bushmen forced out of the Kalahari desert by Botswana’s government won a landmark legal victory today as the country’s high court ruled they had been illegally removed and should be allowed to return. The panel of three judges ruled 2-1 in favour of the Bushmen, among Africa’s last hunter-gatherers, whose fate has attracted widespread international

The legal battle – the longest in Botswana’s history – has been seen as a major test case in establishing the fundamental rights of indigenous people. Read More »

Family and friends left behind by Friday’s deadly law firm rampage gathered Tuesday and found solace amid tragedy.

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Family and friends left behind by Friday’s deadly law firm rampage gathered Tuesday and found solace amid tragedy. “We have seen the worst of human nature this week, and we’ve seen a lot of the best of human nature this week with all of the support we’ve gotten,” Allen E. Hoover said outside the funeral

Family and friends left behind by Friday’s deadly law firm rampage gathered Tuesday and found solace amid tragedy. Read More »

Key witnesses in the Alexander Litvinenko investigation are missing, with their families claiming that they fear for their lives.

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Key witnesses in the Alexander Litvinenko investigation are missing, with their families claiming that they fear for their lives. The sudden disappearance of a number of leading figures linked to the affair will make it even harder for British detectives, whose inquiry has now spread across five countries. Interpol joined the hunt for the murderer

Key witnesses in the Alexander Litvinenko investigation are missing, with their families claiming that they fear for their lives. Read More »

It’s all in the documentation – and that’s taking the time, thus delaying a deal to unite San Francisco’s Orrick Herrington and Dewey Ballantine, which is anticipated to be completed in the New Year.

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A deal to unite San Francisco’s Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP with Dewey Ballantine LLP is taking longer than expected. Leaders of both law firms anticipated having partners vote on a merger this month. But preparing a partnership agreement has taken more time than expected, an Orrick spokesman said Tuesday. A vote will take place

It’s all in the documentation – and that’s taking the time, thus delaying a deal to unite San Francisco’s Orrick Herrington and Dewey Ballantine, which is anticipated to be completed in the New Year. Read More »

It’s one of the larger divorce settlements in recent times. Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper.

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Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper. The News of the World reports the former Beatle was urged to agree the deal by his daughters Stella and Mary because they are concerned the bitter divorce battle is affecting

It’s one of the larger divorce settlements in recent times. Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper. Read More »

Two days after a West Side truck driver entered the offices of a downtown law firm and killed three people, the man’s family and acquaintances called him a quietly religious man who for years sought revenge against a lawyer he believed pilfered his idea for a portable toilet.

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Two days after a West Side truck driver entered the offices of a downtown law firm and killed three people, the man’s family and acquaintances called him a quietly religious man who for years sought revenge against a lawyer he believed pilfered his idea for a portable toilet. Brenda Jackson said she only saw her

Two days after a West Side truck driver entered the offices of a downtown law firm and killed three people, the man’s family and acquaintances called him a quietly religious man who for years sought revenge against a lawyer he believed pilfered his idea for a portable toilet. Read More »

London’s booming Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has attracted the first Canadian law firm to merge with a UK legal boutique in order to develop international mining deals.

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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP will become the first Canadian law firm to merge with a United Kingdom firm next year when it officially acquires Stringer Saul LLP, a London boutique firm that specializes in listing companies on London’s Alternative Investment Market. Prior to the launch of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 1995, the Toronto

London’s booming Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has attracted the first Canadian law firm to merge with a UK legal boutique in order to develop international mining deals. Read More »

American Lawyer reports that America’s largest law firms are more bullish about future prospects than ever. What’s making them so cocky?

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Count on the leaders of America’s biggest law firms to lead the pep rally. The heads of Am Law 200 firms have been bullish about the year ahead since we began surveying them annually in 2003. This time, they are even more so: Ninety-one percent of respondents say they are optimistic about their firms’ future.

American Lawyer reports that America’s largest law firms are more bullish about future prospects than ever. What’s making them so cocky? Read More »

Melvyn I. Weiss, co-founder of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman described name-partner Steven Schulman’s departure as “amicable” and said that no one at the firm had asked him to leave. The firm’s name will now be Milberg Weiss & Bershad.

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Steven G. Schulman, a named partner at the securities class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, resigned yesterday to seek out “new ventures” and devote time to defending himself against criminal charges. Steven G. Schulman spent 20 years at Milberg Weiss, a securities class-action law firm. He was a named partner. Mr. Schulman; another

Melvyn I. Weiss, co-founder of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman described name-partner Steven Schulman’s departure as “amicable” and said that no one at the firm had asked him to leave. The firm’s name will now be Milberg Weiss & Bershad. Read More »

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