FOCUS OF THE DAY: Large law firms are most worried about the threat from alternative business structures (ABSs) and accountancy firms, but interest in becoming ABSs themselves is waning fast, new research has found. A quarter of the 160 firms involved cited ABSs as the top threat, with 24% naming accountancy firms providing legal services. PwC, KPMG and EY all obtained ABS licenses from the SRA last year. Full story - Legal Futures
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- All that happened in the lives of UK lawyers and law firms last week - a comprehensive review of the legal press of last week - Sunday Law Review 22nd to 28th February
- African lawyers blast assassination of top #MOZAMBIQUE barrister https://t.co/rtQYNr5cwn
- Jamaica LGBT list Supreme Court success for No5 Chambers barrister https://t.co/xLsMzIozkR
- Confessions from the City: The corporate barrister on battling the judge's ear wax https://t.co/elZUtBsO01
- UCL professor Jane Holder named ‘Law Teacher of the Year’ https://t.co/plFoqMMiUD
- Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls https://t.co/Yq6is8ewPJ
- How being an NQ differs from life as a trainee https://t.co/N95ZZHdoN7
- Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library https://t.co/iY1vC8qTIX
- Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’ https://t.co/5eZQx1fDYk
- The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review https://t.co/VgWEHn7P4y
- Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired https://t.co/v9NtXRqbey
- Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam https://t.co/w7owWfwLHb
- Canapes and booze more important than service standards for choosing corporate law firms https://t.co/QknKYLXz1T
- George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row https://t.co/0RWqsj94Lt
- Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer https://t.co/QI8TlxUgqI
- Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice https://t.co/xqEPMee6t5
- Ministry of Justice shows ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ in World Book Day tweet https://t.co/PF9zyHcK6I
- Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91% https://t.co/Hq3JvsYitu
- Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film https://t.co/cNIaviwid9
- Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics https://t.co/zBvn0LWJuM
- Trainee retention latest: Baker & McKenzie keeps 82% while Nabarro hits 100% https://t.co/INu4IFDh6E
- Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm https://t.co/SrVxzMzfYg
- Hogan Lovells lawyer stars in House of Cards as a version of himself https://t.co/NtM5xppXXB
- The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped https://t.co/Twiyaoc0DV
- Have cape, will travel http://t.co/VzDsIRTcjy
- Shell promotes from within after exit of global litigation and downstream GCs | The Lawyer http://t.co/0Gv8RqcY4w
- Court levy smuggled through back door | Law Gazette http://t.co/lxyyhn4VDB
- Get tough on property crime, says London mayoral hopeful | Law Gazette http://t.co/mz2O7AQa6J
- Becky Watts murder: Four more charged in investigation http://t.co/DioDiZE9q9
- Outcry as Islamic State bulldozers 'wreck' Nimrud, Iraq http://t.co/5yhJAsjB4j
- Project Spade: Arrests in Wales in global abuse probe http://t.co/33oHHbpqzX
- Manchester's leaders say 'ignore' EDL protesters http://t.co/iDjgDaXyeh
- MPs: UK 'needs to prepare' for driverless cars http://t.co/bU3FlQftlc
- 'Nearly 50,000' pro-Islamic State Twitter accounts http://t.co/3ldz4j8OeO
- Police tackle serious crimes with 'slap on wrist', MPs warn http://t.co/XvaBoOSUyj
- Mother and lover jailed for Ayesha Ali killing http://t.co/SQrLFSlQ20
- Dozens arrested in cybercrime 'strike week' http://t.co/xlPMibThWr
- 30% of police cautions and fines used inappropriately, say MPs http://t.co/5hMmJkhxEc
- New book puts spotlight on role of covert police in human rights controversy http://t.co/5jtltdN6wF
- Belgian food giant Delhaize promotes Europe and Asia GC Dechamps to top job | The Lawyer http://t.co/5sBOlwbP6c
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Covington sees London net profit rise by 18 per cent, City revenue up 6 per cent to $64m | The Lawyer http://t.co/JPPKf9HdZt
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Riverview Law launches 20-person Manchester legal and back office hub | The Lawyer http://t.co/d5fvFyArE0
- LAW FIRM NEWS: 45 years and counting: Will Fried Frank's City bet finally pay off? | The Lawyer http://t.co/ljsWGLQprr
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsents makes good on Australia promise through five-partner launch | The Lawyer http://t.co/W7aWGuUgmw
- Whiplash MedCo doctors given weeks to find £75,000 fee | Law Gazette http://t.co/opf14HLyqt
