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<title>Good housekeeping at Herbies</title>
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<description>Cash call is simply to stabilise the partner distribution cycle, apparently</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Garrigues' Latin quarter</title>
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<description>Garrigues looks to South America for relief from home market gloom</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fantasy financial figures</title>
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<description>Early results give distorted picture of the health of the profession</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Freshfields leads the way on pay</title>
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<description>Firm’s merit-based remuneration system sees it top the pay league</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Collyer Bristow supports its support staff</title>
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<description>Collyer Bristow gives support staff the opportunity to shine</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Links odds-on to get Glenstrata work</title>
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<description>Glencore dominance in super-miner sees Linklaters take pole advice position</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dipping a toe into the Asia Pacific</title>
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<description>Associations are the way in for Western firms to dip a toe in the Asian market</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aviva takes tough line in panel review</title>
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<description>A&amp;amp;O joins Slaughters on Aviva’s plc roster; insurer insisted on discounts</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Partner promotions drop</title>
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<description>Partner promotions in the UK drop in top 20 firms to levels lower than 2009</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Game of lockstep and ladders</title>
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<description>Senior Ashurst staff have good reasons to want integration roles</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IT malfunction</title>
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<description>Operational functions are returning in-house in what could be a sea change</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shearman makes its Deutsche mark</title>
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<description>Firm promises ‘elite’ operation in Germany - that’ll be smaller then</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top areas for promotions to partnership</title>
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<description>As UK firms expand globally, are City promotion prospects on the wane?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Avoiding clashes in international networks</title>
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<description>‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy avoids rows among firms’ complex overseas networks</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French legal market in chaos</title>
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<description>Grim fascination about the long torment of France and its legal market</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why in-house trickle may become a flood</title>
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<description>It may not offer a better work-life balance, but the GC life is tempting lawyers</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clydes flexes its muscles in Madrid</title>
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<description>Madrid move shows how Clydes is changing the insurance law game</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A boost for Freshfields in Germany?</title>
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<description>Mettenheimer’s fancy new job could see Freshfields grab more work in Germany</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to tell who's boss after a merger</title>
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<description>‘Merged’ firms’ board make-up and partner status show who really took over who</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Split up in Saudi</title>
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<description>HSF and Fasken Saudi links run into the sand</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Traditional training model is dead</title>
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<description>So says Knights managing partner, who believes ABSs are being sidelined</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Men still dominate law at the top level</title>
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<description>No progress on gender diversity at partnership level in the City</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Market braces itself for ABS impact</title>
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<description>Jackson reforms spark ABS revolution in personal injury sector</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fees tight on law firm administrations</title>
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<description>Law firms don’t get rich advising on the demise of other law firms</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BLP management rejig sparks client base shift</title>
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<description>BLP shake-up sees firm facing up to a world of changed priorities</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Four return to Hogan Lovells DC</title>
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<description>Last year’s defectors to DLA Piper head back to Hogan Lovells</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pinsents wins Balfour Beatty mandate</title>
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<description>Pinsents wins Balfour Beatty work, but it’s getting harder to make big-name rosters</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CEOs with legal backgrounds</title>
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<description>An increasing number of CEOs at top companies have legal backgrounds</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cyprus lawyers remain optimistic</title>
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<description>Cypriot lawyers say lawsuits are likely following bailout cash grab</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Integreon suffers setback</title>
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<description>Bad news for outsourcer Integreon as two top legal clients pull work back in-house</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White &amp; Case raids Latham for Madrid launch</title>
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<description>White &amp;amp; Case and Latham carry on their partner exchange programme in Madrid</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NQ salaries face cut</title>
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<description>NQ wage cut idea floated as pressure on rates builds</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir Sydney Kentridge QC goes part time</title>
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<description>Legendary advocate Sir Sydney Kentridge QC calls it a day on full-time work - at 90</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BLP creates international business partner role</title>
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<description>So what does BLP’s new ‘international business partner’ do?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Road to banking rosters is a slow one</title>
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<description>Banks are becoming the masters of panel review prevarication</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clifford Chance hopefuls line up</title>
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<description>It’s London vs Paris as Bickerton and Wehrli are early favourites for the top job at CC</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Who will King &amp; Wood set its sights on next?</title>
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<description>King &amp;amp; Wood Mallesons denies merger talks with US firm, but not with SJ Berwin</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Costs budgeting obligations lifted</title>
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<description>Proposed costs management programme derailed at the final hour</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Schillings bucks trend with media ABSs</title>
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<description>Schillings’ ABS licences show the media firm is planning for a changing world</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Partners on the move at Herbert Smith Freehills</title>
