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In-house legal teams struggle with data management amid online platform boom, study finds

Legal departments lack policies to retain data for eDiscovery and litigation purposes

Gateley suffers data breach following 'cyber security incident'

Firm says some client data was exposed but adds that the impact was limited

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Free trade deal welcomed as 'springboard' for closer ties between UK and Australian legal professions

More lawyer secondments identified as one potential benefit of UK's first major post-Brexit FTA

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CMS becomes second law firm to participate in UK's long-running fintech regulatory sandbox

Collaboration with digital startup wins admission to seventh cohort of FCA scheme

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Cravath makes $6m donation to civil rights causes following four-decade discrimination case

Firm donates all fees it was awarded from long-running pro bono case in Jefferson County

Wedlake Bell merges with 170-year-old 11-partner City firm Moon Beever

Moon Beever specialises in insolvency and debt recovery work

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London barristers chambers named after slave trade supporting Lord Chancellor rebrands

Hardwicke Chambers to become Gatehouse Chambers as it seeks to 'truly live out its values'

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'A natural step' - CMS adds latest base with Norwegian tie-up

Kluge is set to join the firm in October as it looks to develop its Nordic platform

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Davis Polk lands Cleary Gottlieb's former foreign investments and national security head

Partner Paul Marquardt joins firm's financial institutions group in Washington

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News | US

First Milbank, then Davis Polk set associate pay benchmarks as latest salary war sparks into life 

Starting salary in top firms rises to $202,500 amid concerns over associate burnout and declining attractiveness of law firm model  

Asafo & Co hires project finance partner duo from HFW in London

New recruits include HFW's former project finance head Andrew Thomas

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DLA Piper hives off Ukraine business to Kinstellar as firm exits the country

Ex-Ukraine managing partner Margarita Karpenko among 38 lawyers moving to leading CEE independent firm

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Africa eyes more Chinese investment to boost post-pandemic recovery, study finds

CMS survey shows that 72% of African executives will be more open to new Chinese projects

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'By 2030 everyone will have a free lawyer at their disposal'

Paper on profession's future paints one dystopian scenario of ravages of AI with elite cadre of lawyers on performance-enhancing drugs

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Quartet of firms merge to create regional Francophone Africa practice

Algeria, Morocco, Guinea and Ivory Coast practices join forces to form ADNA with further African expansion planned

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ICC International Court of Arbitration elects first woman president

Ex-Latham & Watkins partner Claudia Salomon ends run of male presidents lasting nearly 100 years

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King & Spalding partners with RICE to provide legal support to black business owners

US firm's Atlanta office will offer pro bono counsel, funding and access to a multi-use space

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News | US

Dentons review sparks departure of 85 lawyers and staff

Voluntary redundancies dominate as firm creates virtual UK legal team and overhauls support services

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News | UK

SME and startup-focused Australian online law firm Sprintlaw plans UK expansion

UK business will be headed up by former Lexoo legal network manager Adil Khan

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Around the house: former McDonald's senior counsel joins Corcentric

This week's collection of top in-house hires includes a Goldman Sachs veteran for TPG Capital and a former Fitbit lawyer for Booster Fuels

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