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By Suzanna Ring | November 1, 2012
The Government is gearing up to unveil its long-awaited panel of external legal advisers – nearly two years after starting the review process.
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By Suzanna Ring | October 18, 2012
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is in early-stage talks with Yorkshire Water over a possible deal with its Managed Legal Service (MLS) arm, as it emerges the firm also held discussions with Buckinghamshire County Council this summer.
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By Legal Week | July 5, 2012
Charmian Johnson of Squires Sanders says the Government needs to make clear where civil partners stand on pensions
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By Suzi Ring | May 31, 2012
"If you have an inquiry that takes an inordinate amount of time and money, it detracts from the reason for the inquiry itself" - Lord Woolf on a project to usher in a template for effective public inquiries
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By Legal Week | May 3, 2012
Will the Government's drive to reduce the regulatory burden allow less-principled businesses to slip through the net? Bond Pearce's Nicky Loadsman discusses the implications of earned recognition
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By Suzi Ring | April 19, 2012
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has hired the NSPCC's former general counsel Catherine Dixon as its new chief executive as the body gears up to review its legal panels. Dixon joined the NHSLA earlier this month after two years as GC at the children's charity...
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By Suzi Ring | March 29, 2012
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are playing key advisory roles in the ambitious restructuring of Royal Mail as the UK Government prepares to take on the company's multibillion-pound pension deficit ahead of a potential float. Freshfields is advising the Government on the restructuring, which will see £37.5bn of Royal Mail's legacy pensions liabilities transferring to the state, including a deficit of around £9.5bn.
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By Legal Week | March 8, 2012
Leading advocates on riding the wave of recent financial disputes and the complex legal fallout from imposing sanctions
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By Legal Week | March 8, 2012
20 Essex Street's Sara Masters and Penelope Nevill describe the complex use of global sanctions and how they affect business
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By Sofia Lind | January 26, 2012
Government legal spend through its central panel of external advisers fell by more than a third last year, with the findings coming as a long-awaited review of the roster kicked off in earnest earlier this month. Figures released by the Government Procurement Service, following a Freedom of Information Act request from Legal Week, show the panel handing out a total of £28.8m to the current 48-firm roster during 2010-11, 36% down on the record figure of £44.8m spent during the previous year.
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By Colleen Murphy | June 28, 2023
"This settlement is a historic step that requires Solvay to finally take meaningful responsibility for PFAS and other contamination at their site," said Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. "Today we send a clear message to any corporation that exposes our New Jersey communities to PFAS toxins or injures our natural resources with any hazardous substance: you will face consequences for your actions. You have our promise."
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By Cheryl Miller | June 28, 2023
Lawmakers also sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a budget-related bill that would extend authority to use remote proceedings in civil cases through 2025.
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By Brian Lee | June 28, 2023
This is the fourth lawsuit that Attorney General Letitia James has filed against nursing home owners and operators in New York in the past year.
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By Jane Wester | June 27, 2023
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein described his "present attitudes as to my rulings" from the bench, though he emphasized that his final and binding rulings will be delivered in a written opinion in the coming weeks.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | June 27, 2023
By granting immunity to a "purely private" entity without requiring a demonstration of the government's "actual control ... the court undermines this public trust," dissenting Justices Jeffrey Boyd and John Devine wrote.
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By Allison Dunn | June 27, 2023
"Today's action signals that enough is enough when it comes to the alleged misconduct of a major landlord who is placing the health and safety of Rhode Islanders at risk. Let's cut right to it—as alleged, profits are being placed over basic human dignity and that cannot stand," Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha said in a statement June 6. "In Rhode Island, nearly 500 children are lead poisoned every year. It is preventable, and the toll that these children and we as a community pay is enormous. This office is committed to stopping the lead poisoning of children, be it through prosecution as in this case, or through proactive legislation."
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By Colleen Murphy | June 26, 2023
In addition to unanimously approving the nomination of Michael Noriega to the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved three nominees to the Superior Court, including a member of Gov. Phil Murphy's cabinet.
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By Brad Kutner | June 26, 2023
Corporate entities and private businesses are facing waves of pointed inquiry, and not only from Republicans who lead the House.
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By Colleen Murphy | June 26, 2023
"I commend the Senate Judiciary Committee for unanimously approving the nomination of Michael Noriega to the New Jersey Supreme Court," read a statement issued by Murphy. "I am especially pleased that his nomination received bipartisan support and I thank Senate President Nick Scutari and Judiciary Committee Chair Brian Stack for their leadership and partnership. I look forward to Michael's confirmation by the full Senate."
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By Michael A. Mora | June 26, 2023
"I hope what people gather from this press conference is a united community of attorneys and professionals from all walks of life and backgrounds who are coming together because they value diversity," said Dwayne Robinson, the chair of the Judicial Diversity Initiative.
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