- Solicitor loses £21k negligence strike-out appeal | Law Gazette http://t.co/dtc6gq9vg9
- Desk numbers cut in City relocation | Law Gazette http://t.co/LfVQ0RX6xo
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- Ten-minute leeway rule for council car parks in England http://t.co/4xUd6urDMG
- Infertility helped your career, NHS tells lawyer http://t.co/7PKGvOycA7
- British police could patrol in Magaluf and Ibiza http://t.co/17M7n70Xs0
- Scotland's armed police 'stop' drink drivers http://t.co/PZX90fEDbv
- Roy Keane to be prosecuted over 'road-rage rant at taxi driver' http://t.co/YlfbGpF4Qa
- Pcso called to the scene of her 10-year-old nephew's hit-and-run death http://t.co/xpUP9Otaoe
- Death row: America's version of 'freedom' is rotten and sadistic #US http://t.co/duPZPGVPYc
- MI5 and MI6 must recruit spies from Mumsnet, says watchdog http://t.co/hK26ozw8HX
- CPS 'risked lives' by releasing Abid Naseer without charge http://t.co/HOOJnn6RQZ
- Prisoner wins landmark ruling to ban smoking in jail http://t.co/WmXdrjzB1k
- Immigrant caught working illegally at Westminster is praised by a judge for supporting her Ebola-hit family http://t.co/4raHf7XyDs
- "Tragedy" of struck-off solicitor - but High Court upholds dishonesty finding | Legal Futures http://t.co/zDfojB3mrg
- Peers pave way for new breed of lawyer – licensed probate practitioners | Legal Futures http://t.co/8EIwK0rtio
- Roy Keane summonsed over alleged Altrincham road rage incident http://t.co/tT0F9JWvRI
- Sexist chanting must be tackled, say football chiefs http://t.co/U7TRZ5gpyR
- EU data roaming and net neutrality plans attacked http://t.co/bj7Z1xq6sZ
- Nisman family say #ARGENTINA prosecutor was murdered http://t.co/u7f2VUMpOi
- MPs face ban on taxi and dinner expenses, watchdog Ipsa says http://t.co/b9TsW8It1r
- Cameron denies 'running scared' of TV election debates http://t.co/TeD2ch4ETF
- Smoking ban must be enforced in prisons, judge rules http://t.co/fmz15MTUkR
- Sue today, not on Monday: enhanced fees risk a rush to court http://t.co/pzM3cqNg5N
- Gay asylum seekers need our help http://t.co/GbEAJcVOa4
- 'Stop the conspiracy of silence over Darfur' #SUDAN http://t.co/NMdu7OkQye
- Supreme court sets April date to hear same-sex marriage cases #US http://t.co/JVl6slHJ31
- Eye for an eye: #IRAN blinds acid attacker http://t.co/1fIcAlW053
- UK aid watchdog right to criticise DfID over law and justice operations http://t.co/qlXz0nXchp
- Shot in the chest, racially abused: tales of police discrimination in Ferguson #US http://t.co/SnInvvUCYu
- Hang my son for killing India’s daughter - 2012 Delhi Rape Case - A Lawyer's perspective http://t.co/UhuEJP6UkF
- The Guardian view on India’s Daughter: a necessary spotlight | Editorial http://t.co/WE08FOruHR
- Reddit CEO Ellen Pao to testify at sexual discrimination trial #US http://t.co/88GFDJJWEj
- Difret review – the true story of a rape victim who fought back http://t.co/q55gPSCQf3
- Legal aid: Bring back training grants | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/uwLKib0prx
- Whiplash MedCo doctors given weeks to find £75,000 fee | Law Gazette http://t.co/ScbNMw9Lnl
- Human rights abuses by corporations must stop | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/LPbdOoG9hs
- Partners closely connected to boardrooms win top jobs | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/lzi8hqkEOe
- Ex-managing partner of William Fry barricaded in home with wife | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/vmFbIjOhDX
- Reed Smith grows pricing and mandates team to 15 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/N6qYxNA4ut
- Four in ten US legal departments have legal operations function | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/kX1uK7XfDl
- Fake law firms on the increase | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/LUsUcIxTfH
- Property and art top luxury spend for rich | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/okk2Q05FlB
- Should US firms take note of UK merger mania? | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rZ2IxnUkEd
- Tax affairs of Indian lawyers expected to come under spotlight | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/BxYJhm6WoG
- River Thames Garden Bridge: Mayor accused of misleading Londoners http://t.co/JLxJOU8AUm
- Facebook boast traps King's Lynn Tesco armed robber http://t.co/GMFUBpqSYK
- Drone owners register called for by House of Lords http://t.co/HRXYx3lCeN
- Facebook rant lands US man in #UAE jail http://t.co/3QtAPvGx2P
- Pharrell Williams has denied copying Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up for the hit single Blurred Lines http://t.co/pYAqpkOM0c
