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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Giants get in-house legal re-jig

    McDonald's UK legal team was boosted last month by the hire of high-profile ex-easyGroup general counsel Dell Burnside. It is the second move in less than a year for Burnside, who left easyGroup only six months ago to head up the legal team at mobile phone trade group, the GSM Association (GSMA).

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  • June 13, 2007 |

    Legal Week 2.0

    Legal Week (the magazine) gets a makeover this week, largely to reflect the amount of reader-generated copy that legalweek.com now attracts.There will…

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  • June 12, 2007 |

    Government names record 48 firms on super-panel

    A record 48 firms have bagged places on the Government's legal panel, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) announced today (12 June). The OGC estimates the contracts will be worth a total of around £240m over the next four years.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Reuters to pilot media training for its advisers

    Reuters has this week written to its legal advisers to offer them media training for the first time.

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    Freshfields' messy M&S tribunal becomes a blame game

    It has been going on for so long that it is easy to forget where the disciplinary tribunal of two of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s top corporate…

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  • June 6, 2007 |

    UK trio work out £925m David Lloyd sale

    DLA Piper has landed a plum role opposite City giants Herbert Smith and Slaughter and May on the £925m sale of Whitbread's David Lloyd Leisure arm. The UK leisure company was offloaded to Versaille, a buyout vehicle backed by private real estate outfit London & Regional Properties (L&R) and Bank of Scotland Corporate.

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  • June 4, 2007 |

    Magic circle wades into LSB independence debate

    All five magic circle firms have thrown their weight behind attempts to amend the Legal Services Bill ahead of a parliamentary debate on the issue today (4 June). The UK's elite firms have warned that a refusal to allow other parties to join the Lord Chancellor in appointing members of new-look regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) would be a major blow to the independence of the profession.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Reuters taps Italy's Eni for new Euro law chief

    Media giant Reuters has appointed Daragh Fagan as its new general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Hengeler chief eyes China as top indy rises to the global challenge

    Hengeler Mueller has put raising its international profile at the top of its agenda with the elite German firm currently considering plans to increase its work in key emerging markets such as China and Russia.

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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Profile: The governor

    India's new Chief Justice has overcome cultural hurdles to take his post at a momentous historical period for the country's courts. Dominic Carman talks to India's top judge about market liberalisation, his favourite UK judges and judicial reform

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