Search Results for: UK law firms
Potential for fees to fall as legal fee tracking hits the big time in the UK
May 4th, 2015
Fifteen firms – including Macfarlanes, Norton Rose Fulbright and Taylor Vinters – have signed up to Apperio, a legal fees platform which claims to be cutting fees for clients by 12%. The other firms include Taylor Wessing, Mishcon de ...
Nasdaq to settle Facebook IPO lawsuit for $26.5 million
April 27th, 2015
In a first for a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq OMX Group on Thursday agreed to pay $26.5 million (17.60 million pounds) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its bungling of Facebook Inc’s $16 billion initial public offering, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said. ...
ICO probes 173 law firms over data protection breaches
April 16th, 2015
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 revealed that the Information Commissioner’s Office investigated 173 UK firms ...
UK plans criminal penalties for tax advisers who assist evasion
March 19th, 2015
Lawyers and other tax advisers who aid clients evade tax will the subject of penalties under a new criminal offence which is to be announced by the UK government today. The plan was disclosed by the Chancellor of the ...
Botched Law Could Close Hundreds of Foreign Firms’ Rep Offices in Russia
March 11th, 2015
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, but organizational failures and lack of proper warning have left companies scrambling ...
Law firms enjoy robust third quarter
March 10th, 2015
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 a fee income increase of 7% in the quarter ended ...
No more weak links – elite law firms unite to fight cyber security threat
March 9th, 2015
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms ...
Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year 2014
March 2nd, 2015
Dentons was awarded the Pan-Middle East Best Law Firm of the Year by EMEA Finance, whose Middle East Banking Awards winners for 2014 were announced recently. This is the fifth occasion on which Dentons has won this prestigious industry ...
HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared
February 26th, 2015
HMRC‘s Chief Executive, Lin Homer, today announced in a Treasury Select Committee hearing that the French authorities have formally agreed that HMRC can share stolen HSBC Suisse customer account data with other law enforcement agencies and regulators, for the ...
HMRC: “transitional period” for businesses affected by new EU VAT laws
January 7th, 2015
HMRC has announced that there will be a “transitional period” for small businesses affected by new VAT rules. The new Europe wide legislation, which came into force on 1 January 2015, affects businesses that sell digital services, such as ...
