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Suspect Breast Implants Ignites Wave of Panic; Scores of Women in UK Start Legal Action

Suspect Breast Implants Ignites Wave of Panic; Scores of Women in UK Start Legal Action

In the UK, women who have breast implants aren’t getting a warm and fuzzy for Christmas. The British government said today that women with suspect breast implants made in France…

DLA Piper Announces Launch of New International Securities Group, Along With New Partner

DLA Piper Announces Launch of New International Securities Group, Along With New Partner

Global law firm DLA Piper announced the launch of its newly created International Securities Group in recent days. Along with that launch, George Barboutis will act as a London-based US…

Julian Assange Arrested in Britain

Julian Assange Arrested in Britain

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested in the UK on an INTERPOL warrant.  Assange is wanted in Sweden for an alleged sexual assault and will undergo extradition proceedings…

Report Shows UK Legal Market Remains Flat

Report Shows UK Legal Market Remains Flat

A new report reveals the legal services market in the UK was relatively flat in 2009 and that trend is expected to remain in place for at least the next…

Freshfields Unfreezes Associate Lockstep; Unveils 2010 Rates

Freshfields Unfreezes Associate Lockstep; Unveils 2010 Rates

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is the first top U.K. law firm to announce associate salary rates for 2010, with the firm lifting the freeze on associate lockstep put in place last…

Neil Upton Joins Green Traurig Maher LLP

Neil Upton Joins Green Traurig Maher LLP

Neil Upton will join Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP as the head of its UK Energy Practice. Upton comes to Greenberg Traurig from DLA Piper, where he was partner and Global…

Bloomberg: China Law Offices Grow as US, UK Firms Shrink

Bloomberg reports that while law firms in the US and UK are shrinking, their offices in China expanding. Twenty-eight foreign firms have opened offices in mainland China since September 2006,…

The Law Society Shelves Integradata Management System

The Law Society has set aside a £500,000 IT project, blaming “technical issues” for the problems. The project, known as the Integradata management system, was established in 2007, however, has…

Linklaters to Go Forth With “Project New World”

Linklaters to Go Forth With “Project New World”

Managing partner at Linklaters, Simon Davies, defended the firm’s decision to cut 270 jobs in London, stating that the move was crucial if the firm is to become the top…

UK Lawyers In Trouble

The troubles affecting the financial sector are beginning to spread to the legal industry in the UK. Large law firms such as Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, and…