These are the key findings of Legal Week’s inaugural survey of independent law firms in Europe, which suggests that domestic European firms are regaining confidence after the dramatic expansion of UK- and US-headquartered firms into their market over the last five years. Just 19% of the respondents to the survey said they would consider a […]

What the firms on the 2003 A-List have in common is outstanding results across the four categories. For example, 14 of the top 20 firms finished in the top quarter of The Am Law 200 in three of the four categories, and two firms — Arnold & Porter and Latham & Watkins — were four

The firm’s board decided last Friday to proceed with the radical plan following the successful completion of a pilot scheme earlier this month. Around half of the firm’s 85 document processing staff will be retained in London following the completion of an imminent redundancy programme. A&O has signed an agreement with US company Office Tiger

The network’s management has said it is currently searching for US members for its global network, with Philadelphia’s Pepper Hamilton — a referral partner of KLegal’s UK member McGrigor Donald — seen as the leading candidate. Commenting on its US ambitions, one KLegal partner said: “We are looking at creating best friends agreements with one

On Aug. 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stripped Neal Sher of his D.C. law license. The move comes roughly one year after Sher conceded he had made “unauthorized reimbursements” of travel expenses from the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, where he served as its chief of staff. He

E-mail has taken over as the primary source of business communication among UK heads of legal, according to a snapshot survey looking at the personal use of technology among general counsel in the UK’s top companies. An overwhelming majority (80%) of the 100 general counsel questioned said that e-mail is the method of communication they

The move highlights the difficulties that the large accountancy firms face in trying to retain tax work revenues following last year’s clampdown on the non-audit services they can offer audit clients. Regulators and politicians became concerned in the wave of corporate scandal that the independence of audits was being jeopardised by accountancy firms gaining lucrative

While bankers, brokers and dealers have seen earnings slashed and thousands of colleagues made redundant, latest figures show that the City’s corporate lawyers are still earning huge amounts. Of the six-strong ‘magic circle’ of top firms, only Slaughter & May – a specialist in mergers & acquisitions work – reported a fall in turnover, and

The Financial Times was yesterday accused of a “hatchet job” and “muckraking” in a potentially record-breaking defamation claim by Collins Stewart Tullett, a City stockbroking firm. The broker is at the centre of a row over allegations of insider dealing and share ramping made by a former employee. Collins is run by outspoken chief executive

Radical plans being drawn up by the Commission for Judicial Appointments (CJA), which advises the Government on legal matters, would see all judges up to the level of the High Court being selected by an independent panel of experts, most of whom would be drawn from outside the legal profession. The dramatic move to take