• August 8, 2007 |

    Linklaters management rated top of UK elite for second year running

    Peer group survey rates Linklaters as having the best management among the UK's top 10 firms, while lawyers also voice their faith in the improving standards of law firm leadership. Ben Mitchell reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    BPP regains the prize…but at what cost?

    The robotically upbeat responses of the law schools that missed out on the City LPC consortium contract last week suggest there was never much doubt about…

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  • August 2, 2007 |

    One in 10 now aspire to non-partner roles in law

    One in 10 lawyers are already aiming for alternative career paths, according to Legal Week research, which shows only a third of female assistants aspire to be partners at their own firm.

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  • August 2, 2007 |

    BPP fights off rivals to retain key City LPC role

    BPP Law School has held off competition from rivals including The College of Law to retain its trophy client - the City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium.

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  • August 2, 2007 |

    Cohen Milstein eyes BA price-fixing class action

    US class action specialist Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll is gearing up for major class actions against British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic for their roles in a price-fixing cartel. Washington DC partner Michael Hausfeld is spearheading the Cohen Milstein team, which hopes to file suits in the US and the UK in the next 60 days.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Magic circle giants lead way in Deutsche Germany review

    Deutsche Bank has named magic circle quartet Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May best friend Hengeler Mueller on its German panel.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Freshfields secures key BAE role on VT shipbuilding tie-up

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed the lead roles as defence contractors BAE Systems and VT Group merge their shipbuilding operations to create the UK's leading provider of surface warships.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Banks call in big guns in response to OFT charges

    A raft of law firms have bagged roles representing banks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a claim last week in relation to overdraft charges. Clifford Chance is advising Barclays, Slaughter and May is advising Nationwide and Addleshaw Goddard has been instructed by Clydesdale. Ashurst, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have also won roles advising Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds TSB respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

    1 minute read