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More UK in-house teams plan to cut legal spend than most global peers, study shows

Economic worries are higher among UK corporate legal departments, according to a Thomson Reuters survey

Trailblazing women leaders, diversity campaigners and businesses recognised in Women and Diversity in Law Awards

Winners unveiled at London ceremony dedicated to professionals making the UK legal sector more diverse and inclusive

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News | UK

Heavy workloads hinder one in 10 in-house lawyers from completing regulatory duties

Study by professional regulator also shows that 5% of in-house counsel felt compelled to suppress information

Around the house: Dentsply Sinora shakes up legal team; former Revlon GC joins New York consultancy Accordion

This week’s roundup of top in-house hires also includes appointments at Zingeroo, Indara, Numeracle and McCalla Raymer

‘A time of significant transition' – The Global Legal Post launches international guide to ESG laws and regulations

Practical tool for businesses and their advisers is edited by Debevoise’s Ulysses Smith and features contributions from array of top firms

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ESG | UK

US companies spend record $3.5bn on class action defence in 2022, study finds

Majority of in-house teams are worried about growth in meritless claims, according to Carlton Fields

Cybersecurity unicorn Armis hires first CLO ahead of planned IPO

Efraim Harari joins fast-growing company in Palo Alto from listed network security player SentinelOne

Securities class action settlements grew 142% globally in 2022

Settlement recovery opportunities topped $7.4bn last year according to new report from Broadridge as market rebounded after Covid-19 pandemic

Sprinklr promotes chief compliance officer to general counsel amid job cuts

Listed New York software startup names Jacob Scott next top lawyer a week after implementing round of job cuts amid slowdown

Almost half of US lawyers see no rate increases in 2022, Wolters Kluwer report shows

Some 27% of law firm timekeepers saw no increase, while 13% saw average rates go down

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News | US

Tesla hires GC from Dish as it promises 'world class' legal team

Brandon Ehrhart’s appointment comes amid founder Elon Musk’s mission to build a ‘hardcore litigation department’

TLT and Simmons & Simmons partner with Barclays to launch joint training contracts

Scheme intended to widen access to the legal sector will give trainees experience at a law firm and in-house

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News | UK

PVH Corp lawyer joins Luxury Law Alliance Advisory Board

NY-based Hellman is also an adjunct professor at Fordham U School of Law

US in-house counsel avoids serious reprimand following UK judgment embargo breach

Court of Appeal judges show leniency to in-house counsel after he breaches the embargo of a judgment relating to a patent case

Nokia names new permanent chief legal officer

Esa Niinimäki made CLO after serving in role on interim basis following departure of Nassib Abou-Khalil last year

Mimecast promotes compliance chief to general counsel

Chris Dollase succeeds Robert Nault following email security giant’s $5.8bn acquisition by Permira last year

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