DWF London goes fully ‘agile’ following Triton merger
The firm’s launch of an agile working environment is an attempt to accommodate the 215 Triton employees that joined in the January merger.
Anatomy of the NHS disputes panel
As the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) puts its panel out to tender, health sector lawyers are nervously polishing up their credentials.
Former Linklaters boss Elliott named Irish bank chairman
Former Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott has been appointed as chairman of Dublin-headquartered bank Permanent TSB Group.
Morgan Lewis launches flexible working in UK and US
Associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius will be able to work from home for up to two days per week from 1 May.
Gowling WLG loses private client heritage as City team defects to Forsters
Gowling WLG’s 14-lawyer City private client team is set to move en masse to Forsters, The Lawyer can reveal.
Vavilov: A comprehensive review in brief
By Kaisha Thompson, Guy Régimbald The last weeks of 2019 presented a new trilogy from the Supreme Court of Canada, which clarified the law on standard of review and provided guidance on the application of the reasonableness standard. The primary case is Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, which has […]
The Patent Litigation Law review – Edition 3 (Russia)
By David Aylen, Vladislav Ugryumov I OVERVIEW Russia has only operated as an independent state, distinct from the former Soviet Union, since the early 1990s. Although a new patent law was enacted shortly after, it was not until 2008 that Russian patent law was fully modernised with the enactment of Part IV of the Civil […]
Exceptional circumstances now required for extensions in examination
By Michael O’Neill On January 17, 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) published a new Practice Notice which significantly curtails the availability of extensions of time to respond to Office Actions in examination. Under the former practice, an applicant was given six months to respond to an Office Action, regardless of the number or […]
Required Pre-installation of Russian software on smartphones: What does this mean for rights holders?
By Meldir Erbulekova Russia passed a new law, which requires certain types of devices – most likely smartphones, computers and some types of television, that enter the Russian market – to have Russian software pre installed. However, at this early stage, the law remains vague. Although it appears part of an effort to promote the […]
China’s new trademark laws
By Vivian Desmonts, Jamie Rowlands The fourth revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) came into effect on 1st November 2019. It is yet another example of the shifting landscape of intellectual property protection in China. The amendments were made in line with the International Trademark Authority’s recommendations to combat […]
DWF London goes fully ‘agile’ following Triton merger
The firm’s launch of an agile working environment is an attempt to accommodate the 215 Triton employees that joined in the January merger.
Anatomy of the NHS disputes panel
As the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) puts its panel out to tender, health sector lawyers are nervously polishing up their credentials.
Former Linklaters boss Elliott named Irish bank chairman
Former Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott has been appointed as chairman of Dublin-headquartered bank Permanent TSB Group.
Morgan Lewis launches flexible working in UK and US
Associates at Morgan Lewis & Bockius will be able to work from home for up to two days per week from 1 May.
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My career story: I left school at 16 – now I’m a partner
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Bailed-out Russian bank wins damages row with former shareholders
Russia’s National Bank Trust has succeeded in its dispute against former shareholders, in a judgment that has taken over a year to be handed down. The case against six former shareholders first reared its head in 2017, when the new owners of the bank instructed Steptoe & Johnson to commence litigation proceedings against the shareholders […]
Dentons shakes up training contract with three new add-ons
Dentons has refreshed its training contract for its new 2020 trainee intake, laying out three new modules. The modernised contract will include three additional modules: legal project management, innovation and resilience, aimed at embedding trainees with other skills, abilities and mindsets, on top of the traditional lawyer training. Dentons says that these will not replace […]
CMS’s corporate lawyers set to benefit from salary uplift
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang bumped up the salaries of its corporate lawyers this month, it has emerged, a day after it was confirmed the firm would be losing its UK private equity head to Goodwin Procter. The pay packets for London lawyers in the corporate team are understood to have been reviewed by the […]
Osborne Clarke set for High Court hearing in outsourcing clash with MoJ
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is continuing to defend itself from legal action launched by outsourcing giant Mitie, with the facilities management company calling on Osborne Clarke ahead of a High Court hearing next month. Mitie’s pursuit of the government department follows on from this month’s decision to award a contract to French rival Engie […]
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Diversity at the Bar: law firms challenged to report gender instructions
Following The Lawyer’s analysis of gender instructions at the Bar, the Employment Lawyers Association is calling on firms to join its monitoring scheme.
Slaughters swoops for Mayer Brown partner
Following on from its first lateral partner hire in London two years ago, Slaughter and May has looked externally again for an entirely new role in its pensions team. Richard Goldstein joins Slaughters as a consultant and head of pensions knowledge from Mayer Brown, where he was a partner for nearly a decade. He began […]