Matrix Chambers has passed the 60-barrister mark with the hire of four new members as the former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald QC returns to the set. The new members include Farrer & Co competition specialist Christopher Brown and Furnival Chambers’ Mark Summers, who practises in serious crime, anti-terrorism and extradition. The trio […]
Covington & Burling and Fulbright & Jaworski are among the firms appointed by President-elect Barack Obama to review investigations shelved during the Republican administration. Obama selected Covington partner Eric Holder and Fulbright partner Richard Smith to join his transition team to look into the Department of Justice (DoJ) during George W Bush’s time in office. […]
Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre accused Mr Justice Eady of imposing a privacy law on the UK’s press. As a former journalist, now solicitor, I believe Dacre is off on a frolic of his own. In his recent headline-grabbing speech Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre launched a stinging attack on Mr Justice Eady, accusing him […]
Patent and trademark attorney firm Mathys & Squire has launched a Manchester office with the hire of two directors from rival firm William A Shepherd & Son. Mathys & Squire has brought on board trademark specialists Gary Johnston and Robert Hawley for the start-up operation. The firm’s senior partner Peter Garratt and chemical patent partner […]
Start-up IP boutique iLaw now employs 10 lawyers following the hire of former DLA Piper commercial lawyer Rachel Laurent. Laurent specialises in commercial reputation management for media clients, as well as IP and technology matters. Since qualifying at Clifford Chance in 1993, she has worked in-house at the National Grid as well as at DLA […]
The Court of Appeal’s rulings in a series of recent equal pay cases may force the Government and other employers to rewrite their policy documents. The decision of the Court of Appeal in Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v Bainbridge and Ors (2008) and Surtees and Ors v Middlesbrough Council (2008) (The Lawyer, 29 July) […]
Firms that swooped for individuals previously employed in Heller Ehrman’s London office run a minimal legal risk under Tupe. But the picture for groups of employees isn’t quite so straightforward, warn Ann Bevitt and Suzanne Horne. While relatively small-scale redundancy exercises continue apace across law firms on both a covert and public level, the recent […]
Clintons’ star family lawyer Liz Vernon is to go up against Withers partner Mark Harper in the Ecclestone divorce, set to produce the largest divorce settlement in UK legal history. Clintons’ star family lawyer Liz Vernon (pictured) is to go up against Withers partner Mark Harper in the Ecclestone divorce, set to produce the largest […]
One Brick Court and Russell Jones & Walker have been instructed by 9-12 Bell Yard barrister Constance Briscoe in her defence against libel allegations brought by her mother. Briscoe’s mother Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell has sued her daughter and publishers Hodder & Stoughton for libel over Briscoe’s 2006 memoirs of her childhood called Ugly. Briscoe’s mother said […]
India’s largest law firm by lawyer numbers, FoxMandal Little (FML), has hired a new head of copyright from specialist Indian IP firm Akash Chittranshi & Associates. Rahul Beruar joins FML as a senior associate, and will focus on copyright enforcement, trademarks prosecution, intellectual property rights-related litigation and contracts. Beruar said: “Copyright enforcement is the need […]
Dewey & LeBoeuf has gone head to head with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in a case brought by a Bahraini prince against singer Michael Jackson. Dewey & LeBoeuf has gone head to head with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer over the proceedings brought by a Bahraini prince against singer Michael Jackson. Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the second […]
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has failed in his attempt to sue Withers for breaching his privacy during divorce proceedings. Withers over top chef’s privacy claims” />Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has failed in his attempt to sue his ex-wife’s lawyers, Withers, for breaching his privacy during divorce proceedings. White alleged that Withers family partner […]