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Report suggests law firms are failing on customer service
April 18th, 2016
A new report suggests that there is a ‘disturbing level of tunnel vision’ among law firms when it comes to adopting modern customer service standards, which could ultimately make the difference between success and failure. The report by Peppermint Technology shows that law ...
Law ranks fourth in degree salary stakes
April 15th, 2016
New research has shown that ten years after graduating, male law students earn less on average than their peers who left university with degrees in engineering, economics and medicine—but around 20 per cent more than their own female classmates. ...
Law Firms Boosting Investment in Marketing, Survey Finds
April 14th, 2016
In response to fierce competition for increasingly demanding clients, 56 percent of attorneys and marketing professionals expect their law firms to boost investment in marketing over the next two years, according to a survey published on Tuesday. More than two-thirds of respondents also ...
International law firm in merger talks with Pepper Hamilton
April 13th, 2016
The global law firm Reed Smith is in talks to combine with the smaller Pepper Hamilton of Philadelphia, the firms confirmed on Monday night. “Based on these preliminary discussions, we see many potential benefits to joining forces,” said a Reed ...
Transatlantic prosecutions drive US lawyers to the City
April 12th, 2016
The widening grip of US law enforcement is feeding a wave of American lawyers heading across the Atlantic. A growing number of US law firms are sending lawyers with law enforcement experience to work in the United Kingdom. As ...
Multinational law firm promoted 21 lawyers to partner across its global network
April 11th, 2016
Allen & Overy today announces the promotion of 21 lawyers to partner across its global network. Effective as of 1 May 2016, the promotions are across 12 offices in 11 countries and all the major practice groups in the ...
Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed
April 11th, 2016
A prominent London law firm has been left exposed after leaked Mossack Fonseca documents revealed how it had helped set up a secret offshore company for the daughters of the Azerbaijan president. Child & Child — a long-established private ...
Banks told to declare links to Panama Papers law firm by next week
April 8th, 2016
Banks and financial firms have been told to hand over any information about their dealings with the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority by a week on Friday. The City regulator had ...
Law firm data security in spotlight after Mossack Fonseca leak
April 7th, 2016
Experts have warned that law firms need to ‘up their game’ on data security after millions of documents were leaked from Panama offshore firm Mossack Fonseca. With some 11.5 million documents leaked, the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal is reportedly the ...
Pinsent Masons receives International Law Firm of the Year award in Paris
April 4th, 2016
Pinsent Masons has been named International Law Firm of the Year for the second time at the renowned Trophées du Droit awards in Paris. The 2016 law awards honour the best in legal services and comprise of a judging ...
