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By Friederike Heine | January 26, 2012
The Government's proposed legal aid reforms are facing further criticism in the House of Lords this month as discussions continue over the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. The Bill – which sets out the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ's) plans to cut £350m from the annual legal aid budget – is currently under discussion in the upper house, with peers highlighting the potentially negative impact of the reforms.
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By Legal Week | January 26, 2012
Freshfields' Simon Evans and Alice Greenwell examine whether the Government's pay proposals will drive change
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By Melanie Law | January 26, 2012
Simmons' James Bresslaw outlines the UK Government's response to the ICB's recommendations for a banking system reform
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By Suzi Ring | January 19, 2012
Finance partners have welcomed plans by the UK Government to help strengthen London's position as a leading financial centre by turning it into an offshore trading hub for China's renminbi (RMB) currency. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne signed a deal on Monday (16 January) in Hong Kong setting out plans to make London a trading centre for the currency, which is becoming increasingly important as China's economic power continues to grow.
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By Friederike Heine | December 7, 2011
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is facing a potential negligence claim worth more than £68m from the Department for Transport (DfT) for advice it gave the organisation in 2006 in relation to a rail franchise agreement with Stagecoach South Western Trains (SSWT)...
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By Legal Week | November 30, 2011
Wide-ranging employment shake up may cut red tape but advisers doubt core reform claims. Sofia Lind reports
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By Legal Week | October 26, 2011
White & Case's Alistair Graham says that while deferred prosecution agreements may add to the armoury of UK prosecutors, companies may need greater certainty as to their use before they will self-report
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By Legal Week | October 26, 2011
Sullivan & Cromwell's Juan Rodriguez and Louise Delahunty warn the Bribery Act and competition law could prove a lethal combination for companies with poor compliance
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By Legal Week | October 12, 2011
"The Bill is intended 'to re-balance the law in favour of enterprise'..." Mayer Brown's Jayne Backett and Shaeron Yapp on a private member's bill of interest to the banking sector
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By Legal Week | September 21, 2011
The Government tells us that the UK has a "world-class" competition regime. It is hard to know exactly what this means, but the underlying sentiment is clear: the UK regime is one of the best in the world at protecting and encouraging competition. Now we are told that it needs to get better still.
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By Christine Schiffner | July 6, 2023
"What we're finding is that companies are increasingly interested in understanding the relationship between the U.S. and China and where it could be headed. They are looking for ways to navigate around the existing sanctions and tariffs that the United States and China have thrown up at each other," says Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer senior international policy advisor and former Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon.
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By Christine Schiffner | July 6, 2023
"What we're finding is that companies are increasingly interested in understanding the relationship between the U.S. and China and where it could be headed. They are looking for ways to navigate around the existing sanctions and tariffs that the United States and China have thrown up at each other," says Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer senior international policy advisor and former Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon.
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By Riley Brennan | July 5, 2023
"State records must be accurate and reflect the truth as defined in state law. A birth certificate is a record of what happened at the moment a baby came out of the womb. That baby weighed a specific amount and was a specific sex," Kobach said in a news release.
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By Emily Cousins | July 5, 2023
Mark D. Sherman, an experienced Title IX defense attorney, said this opinion allows for more transparency and due process, and offers guidelines for universities.
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By Charles Toutant | July 5, 2023
The settlement comes five years after the lawyer filed a suit claiming the Office of Attorney Ethics was run like a "boys club."
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By Colleen Murphy | July 5, 2023
"The right to an attorney should be a universal right for those who are navigating our criminal justice system," Gov. Phil Murphy said. "For too long, we have witnessed many residents suffer from the steep prices of a public defender, many times causing them to go into debt just to cover their legal fees, and disproportionately affecting people of color."
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By Michael A. Mora | July 5, 2023
"It's incredibly disturbing to see an attorney involved in these types of issues," said Michelle R. Suskauer, a partner at Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein. "But mental health hits everyone, whether you're an attorney or a doctor. It's blind to professions."
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By Hugo Guzman | July 3, 2023
A watchdog group is seeking an investigation of Lorielle Pankey, who owned Meta stock when she recommended that FTC Chair Lina Khan recuse herself from an antitrust inquiry involving the company.
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By Mason Lawlor | July 2, 2023
"It is undisputed that protecting prenatal life falls within the State's broad authority... to protect the public's health, welfare and safety."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | June 30, 2023
Judge Daniella DeSeta Lyttle's order requires the Texas Department of Public Safety to produce by Aug. 31 a proposed log of redactions it wants to make to the public records.
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The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
The Daily Report is honoring those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession.
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