Eversheds Sutherland poised to launch Jeddah office
Eversheds Sutherland is set to launch its second office in Saudi Arabia as the firm eyes greater Middle Eastern coverage with expansion into Jeddah.
Walker Morris strengthens banking litigation group
Walker Morris has reinforced its offering to financial services clients with the appointment of Rob Aberdein.
Ogier advises on £1bn IPO for chilled foods supplier
Ogier has advised the initial public offering (IPO) of UK chilled foods supplier Bakkavor Group on the London Stock Exchange. Bakkavor announced its IPO on 10 November 2017 and its shares were admitted to trading on the LSE’s main market for listed securities on 16 November 2017. The IPO gives Bakkavor a market capitalisation of […]
Powell Gilbert client Illumina wins High Court battle over prenatal tests
Specialist IP firm Powell Gilbert has won a patent battle for pharma giant Illumina, defeating magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills in a fight over non-invasive prenatal tests.
The pros and cons of cloud services
Supreme Court of Canada: The mid-year review
By D. Lynne Watt Given the popularity of our annual SCC Year in Review article, we thought we would provide a midyear update to check in on what the Court has been doing so far this year and what we can expect for the balance of the year…
Russia’s enduring love for fake luxury and legal action to take
By David Aylen and Elizaveta Osipchuk When reputable social media platforms are involved, rights holders should contact the social media company first and ask it to remove the account. Fortunately, such companies usually collaborate with brand owners as much as possible and take swift measures to block infringing content (usually within three to five days). However, […]
Russian restrictions for VPNs and anonymisers
By Meldir Erbulekova On July 29 2017 the Law on Amendments to the Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information (Federal Law 276 FZ) was adopted. The new law provides for the regulation of VPNs and other technologies (known as ‘anonymisers’) that allow users to surf the Internet anonymously. The new legal framework […]
Russian patents: Rospatent fee-based extradited examination
By Maria Aronikova On October 5 2017 the Russian Patent and Trademark Office (Rospatent) officially announced that expedited examination will be available for all applications. Rospatent had abrogated its former expedited examination practice in 2012. Since then, patent law has allowed accelerated examination through the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) system…
National minimum wage and ‘sleep-in’ shifts
By Connie Cliff and Martin Chitty Treatment of “sleepin” shifts for national minimum wage (NMW) purposes is an area that can often cause confusion. Where a worker is required to work a number of sleepin night shifts at the employer’s premises, and be available in case of an emergency, does the full night shift constitute ‘working’ […]
Eversheds Sutherland poised to launch Jeddah office
Eversheds Sutherland is set to launch its second office in Saudi Arabia as the firm eyes greater Middle Eastern coverage with expansion into Jeddah.
Walker Morris strengthens banking litigation group
Walker Morris has reinforced its offering to financial services clients with the appointment of Rob Aberdein.
Ogier advises on £1bn IPO for chilled foods supplier
Ogier has advised the initial public offering (IPO) of UK chilled foods supplier Bakkavor Group on the London Stock Exchange. Bakkavor announced its IPO on 10 November 2017 and its shares were admitted to trading on the LSE’s main market for listed securities on 16 November 2017. The IPO gives Bakkavor a market capitalisation of […]
Powell Gilbert client Illumina wins High Court battle over prenatal tests
Specialist IP firm Powell Gilbert has won a patent battle for pharma giant Illumina, defeating magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills in a fight over non-invasive prenatal tests.
Osborne Clarke mourns the death of former partner Speirs
Osborne Clarke is mourning the death of retired partner Simon Speirs, who passed away while taking part in a Clipper Round the World Race. Speirs, who had retired from the partnership earlier this year, was a real estate partner for 31 years at the firm. He specialised in commercial real estate, particularly investment and development. […]
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29 lawyers over two months: Dechert nets largest group hire from Quinn Emanuel
Dechert has completed the mass hire of 29 lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s product liability team in the US. The group has been joining since the end of May, after the arrival of Quinn’s product liability co-chairs Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo. The pair made the move with fellow partner Douglas Fleming, another […]
Freshfields and HSF to pocket £45m in fees for Comcast’s Sky bid
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are set to pick up nearly £45m in fees for their work in the high-profile bidding war for Sky between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. The figures are printed in a formal offer document published by Comcast, which yesterday revealed it would be scrapping its […]
TalkTalk legal head joins AA as its new GC
TalkTalk’s Nadia Hoosen is the breakdown cover provider’s new general counsel
Dechert recruits Middle East duo from King & Spalding
Dechert has hired its first lateral partner in Dubai for over 18 months, after taking on two real estate lawyers from its US rival King & Spalding. King & Spalding partner Stephen Kelly is joining Dechert. He will be joined by counsel Sarah Mahood who joins as a national partner. Prior to King & Spalding, […]
Freshfields partner swaps private practice for the Bar
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer restructuring partner Nick Segal is switching private practice for the Bar, taking on a new role at Erskine Chambers. Segal is set to join the chambers as a barrister in September, after he has been successfully admitted to the Bar. Segal joined Freshfields in 2006 on his return to the UK from […]
DAC posts double-digit growth across the board with record PEP figure
DAC Beachcroft has posted a strong set of results for the 2017/18 financial year, showing double-digit growth in turnover and profit as well as posting a record-high in profit per equity partner (PEP) of £530,000. An 11 per cent increase in turnover from 2016/17 saw the firm rise from £207m to £230m, while a 21 per […]