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  • February 20, 2007 |

    Latham is latest LA firm with strong '06 figures

    Latham & Watkins has unveiled double-digit growth in turnover and profits per equity partner for 2006, joining a growing band of US firms to have posted robust year-end figures. The Los Angeles giant pulled in $1.624bn (£832m), up 15% from last year's mark of $1.412bn (£724m). Partner profits, meanwhile, rose 16% to $1.86m (£950,000).

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  • February 19, 2007 |

    White & Case in five-partner raid on Mayer Brown

    White & Case has beefed up its New York office with the hire of a five-partner finance team from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. The team, who all practise in Mayer Brown's New York office, consists of finance partners Nazim Zilkha, Kenneth Suh, Jeffrey Whyte, Jin Kim and Ronald Brody.

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  • February 15, 2007 |

    City growth drives strong Paul Hastings results

    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has posted robust year-end figures for 2006, with the firm's City office showing turnover rocketing by 84%. Turnover at the Los Angeles giant was up by more than a fifth (22%) to reach $813.5m (£442m), while profits per equity partner (PEP) rose 21% from $1.33m (£728,000) in 2005 to $1.61m (£872,000) last year.

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  • February 14, 2007 |

    Class action firms push for two-million strong Wal-Mart claim

    Wal-Mart is facing a multi-billion-dollar sex discrimination class action after a recent court ruling gave the go-ahead to what has been dubbed the largest-ever claim of its kind. As many as two million past and present female employees will be eligible to join a gender discrimination class action against Wal-Mart after a federal appeals court ruling in San Francisco last week (6 February).

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  • February 8, 2007 |

    West Coast trio unveil mixed results for 2006

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have announced their financial figures for 2006, with the West Coast trio unveiling a mixed bag of results. Gibson Dunn posted an 8% rise in turnover, with the Los Angeles giant pulling in $809m (£411m) in fees, while profits per equity partner (PEP) rose 7% to $1.75m (£888,000).

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  • February 1, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn raids W&C to boost City practice

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has boosted its City arbitration practice with the hire of a partner from US rival White & Case. Cyrus Benson, who co-headed the London international arbitration team at White & Case, joins Gibson Dunn as a partner in its City dispute resolution department. Benson is a US-qualified lawyer specialising in the telecoms, oil and gas and financial services sectors.

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  • January 31, 2007 |

    First among equals

    The news that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to shed some 50 or so partners in the next year may have surprised a few at the firm's Fleet Street HQ, but at Linklaters the shock was that its arch rival had not acted sooner. Over at Silk Street, they have long shed the softly, softly approach to partnership that used to characterise the profession and managing partner Tony Angel has taken the firm in hand with obvious results.

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  • January 30, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn seals White & Case arbitration hire

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has boosted its City arbitration practice with the hire of a partner from US rival White & Case. Cyrus Benson, who co-headed the London international arbitration team at White & Case, joins Gibson Dunn as a partner in its City dispute resolution department.

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  • January 19, 2007 | International Edition

    Veil Jourde hires another Veil from rival

    Paris boutique Veil Jourde strengthens litigation team with Dubarry le Douarin Veil name partner Pierre-Francois Veil

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  • January 19, 2007 |

    Veil Jourde hires another Veil from rival

    Paris boutique Veil Jourde strengthens litigation team with Dubarry le Douarin Veil name partner Pierre-Francois Veil

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