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Survey highlights discontent among female lawyers over working hours
Half of all female solicitors believe they work too many hours and that flexible working arrangements negatively affect career development, according to a survey released today (18 March) by the Association of Women Solicitors and King's College Londo...
18 Mar 2010 | 11:49
Research reveals Q3 revival for top 100 as nine-month fee slump ends
The UK's top 100 law firms saw fee income increase in the three-month period finishing 31 January, ending a run of three consecutive quarters of declining revenues. New research from professional services firm Deloitte found that law firms saw fee ...
18 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Diversity dips at US firms as recession hits ethnic minority lawyer headcounts
The number of ethnic minority lawyers in US firms has fallen for the first time in nine years, with large firms losing 9% of minority lawyers, according to research by Legal Week sister title The American Lawyer. The findings, based on statistics f...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Law Society launches review of funding and role of own charity
The Law Society is set to launch a review of the Law Society Charity in a move that casts doubt on the charity's long-term prospects. The review will look at the society's relationship with the charity, which was set up in 1974, including issues su...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Trainee retention at UK top 30 falls below 80%
Trainee retention rates across the UK's top 30 law firms have been hit by the ongoing economic downturn, with most firms with March 2010 intakes retaining under 80% of their newly-qualified lawyers. Legal Week research shows the average retention r...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Chadbourne recruits four-lawyer City arbitration team
Chadbourne & Parke has hired international arbitration partner Melanie Willems from Howrey's London office along with three associates. Willems will join the US law firm's international dispute resolution practice in the City having been at Howrey sin...
08 Mar 2010 | 13:52
Pannone and Beresfords among 11 sued in ongoing miners' saga
Pannone and Beresfords are among a host of firms being sued for allegedly under-settling compensation claims due to sick coalminers. Manchester-based Pannone and Doncaster firm Beresfords are among 11 firms facing 25 civil claims between them for alle...
05 Mar 2010 | 15:44
Italian independent bulks up with six partner hires
Italian firm Macchi di Cellere Gangemi has bulked up its practices with 15 lateral hires over the last two months, including six partners. Four of the partners have joined from local rival Grimaldi e Associati, with banking and finance partners Claudi...
05 Mar 2010 | 12:20
Advisers expect spike in contentious work as FSA unveils tougher fines
Regulatory lawyers are set to benefit from a dramatic shift in policy from the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which has unveiled plans to triple the level of fines for serious market abuse cases. The FSA this week confirmed that it was introdu...
04 Mar 2010 | 13:04
Campaign to form global forum for bank disputes gathers momentum
Some of the City's leading law firms are set to be drawn into an ambitious bid to create a global bank disputes tribunal in The Hague. The Dutch not-for-profit organisation World Legal Forum (WLF) is leading the initiative, which is expected to see...
04 Mar 2010 | 00:01
LSB greenlights alternative business structures for 2011 launch
The first Alternative Business Structures (ABS) will be up and running from next October, the Legal Services Board (LSB) confirmed today (23 February). The LSB has laid out a timetable which will see companies able to apply for a licence to become ...
23 Feb 2010 | 15:00
LawSoc launches legal proceedings against Government over impact of Legal Services Act
The Law Society has launched proceedings against the Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw and the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) over the impending impact of the Legal Services Act. The unusual case saw the Law Society go head-to-head with ...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Salans to open office in Brussels with Mayer Brown hires
Salans is opening in Brussels with the hire of a seven-lawyer antitrust team from Mayer Brown. The office, which is due to open formally on 1 March, takes Salans to 22 offices worldwide and will be headed by partner Edward Borovikov.
17 Feb 2010 | 14:19
Linklaters signs up to shortened LPC as firm cuts maintenance grant
Linklaters' future trainees will see their Legal Practice Course (LPC) slashed from a year to just over seven months as part of a new-look course with the College of Law. The law school will run the fast-track LPC course for Linklaters' students fr...
12 Feb 2010 | 11:04
SRA reaches conflicts impasse as firms remain cool on reform
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has received just six responses to a second consultation looking at relaxing controversial conflicts rules and potentially allowing firms to act for two or more clients on the same transaction. The body had...
11 Feb 2010 | 00:01
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