Many UK law firms are facing collapse, according to a report in the Financial Times. The UK industry, hard hit by legal aid cuts, a prolonged financial downturn and the banning of personal injury referral fees, is looking at a situation where many of the 11,000 firms will either close or face supervision by the […]
Law firms in the UK are among those “respected industries” that routinely employ criminals to hack and steal business and private information from rivals, according to a report leaked to The Independent newspaper. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) knew six years ago that law firms, telecoms giants and insurance were hiring private investigators to
Whose the lawyer who will represent Rupert Murdoch, the man who sits at No. 91 on the Forbes rich list and who, at 82, has announced he is divorcing his third wife Wendy Deng? Murdoch’s lawyer is Ira Garr, the founding partner of New York law shop Garr Silpe, who will be charged with ensuring
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An all-female law firm wasn’t what Susan Brune and Hillary Richard had in mind when they started their own firm but now, a decade later, that is exactly what they have. Thirteen of the 19 lawyers at the law firm Brune & Richard are women, six of them partners. But their femaleness is not something
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You’d have to say that anyone whose had a major hit movie named after them and, of course, about them, has had a better day than Erin Brokovich had on Sunday. Erin the eco warrior was apprehended by police at Lake Mead near Las Vegas after a high breath test. The problem was boating with
The legal profession has always been a tough nut to crack when it comes to women ruling the roost. In a highly competitive environment, women taking senior roles in business or the law have always attracted some sideways glances. What are they giving up? Are they too tough to be feminine? Why would they even
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Twitter’s value as a social media marketing tool for lawyers can be something used as effectively as any other social media tool – more so, in some cases – if the the proper tactics and systems are used. A new post on LawyersInternetMarketing shows how Twitter can be effectively used to generate clients and
(May 30, 2013, New York) – Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of James A. Mercadante as a partner in its firmwide Corporate & Securities Group in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Mercadante’s practice focuses on capital raising and transactional activities of private equity funds, hedge funds
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The AmLaw 100 has always been a focus of high interest in the law profession, but it is the second 100 that is causing some high interest right now – because it appears they are hiring like fury and AmLaw raise the question: Will it pay off? The law site has said that the
