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Linklaters brolly scheme strikes gold as Coleen Rooney spreads firm's name
Linklaters’ policy of handing out branded umbrellas to students on campus to spread the firm’s name appears to have paid off after Coleen Rooney was pictured on the pitch after a Manchester United home match carrying a giant brolly with the magic circle outfit’s logo on it.
Freshfields' Red Knight hails United's 'heir to Busby'
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London chief and high-profile Red Knight Mark Rawlinson has praised outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as a “spiritual heir to Matt Busby” who “hates losing but uses adversity as a fuel”.
US duo lead on $586m sale of stake in China's Twitter-like Weibo
Shearman & Sterling and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have played key roles on Chinese internet giant Sina Corporation’s sale of a stake in the country’s Twitter-like site Weibo.
Field Fisher and 4 New Square silk set for horse doping hearing
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and 4 New Square have taken headline roles in relation to allegations of racehorse doping by Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Pinsents launches TMT practice in Singapore with local hire
Pinsent Masons is to launch a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice in Singapore with the addition of Brian Tan, the founding partner of local IT boutique Keystone Law Corporation.
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Dundas exits continue as corporate partner joins Wedlake Bell
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Schillings sports star John Kelly quits for Harbottle & Lewis
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Clifford Chance scores role for Qatar committee on 2022 Fifa World Cup
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Schillings becomes latest firm to gain ABS licence
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Shoosmiths adds publishing group after acquiring niche digital firm
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Walker Morris recruits former Everton lawyer for sports team
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Islam Channel legal chief joins gaming business Konami
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Halebury hire brings England football team to client list
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US and UK firms advise as Liberty Global buys Virgin Media in $23bn deal
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Freshfields names new real estate chief as group absorbs part of closing leisure practice
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Success for Schillings as Kate Winslet's husband blocks Sun images
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Carter-Ruck instructed for Bercow as McAlpine launches libel claim
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20 Essex Street and Macfarlanes lead on cycling's doping probe
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Leveson moots arbitration service for resolving claims against the press
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Johnsons Solicitors seals settlement in X Factor judge's libel action
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The Leveson Report: what will it recommend?
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RPC reshuffles media group into IP practice
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Pump Court Tax Chambers scores victory in Rangers tax case
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High Court dismisses claim against Evening Standard as "attempt at extortion"
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DLA Piper and Kingsley Napley advise as Coulson and Brooks face charges
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One Crown Office Row duo lands roles on BBC review
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Willans defeats Bristows in YouView trademark case
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Couchmans scores former Fifa lawyer
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Rangers liquidators to plough ahead with Collyer Bristow 'conspiracy' trial
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Osborne Clarke hires YouView legal head
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Fladgate fails to overturn ruling in cricketer's Twitter libel case
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Latham and Skadden: Star Wars acquisition advise on they do
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Wiggin drafts plans to open technology incubator in east London
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Lee & Thompson and 5RB secure libel win for comedian Frankie Boyle
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News International considering Armstrong libel costs claim
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SNR Denton advises as Al-Jazeera goes 24/7 on Freeview
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Simon Cowell hires new legal chief from All3Media
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Reed Smith bolsters media team with DLA Piper hire
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Wiggin to open Brussels office with hire of Motion Picture Association GC
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News Corp shakes up legal team in compliance push
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Jeantet picks up Nixon Peabody's de Senilhes for TMT boost
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Former Times legal head interviewed under caution by police
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Halebury to double in size as it chases ABS
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Freshfields' sporting bet
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Former Hammonds partner implicated in Hillsborough cover-up
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Living Social legal chief jumps to King.com
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Former NI legal chief Crone arrested by hacking police
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GC of US copyright office to help music industry tackle online piracy
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Harbottle & Lewis acts on Prince Harry naked pictures privacy debate
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Simons Muirhead 2-0 Schillings: McClaren privacy bid against The Sun fails
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US quartet says cheese to Carlyle's $3.3bn Getty purchase
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Daily Mail publisher appoints first-ever global GC
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Qatar 2022 lawyer quits as SNR Denton partner
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Bristows acts as Google admits Street View data was not deleted
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Charles Russell helps Paddy Power secure LOCOG backdown over billboards
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Lawyers prepare for court showdown as NotW hacking charges revealed
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Olympian effort
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Kirkland partner and judge hired to tackle Fifa corruption allegations
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Blackstone silk triumphs against Mulcaire in ongoing phone-hacking case
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Met Police settles phone-hacking lawyer's libel claim for £200k
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O'Melveny to build UK film practice with hire of Olswang star
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Bains Cohen takes on Facebook in internet bullying case
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Libel star Benaim quits Schillings
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Andy Coulson turns to DLA Piper to fight perjury charges
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Addleshaws misses out as ITV announces revamped panel
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RPC wins landmark media harassment case for Daily Mail
