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  • April 21, 2010 |

    Media and internet: The content business

    Once, life was simple in the media business. Media companies produced content - though they didn't call it that - for the masses. Film studios, record companies, publishers and broadcasting groups either owned or had significant control over distribution channels for that content. Life was also much simpler for media lawyers. Work was filled with low-level litigation, turning out fairly standard copyright agreements and, if you worked for one of the acquisitive media conglomerates, bringing in external counsel for intermittent bouts of empire building

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  • April 16, 2010 |

    Bank of New York Mellon appoints former Clinton adviser as new general counsel

    The Bank of New York Mellon has named veteran finance lawyer Jane Sherburne as senior executive vice president and general counsel, reports Corporate Counsel. She also joins the bank's executive committee, and will report to chairman and CEO Robert Kelly. Sherburne said: "This is an exciting time to be joining an organisation at the forefront of its industry. I am looking forward to heading a dynamic legal department and helping to guide the future of a company that achieves success for its clients in rapidly changing markets."

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  • April 14, 2010 |

    Weil Gotshal recruits McDermott partner Blanch in City disputes boost

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has made a key hire for its London litigation team, taking on McDermott Will & Emery's disputes partner Juliet Blanch. Blanch - who heads up the law firm's international dispute avoidance and resolution practice group - is set to join Weil Gotshal's two-partner London disputes group, headed up by partner Matt Shankland.

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  • April 13, 2010 |

    Reed Smith seals hire of seven-strong employment team in Paris

    Reed Smith has significantly bulked up its employment capabilities in Paris with the hire of a seven-strong team from French firm Courtois Lebel. Partners Nicolas Sauvage and Caroline Masson joined the US firm on 1 April 2010 along with four associates and one legal counsel. Prior to the hires, Reed Smith had just one senior associate, Severine Martel, specialising in employment and labour law in the French capital.

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  • April 6, 2010 |

    Reed Smith signs up McDermott partner for City restructuring team

    Reed Smith has taken steps to bolster its restructuring and insolvency practice in London with the hire of a partner from McDermott Will & Emery. Georgia Quenby joined Reed Smith on 1 April, becoming the fifth partner in the US firm's City restructuring and insolvency team.

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  • March 17, 2010 | International Edition

    Pharmaceuticals: The game changer

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing uncertain times as a once-lucrative business model buckles under a globalising world economy. Charlotte Edmond reports on the companies and lawyers battling to secure all-important intellectual property in a rapidly changing market

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  • March 17, 2010 |

    White & Case City base posts 20% drop in revenues for 2009

    White & Case's London office has emerged as the worst performing City arm of a US law firm in 2009 - a year in which results varied significantly between firms. White & Case saw London revenues plunge by just under 20% to $197m (£130m) during the 2009 calendar year, with profits per equity partner (PEP) dropping by 11% to $1.32m (£872,000).

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  • March 17, 2010 |

    Pharmaceuticals: The game changer

    The pharmaceutical industry is facing uncertain times as a once-lucrative business model buckles under a globalising world economy. Charlotte Edmond reports on the companies and lawyers battling to secure all-important intellectual property in a rapidly changing market

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  • March 17, 2010 |

    Pharmaceuticals: Shocks to the system

    The pharmaceutical industry is going through a turbulent period. Patents protecting companies' blockbuster drugs are expiring - according to consultancy firm Evaluate Pharma, around half of the $383bn (£255bn)-worth of patented drugs sold worldwide last year will lose patent protection in the next five years - while barriers preventing makers of generic drugs from selling their own versions of leading products continue to fall.

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  • March 10, 2010 |

    Norton Rose adds partner in Singapore with Links hire

    Norton Rose has hired a new partner who will relocate to Singapore to head up the firm's local insurance practice. Anna Tipping is set to join Norton Rose as a partner from Linklaters' City base, where she was a counsel.

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