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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 10/10/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Pinsents, Freshfields and Clifford Chance among the movers and shakers

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Reed Smith, Clydes win roles on landmark DIFC insolvency

    Reed Smith Richards Butler and Clyde & Co have advised on the first liquidation to take place out of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

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  • October 3, 2007 |

    Legal Week Litigation Forum: Death of generalist to breed hyper-focused litigator

    Barristers have long been cast as dinosaurs, but solicitors are realising that they have to adapt to the demand for specialist disputes lawyers - and the decline of generalists. John Malpas and Claire Ruckin report from the Legal Week Litigation Forum

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  • September 27, 2007 |

    Legal Week Assistant: The full story

    Legal Week's in-depth survey of the country's top law firms offers the big picture on just what law firms offer their assistants and associates - from salary, to soft benefits, to career progression. Read on to find out how your law firm fares and how the competition stacks up. Derek Bedlow and Sophie Evans report

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: Friends in the City

    Almost half the respondents to this years' US firms in London survey would consider a tie-up with a UK firm. Helen Mooney reports on London's enduring appeal

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    US firms in London: The right fit

    At the time of the near-unanimous 'yes' vote to merge with Reed Smith in June 2006, the Richards Butler board was well experienced in dealing with diverse management challenges. Strategic business planning and analysis, client development and brand differentiation - you name it, we had done it. In contrast, the board went into the merger with little practical experience of the challenges, both organisational and cultural, of successfully integrating two large international businesses. Now, more than a year after the vote, eight months into the formal merger and with the benefits of the combination being realised, it is clear that early steps taken by the constituent firms have been critical to the success of the merger. These steps are considered below.

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  • September 14, 2007 |

    Reed Smith takes Mayer Brown duo in Chicago push

    Reed Smith has bagged five new partners for its Chicago arm, including taking two partners from the head office of US rival Mayer Brown. Mayer Brown partners John Vishneski and Russell Eggert join Reed Smith Sachnoff Weaver - the name under which Reed Smith practises in Chicago - as partners in the insurance recovery and environment groups respectively.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Partner alternatives gaining acceptance at top City firms

    Nearly two-thirds of major City firms have introduced partnership alternatives, according to Legal Week research, which shows many law firms are still wrestling with 20%-plus associate attrition rates.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Links tops law firms in graduate employer poll

    Law firms continue to lag accountancy giants and corporate employers in the opportunities they offer UK graduates, according to a recent poll by The Times. Linklaters was placed highest of 11 law firms to feature in the newspaper's latest annual top 100 list of the UK's leading graduate employers, compiled from interviews with more than 17,000 new graduates to leave university this summer.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Data protection: Clarity for data laws

    The decision of the Court of Appeal in Johnson v Medical Defence Union (MDU) [2007] has established a limit on the extent to which data protection principles will be allowed to affect decision-making processes that involve a mix of human judgement and computerised systems.

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