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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The truth about US firms in London - To what extent are US firms embedded within the UK corporate landscape? To hear some lawyers at UK firms speak, you’d think the likes of Davis Polk, Sullivan & Cromwell or even Shearman & Sterling act simply for global clients with a stop-off in London. They need to smell the coffee. Full story - The Lawyer
FOCUS OF THE DAY: The truth about US firms in London - To what extent are US firms embedded within the UK corporate landscape? To hear some lawyers at UK firms speak, you’d think the likes of Davis Polk, Sullivan & Cromwell or even Shearman & Sterling act simply for global clients with a stop-off in London. They need to smell the coffee. Full story - The Lawyer
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- Dean’s Column: Is the Legal Job Market Finally Turning Around? #US https://t.co/9RdhAK4jZU
- Legal aid cuts and the rise of the self-represented litigant in family law https://t.co/9vrvv1fFhb
- #FRANCE to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity http://t.co/uYd9cqOX03
- My treatment by #Egypt’s legal system has been a travesty of justice | Peter Greste http://t.co/BFwbX6W84M
- Regulator appoints interim managers for the charity Legal Action https://t.co/NO6ATu8waG https://t.co/yCJYbLVmzC
- Do you know where same-sex marriage is actually legal? (Spoiler: it's hardly anywhere) https://t.co/1y1mdTjwJd
- State attorneys-general fail to win additional federal legal aid funding #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/g3WTarsZD4
- Improving UK economy and more ‘savvy’ financial management helping Scotland’s law firms boost profitability https://t.co/8UaZFQphyL
- #Iraq bomber trial: Why Anis Sardar was convicted in UK https://t.co/5lUIJWUIoA
- Ten hour Senate speech by filibuster expert Rand Paul leaves mass surveillance law in jeopardy #US https://t.co/7fgWZEUVKl
- Tobacco firms challenge plain packaging law https://t.co/znbV2r3aOZ
- #RUSSIA warns Google, Twitter and Facebook on law violations - Yahoo News UK https://t.co/0Yap7lzt3O
- #FRANCE supermarket food waste law piles pressure on UK: https://t.co/SOpkYTkpHq
- The UK government’s proposals regarding the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights https://t.co/SSXnbEFXlj
- Lawyer says proposed UK immigration laws ‘harsh’ https://t.co/0edUQnxWV8
- #ITALY passes law to tackle rampant corruption https://t.co/lDkdaJeK4J
- Crowdfunding for justice takes multinational oil companies to court | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/Y3gIfmwQb4
- Gove’s guilty past: suitability to hold the ancient office of Lord Chancellor | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/E0XkvYBdwC
- High Court quashes council’s discriminatory Catholic school transport policy | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/DLb8vGxxfc
- First Scots clinical negligence specialist and assessor accredited | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Y7R2vafjQY
- Billions sought in plain packaging compensation case | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FcgC9Ai29W
- Grand Theft Auto makers to sue BBC over trademark infringement in new drama | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/MSPnGKxfCq
- Andrew Mackenzie appointed officer of International Bar Association Committee | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/yxjTb9w9PJ
- SCOLAG concern at Human Rights Act repeal | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/A0zkB4WTSC
- Patient at psychiatric clinic who sought to challenge detention has judicial review petition dismissed http://t.co/wttQQrj0lv
- Freddie Gray grand jury brings charges against six Baltimore police – #US http://t.co/EvHhOxoWhG
- Rape victim falsely accused of lying by police wins £20,000 payout http://t.co/cHG34SKDN0
- Gilberto Torres survived Colombia's death squads. Now he wants justice #keepitintheground http://t.co/GEHlsBnvXD
- Colombian takes BP to court in UK over alleged complicity in kidnap and torture #keepitintheground http://t.co/oxgaIeS7S6
- Stopping the scandal of 'sorry, you're just not vulnerable enough' http://t.co/VIwz58erDX
- #hometovote: Irish abroad return to vote in gay marriage referendum http://t.co/cFTErt7beO
- UN investigates Briton on death row in #Ethiopia http://t.co/kzQ5a3q8rA
- Stacey Hyde’s story is a shocking insight into how the law treats young, abused women http://t.co/QRpWyITX09
- What real lawyers think about Breaking Bad – and why it should be taught in class http://t.co/qv8lSedba0
- MoJ stands firm over judicial pension legal challenge | Law Gazette http://t.co/zzjz0wk8MU
- Top-100 firms will merge to create £75m practice | Law Gazette http://t.co/RpTGszfI4F
- Good times roll on in City as trainee salaries hit £42k | Law Gazette http://t.co/iV6482roKb
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Linklaters' NQ pay falls behind Slaughter and May's | The Lawyer http://t.co/6IbAvCaU11
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Shakespeares and SGH Martineau confirm June merger | The Lawyer http://t.co/aUwS6FoD2E
- EY plans Manchester growth around former Addleshaws managing partner | The Lawyer http://t.co/RxFY7V6TJb
- The Lawyer Magazine partners with Mind to launch employee wellness report | The Lawyer http://t.co/umIVeg2AFV
- Relieving in-house tension: Report shows frustrations between in-house lawyers and senior executives | Law Gazette http://t.co/6nHgdG7kSH
- Ex-partner, 53, to allege age discrimination against former firm | Law Gazette http://t.co/mEVBBLF2Ru
- JR claimant costs should fund legal aid: Society | Law Gazette http://t.co/xkXyjBRnme
