All Law firm & practice management articles – Page 71
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FeatureRestraint of trade
Regulators are under pressure to justify restrictions on municipal entrepreneurialism.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens pop-up support centre
The new centre in Australia adds to the firm’s low-cost centre in Belfast.
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NewsEx-Dewey executives acquitted on several counts
Three executives at the now defunct firm cleared of numerous charges of falsifying business accounts.
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NewsIBA 2015: The accountants strike back
Law firms may have little to fear from the return of the big four accountancy firms to the professional services market, Law Society head of city and international Stephen Denyer told the session ‘Episode VII: the accountants strike back’. Denyer said he had seen first hand how previous assaults by ...
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NewsSole practitioner authorisation simplified
Solicitors Regulation Authority to bring regulatory arrangements in line with other types of firm.
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NewsBlavo & Co declines to confirm sale bid
Advertisement invites offers for UK’s ‘leading mental health practice’.
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FeatureEast Africa: frontier spirit
East Africa’s legal markets remain diverse, but economic and political integration is heightening interest in the region.
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FeatureHow to: plan for a crisis
Law firms should involve all staff in preparing for disaster recovery.
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Fasken Martineau seeking to reduce London headcount
International firm says up to 70 jobs could be affected by the restructure.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency refers Blavo & Co concerns to the police
National firm had blamed legal aid cuts for potential redundancies.
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NewsBlavo & Co to consult on redundancies
Managing partner says the firm has no choice but to restructure.
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NewsYorkshire merger creates 23-partner firm
Ramsdens and Baxter Caulfield plan further growth to meet the demand for its services in corporate and commercial areas.
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FeatureWhere are the ‘white knights’?
Claimant lawyers were once seen as a force for good. What happened?
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OpinionVW ‘scandal-chasers’ will get results
Some of our biggest firms are exploiting the Volkswagen crisis. And why not?
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Innovation in Law Report 2014
Report of opinion survey looks at legal aid, court modernisation and law firm management.
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US firms eye $810m tieup
San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Manhattan’s Chadbourne & Parke are in preliminary merger talks. A tieup of the two firms would create a 945-lawyer firm with revenues of $810m.
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FeatureCandidates in context
How a ground-breaking recruitment tool can improve graduate social mobility.
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NewsFirms ponder withdrawal as contract D-day looms
Government to reveal outcome of its tenders for new legal aid contracts.
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West Wales firm merger
Swansea firm Peter Lynn & Partners has announced the takeover of Ivor Evans & Benjamin (IE&B), one of the city’s oldest practices. All staff have transferred and the former partners have become consultants at Peter Lynn & Partners, which now has 30 lawyers and 58 staff. ...
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SRA trims status forms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has introduced new slimline application forms for firms that need to apply for authorisation for a change of legal entity, and for LDPs electing to be licensed.