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Big Four to beat law in dumping the billable hour

29/04/2015(0)
Pricing experts have predicted that accounting firms will scrap the billable hour before law firms, but neither sector is willing to change. Steve Major (pictured), founder of consultancy Pricing ... Read More
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ICO probes 173 law firms over data protection breaches

16/04/2015(0)
Dozens of law firms were investigated by the information commissioner for potential data breaches in 2014, new figures have revealed. A freedom of information request by Egress Software Technologies ... Read More
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Q1 Marks Period of Supercharged Growth

09/04/2015(0)
U.S. law firm merger activity occurred at a torrid pace in the first quarter, as both the number of tie-ups, and the size of the newly combined firms, soared to unprecedented levels, according ... Read More
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Legal Revenue Grows as Elite Law Firms Set the Pace

06/04/2015(0)
Tech sector, M&A fees help to make 2014 law industry’s best year since recession Last year, on average, was the best year for law firms since the recession. But ... Read More
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Citigroup Report Chides Law Firms for Silence on Hackings

31/03/2015(0)
Every month it seems another American company reports being a victim of a hacking that results in the theft of internal or customer information. But the legal profession almost ... Read More
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Mass hires: Pillsbury sees partners start to move to Winston & Strawn across three offices

11/03/2015(0)
Up to 15 lawyers are set to quit from US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for Winston & Strawn, with the firm’s Abu Dhabi managing partner Stephen Jurgenson, London-based co-head of ... Read More
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Botched Law Could Close Hundreds of Foreign Firms’ Rep Offices in Russia

11/03/2015(0)
Representative and branch offices of foreign companies working in Russia are in a race against time to re-register with the authorities or lose their license to operate in the country. The re-registration was intended to streamline bureaucracy for foreign firms, ... Read More
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Law firms enjoy robust third quarter

10/03/2015(0)
Average increase of 3% in fees per fee earner; UK top 100 law firms increased fee income by 7%, driven by consolidation. The UK’s top 100 law firms achieved ... Read More
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Law Firms Awards

29/12/2014(0)
MERGERMARKET EUROPEAN M&A AWARDS 2014 Top investment banks and law firms gathered at the Savoy Hotel in London, to recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative ... Read More
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Commodity Benchmarks Seen Open to Manipulation, Law Firm Says

08/12/2014(0)
Almost two-thirds of commodity market participants say that benchmarks used to set the price of everything from crude oil to ethanol to zinc are vulnerable to manipulation, according to ... Read More
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