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  • November 15, 2012 |

    McAlpine settles with BBC over Newsnight claims as ex-Tory pursues social media users

    The scandal over a BBC report featuring allegations of child abuse by a former Conservative politician has placed renewed scrutiny on the legal implications of comments posted on social media sites such as Twitter. Following the Newsnight broadcast earlier this month, former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine rapidly became the subject of a number of allegations on social media sites, despite the fact he was not named by the programme.

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    First among equals: Stars at the Bar 2012

    Ben Rigby profiles the 10 most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark in a fiercely competitive arena...

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Pinsents confirms second round of post-merger back office job cuts

    Pinsent Masons is to cut around 15 support staff after announcing its second redundancy consultation since its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live in May. The national firm confirmed the consultation today (8 November), with the cuts expected to affect staff in the firms' finance and knowledge management teams.

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  • November 2, 2012 |

    Linklaters, BLP and Ashurst secure spots as Lloyds appoints legal panel

    Linklaters, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Ashurst are among a host of firms securing appointment to the new Lloyds Banking Group panel, as the bank has moved to cut back its external legal advisers by around 10%. The trio have been re-appointed to the line-up alongside firms including Eversheds, CMS Cameron McKenna, Stephenson Harwood and Osborne Clarke, with most successful firms learning of their appointments this week.

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  • November 1, 2012 | International Edition

    A tale of two cities - will the real Addleshaws please stand up?

    It doesn't happen often, but occasionally a management election at a major law firm gets people talking. Of course, nothing excites comment like the possibility of a factional leadership take-over, but the nature of partnership means that such regime change rarely happens in law.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    A tale of two cities - will the real Addleshaws please stand up?

    It doesn't happen often, but occasionally a management election at a major law firm gets people talking. Of course, nothing excites comment like the possibility of a factional leadership take-over, but the nature of partnership means that such regime change rarely happens in law.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Moving up - the young stars out to prove nationals can do M&A in the big leagues

    Legal Week recently spent some time talking to the major national firms to identify up-and-coming corporate lawyers - Gerard Starkey and Alex Novarese report

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  • October 31, 2012 |

    DLA takes on senior Addleshaws partner duo from firm's Leeds office

    DLA Piper has made two senior hires from Addleshaw Goddard's Leeds office, including the firm's contentious construction head Mark Hilton. Hilton and fellow contentious construction partner Simon Palmer - both of whom are top ranked by Chambers for Yorkshire construction - join DLA after arriving at Addleshaws in 2005 as part of a five-partner construction team from Squire Sanders legacy firm Hammonds.

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  • October 26, 2012 |

    Addleshaws re-elects Burch as senior partner as challenger withdraws

    Addleshaw Goddard senior partner Monica Burch has been re-elected for a new term at the helm of the firm after litigation head Simon Kamstra decided to withdraw his candidacy. Kamstra had put himself forward to contest the role ahead of the conclusion of Burch's first three-year term next year; however, he has now decided to concentrate on leading the firm's litigation division, meaning Burch has been automatically relected.

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  • October 25, 2012 | International Edition

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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