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<description>Getting that queasy feeling, as it’s all action on the HSF partner roundabout</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Semple Fraser: tip of the Scottish iceberg?</title>
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<description>As Semple Fraser bites the dust, thoughts turn to health of others north of the border</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mergers and the mid-market</title>
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<description>International and domestic mergers are high on the mid-market agenda</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mayer Brown posts falling turnover</title>
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<description>Can Mayer Brown stem the flow of staff after disappointing results?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British Land takes first steps towards legal panel </title>
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<description>FTSE 100 property giant warms to more formal way of instructing firms</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osborne Clarke moves HQ to London</title>
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<description>After 25 years Bristol-born Osborne Clarke calls London office home</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SRA defends ABS authorisation delay</title>
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<description>SRA tells LSB what it thinks of being criticised over plodding ABS process</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lawyers pressed to work on posthumous Magnitsky trial</title>
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<description>Little suspense about verdict in posthumous trial of lawyer Magnitsky</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Olswang hires for South East Asia expansion</title>
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<title>Law firms bounce back in US</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Travers' new boss to focus on London</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Training review: on wrong track?</title>
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<title>DoH selects panel – at second attempt</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Firms ponder third-party funding for WIP</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lehman fees squeeze</title>
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<description>German firm CMS Hasche Sigle poised to set a new high in insolvency fees</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ashurst ends pay freeze</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hong Kong defends regional disputes crown</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cobbetts: a bargain, not a victim</title>
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<description>Plenty of interest in Manc flop, and now recovery practice is on brink of sale too</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Party time as HowardKennedyFsi goes live </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lawyers suffer in toxic Beijing smog</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cobbetts: DWF deal dulls the pain</title>
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<description>Relief for staffers as fellow Manc firm moves quickly to snap up failed Cobbetts</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brum super-set takes direct action</title>
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<description>No 5 Chambers fends off the downturn blues with move towards shared services</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pinsents gets Balfour Beatty legal services work </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ladbrokes GC lays down the law to panel firms</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Cross-border activity boom sparks Singapore prof neg trend </title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Irwin Mitchell regional boss linked to DLA defections</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five rules of the insolvency game</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Space, the lucrative frontier</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asia partner shortage</title>
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<description>Firms plug the talent gap in Asia with junior partnerships</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Midlands firms go their own way</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Questions over future of SFO</title>
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<title>Paul Hastings' LA logo is a movie star</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Preparing for barrister contracts</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bang to human rights</title>
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<description>Government’s plan to introduce a UK Bill of Rights could have hit a wall</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Latest M&amp;amp;A data puts Freshfields ahead of Linklaters on the global stage</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tiger eyes reform</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>High noon on the high street</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Golden years?</title>
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<description>As long-serving boss calls it a day at soaraway Clydes, does stability equal success?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dramatic pause</title>
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<description>Mediation talks between ex-Halliwells partners and liquidators are adjourned</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cash and carry-on</title>
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<description>The argument that currency fluctuations affect revenue figures is pretty thin</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Local links</title>
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<description>Opening in Washington DC suits some Linklaters partners surprisingly well</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Give us a clue Jackson</title>
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<description>Tension grows as lawyers call for Jackson reform details to avoid last-minute rush</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shifting sands</title>
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<description>As firms’ focus moves to Dubai, Simmons says Abu Dhabi base is secure</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Onlinedancing</title>
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<description>After Farrers’ media scandal pain, RPC regroups for a fresh assault on web work</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Frauleins in waiting</title>
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<description>German gargantu-firm Hengeler Mueller still trails the field in diversity stakes</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghost in the machine</title>
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<description>US moves forward on Magnitsky case, with Canada next. When will the UK act?</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Onwards and upwards</title>
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<description>Herbies says merger is a boost for litigation, contrary to market murmurings</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Deep-seated disparities caused FFW-Osborne Clarke merger talks to fail</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Friends reunite at Twitter</title>
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<title>Dawn of the super-set?</title>
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<description>39 Essex Street/4-5 Gray’s Inn link-up could be a sign of things to come</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>In-demand Botswana firm flips allegiance as UK firms get serious about Africa</description>
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<description>Eversheds under fire for taking a tough line with rate swap mis-selling claimants</description>
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<description>The latest instalment in a small but significant trend slotted into place recently when Allen &amp;amp; Overy (A&amp;amp;O) private equity specialist Derek Baird upped sticks for the London office of elite US firm Simpson Thacher &amp;amp; Bartlett.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Laterals fad sweeps bar as chambers add numbers to fend off consolidation</description>
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<description>Slimmer pickings for firms on public sector rosters</description>
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<description>Netherlands lawyers give new businesses a boost</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Another bump in the long and winding road to $6bn BTA High Court showdown</description>
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