- Will London's mayor put the brakes on Uber? http://t.co/9wOkeNisGZ
- Same-sex referendum: Polls open in #Ireland http://t.co/Jv7DzMZU45
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/OQfRmpUIlP
- Police stop girl heading to Syria after newspaper alert http://t.co/OoKwUuuaz8
- Hampshire police to pay rape victim £20,000 http://t.co/Tg7QunaTKk
- Meet the Organisers of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot: http://t.co/vCPg4EFSHq
- Cancelling exam would be resorted to as last measure, Supreme Court #INDIA http://t.co/VKbIPZqTER
- Lawyer Interview: Advocate is "on Record"- Part I: Shivaji M Jadhav #INDIA http://t.co/EIjsMNHppz
- Prashant Bhushan, Indira Jaising bat for transparency in CIC appointments #INDIA http://t.co/qcyf3J1B1q
- IDIA scholar Yamuna Menon secures Rank 30 in CLAT 2015 #INDIA http://t.co/vziPkOqinQ
- In-house team trains staff as paralegals, wins international award #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/WTHQ3iiqvc
- Lawyers lobby to remedy ‘woefully inadequate’ legal aid funding #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/PnlaF8y57j
- Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby has been granted an honorary doctorate #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/tegQELsy2C
- Massachusetts court paves way for reviews of tainted drugs cases #US http://t.co/g0CtDUUf8z
- Top energy firms tied to almost a third of greenhouse gases: study http://t.co/3ZmS2WIyP6
- #Japan takes #SouthKorea to WTO over Fukushima-related food import restrictions http://t.co/6u4dcJDpht
- Grand jury indicts Baltimore police in death of Freddie Gray #US http://t.co/qvypDidB16
- Sinaloa drug cartel leader 'Chino Antrax' pleads guilty #US http://t.co/BunyRQ3fip
- Magic Circle focuses on London but loses brand awareness in rest of UK | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JU9lTKyAqa
- Denton partner profits rise driven by Middle East and banking | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/OYgbL0cE1w
- Seyfarth Shaw chair starts to tweet as other BigLaw heads shun Twitter | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/KvnDkaXXLt
- Australia follows US in client auction service for lawyers | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dxcMYKJ4N9
- IP expert lawyer: luxury brands should stop whinging and learn Chinese laws | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/xtxvdgUgat
- Freshfields loses sole competition partner in Vienna | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/IrsUSOc1jJ
- Bird & Bird heads for Luxembourg | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ABi928Q9lP
- Judge castigates “by far the worst solicitor witness I have ever seen” | Legal Futures: http://t.co/nKvuX6ZBhu
- Slater & Gordon clears final hurdle as FCA approves Quindell acquisiton | Legal Futures http://t.co/HaaC1KyfSl
- Get solicitors to triage legal problems pro bono, says Law Society | Legal Futures http://t.co/c3Oy8q5AhE
- Solicitor express fears that Mansfield Magistrates’ Court could be facing the axe under a new wave of budget cuts https://t.co/GckWVeTwF4
- Sisters win challenge to brother’s power of attorney over father #IRELAND https://t.co/qs9PSVD8To
- How to buy a home: Let us guide you through the pitfalls https://t.co/3Za66E8LuX
- Former solicitor general backs Kejriwal in war against L-G Jung #INDIA https://t.co/TbQ33skxIm
- Solicitor Lauren Grayson recruited by Queensland law firm Creevey Russell Lawyers at Toowoomba office #AUSTRALIA https://t.co/NknLgjcp3j
- Travel giant defends record as holidaymakers sue over cruise ship sickness https://t.co/cu3ug9wmeu
- Dim-witted burglar caught after his police GPS tag showed him at robbed houses https://t.co/v6VHigBXdZ
- 'Legal high' shops in Manchester city centre raided by police who seize pills, packets and powders https://t.co/3cKl810cu5
- How dangerous are legal highs? Q&A http://t.co/QHnRScoGBm
- The #Australian legal centre taking law into its own hands for asylum seekers https://t.co/aTFtcBDEa6
- 1 biker has posted $1-million bond; Waco court strained by arrests #US https://t.co/2TSlfnK9Rx
- Forex-rigging fines: Legal troubles continue to brew despite FX settlement https://t.co/YQsDSmACWS
- New Legal Realism, empiricism, and scientism: the relative objectivity of law and social science https://t.co/NDaKKCfX8X
- The world's best universities for law: Cambridge and Oxford trump UK competition https://t.co/NoJIXj6wcg
- Men who use prostitutes face up to a year in prison under new laws to criminalise payment for sex in N. Ireland https://t.co/s6u46PLVCk
- Britain’s traditional pubs are hoping a new law will galvanize the country’s budding beer renaissance https://t.co/47jTcrXIrp
- House panel votes to repeal country-origin meat labeling law #US https://t.co/CeKmeSnllU
- Firms must look for labour in UK, new law will say https://t.co/d1wahL1qjS
- UK's Relaxed Drinking Laws Have Led To Reduced Binge Drinking, Drink-Driving and Violence https://t.co/IHs9WmMp0z
- Speeding 'paramedic' used car as an ambulance to run errands for his wife http://t.co/Yem6XghNHp
- Hatton Garden heist: Eight suspects remanded in custody http://t.co/lJM4n7x92u
- David Cameron will never hit his immigration target. Here's why http://t.co/XDip4lE1Dh
- Pilot drowns neighbour's dog as it would not stop barking http://t.co/WPbq175AVN
- Corfu deaths: convicted staff found working at Thomas Cook hotels http://t.co/RZqcoYUWmm
- Stacey Hyde cleared of murder at retrial http://t.co/9ybfzgpMMF
- British cabbie found with bomb making manual two years before unmasked as Iraq insurgency killer http://t.co/wSWtscELAe
- Tobacco companies prepare multi-billion compensation claims over UK plain packaging http://t.co/EP0MGlVJPs
