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City firms prepare staff for G20 riots

27-Mar-2009

Law firms across the City have been beefing up security and asking staff to leave their suits at home ahead of expected G20 demonstrations.
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White & Case partner quits ahead of cull

27-Mar-2009

White & Case UBS relationship partner Rachel Hatfield has left the firm after becoming disaffected with its strategy.
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Former TTP GC guilty of insider dealing

27-Mar-2009

The former general counsel of technology company TTP Communications has been found guilty of insider trading in the first insider dealing criminal prosecution brought by the FSA.
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The Lawyer Awards 2009

Firms & The Bar

Eversheds reduces sets from 90 to 15

23-March-2009

Eversheds is to radically overhaul its use of the external bar in a drive to increase competition for its work.

Public Sector

Firms line up for London councils’ joint panel

23-March-2009

Law firms have begun the scramble to win contracts from the London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA), a scheme that could eventually see all London councils served by a single panel.

Management

McDermott City partners anticipate cold shoulder as trio vie for chairman post

23-March-2009

US firm McDermott Will & Emery is gearing up for a leadership election. But the firm is not facing a revolution any time soon – all three candidates vying to replace chairman Harvey Freishtat form part of the firm’s traditional core.

In-house

Playing FTSE

Playing FTSE

23-Mar-2009

Shazanna Safdar-Karim is rapidly climbing the ranks at FTSE Group.
It is an acronym that has barely moved off the front pages over the past year. When the world of stock markets became the number one story, FTSE and its various leagues of stocks and bonds became the number one measurement of the economic crash.

City

No whining as Mipim waves au revoir to bacchanalian excess

No whining as Mipim waves au revoir to bacchanalian excess

23-Mar-2009

It sounds as if lawyers are putting a brave face on it. For years, the Mipim festival in Cannes – the biggest property event in Europe ­– has attracted developers, funders, surveyors and lawyers in equal measure. 

Tulkinghorn

Tulkinghorn: Fergie’s turkey

Tulkinghorn: Fergie’s turkey

23-Mar-2009

Being an in-house lawyer can throw up some ­surprising ­situations – just ask ITV general counsel Andrew Garard.

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The Lawyer Plus

US firm Shearman & Sterling has followed Freshfields' lead by slashing its NQ salary rate by £7,000. Is this a sign of things to come?
Cost cutting is clearly going to remain a top priority for law firms, with Salans having the same idea as Norton Rose and drawing up plans for a four-day week. Not all readers of TheLawyer.com are supportive of this plan though. What do you think?
Elsewhere, US firm Chadbourne & Parke is doing its bit for New York society by collecting its lawyers' blood.



The Apprentice analysed...

The credit-crunched Apprentice returned to BBC1 on Wednesday night and Sir Alan brought the so called high-fliers crashing back down to earth with a task that required everyone to get down and dirty: washing cars. Simple as it may sound, one team messed it up by spending too much on cleaning products. Here, three lawyers discuss the employment law issues facing the apprentices this week.


Don't ask? Don't get

When you’re made redundant from a law firm you know that the firm will do everything it can to stick to its standard financial package. But people are succeeding in getting extras thrown in. The trick is to be imaginative.



Putting life into law
If there’s one topic that elicits more comment on TheLawyer.com than any other, it’s education.



In the courts this week, at the end of the Buncefield High Court battle it looks like the case is set for a Court of Appeal hearing while Weil Gotshal &  Manges has forced a judicial review of the UK Government's decision to freeze Kapthing's assets.
Meanwhile, Beachcroft partner Charles Newman explains why disgruntled clients could end up stuck with the same lawyers even if they decide to move firms.
It's not just clients who are on the move though with litigation stalwart David Oliver QC returning to Thirteen New Square Chambers, where he plans to reignite his litigation career.

New Skadden chief still thinks big

Executive partner inherits a firm that seems capable of defying the crunch.




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Jobs & Careers

Move of the Week

Quinn Emanuel bags A&O partner

23-Mar-2009

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is preparing for the pickup in finance-related litigation with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) ­structured finance star Dan Cunningham.
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Education & Training

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