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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Law Firms need to juggle real estate costs with providing a modern environment. Balancing the economics of growing a City law firm to keep pace with rising global markets against a backdrop of expensive office rents is a conundrum facing many managing partners. Real estate spend is, after all, the biggest cost to law firms after salaries. Full story - The Lawyer
FOCUS OF THE DAY: Law Firms need to juggle real estate costs with providing a modern environment. Balancing the economics of growing a City law firm to keep pace with rising global markets against a backdrop of expensive office rents is a conundrum facing many managing partners. Real estate spend is, after all, the biggest cost to law firms after salaries. Full story - The Lawyer
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- UK Publishers Don't See Why Anyone's Complaining About Copyright Law https://t.co/fg31tD0wyC
- UK energy suppliers acting in line with competition laws: Watchdog http://t.co/T5IhOS8cu0
- Labour candidates criticise plan to relax Sunday trading laws https://t.co/QTwykXUrBU
- The weirdest traffic laws revealed http://t.co/NvskZA90D5
- Birmingham Law Society launches video marketing campaign https://t.co/nQXILcZkfp
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- CBA shown favour by Lord Chancellor over legal aid cuts | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/aO4OsPMxCO
- Solicitors take the prize for industry innovation | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/hb7gmmXjyo
- Prest continues: Multi-millionaire businessman loses latest stage in divorce battle | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/8uVbpaFxtd
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- Action day 7: MoJ ‘offers talks’ - but not about fee cuts | Law Gazette http://t.co/LGCZkO4Xbu
- Judges refuse Lockerbie families permission to appeal | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/d1ayKht1Kp
- Police gain power to issue formal warnings to motorists just over the speed limit | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/8Y64GSCmVx
- ECtHR rules banking data is protected under the Convention | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/G1CvOpG4qP
- Faculty declares opposition to proposals for statutory jury directions on rape | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/ObQ6ffjPt8
- Campaigners warn that ‘Asbestos is still with us’ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/n2mXv9vEaQ
- Gillespie Macandrew announces 2014/15 financial results | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/YMHUf4q7iv
- Devolution of abortion raised again in Scotland Bill talks | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/H37KnSEedW
- Views sought on health bill proposals for new criminal offence of wilful neglect | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/87mstDLTOb
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Italy's Portolano Cavallo launches in New York | The Lawyer http://t.co/wuWu9tkxXJ
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- Walkers picks up Mourant partner Burch in continued expansion drive | The Lawyer http://t.co/2gg2Hq6JJE
- American Airlines associate general counsel flies to AlixPartners for GC role | The Lawyer http://t.co/UhkcMIgHbg
- JPMorgan Chase appoints new GC to succeed Cutler | The Lawyer http://t.co/dxnYp3LJ4Z
- Howard Kennedy sees PEP soar by 29 per cent to £360,000 in year-end financials | The Lawyer http://t.co/JIBJMwuLcR
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- Bridgepoint in talks to buy Appleby's fiduciary business | The Lawyer http://t.co/y6W07bSHXP
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- PEP soars at King & Wood Mallesons EUME | Law Gazette http://t.co/o5lUilWt1m
- Solicitors ‘ready to innovate but wary of change’ – SRA survey | Law Gazette http://t.co/DLLEmls3lI
- Paralegals sign up for voluntary ‘regulation’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/Z1rrSuUfFL
- 7 July London bombings: Flowers laid in memory of victims http://t.co/Lkqjr90ti0
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/4QeWqNzFKY
- Would Calais migrants really be better off in the UK? http://t.co/xBmtMbgC2f
- #Chinese tourists warned over #Turkey Uighur protests http://t.co/Wmt7zsXPE4
- Greek island of Lesbos struggles to cope with migrant influx http://t.co/YyjJ1uejMx
- South Carolina's Senate has passed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol in Columbia #US http://t.co/xjcRyKmSIU
- Delhi HC grants anticipatory bail to St. Stephens professor accused of sexual harassment #INDIA http://t.co/yCDURzNlnL
- Suing the messenger: Law student wins long drawn legal battle against courier company #INDIA http://t.co/gI2OB7siS9
- Working Title: The Lawyer and the Stand up Comic Naveen Richards #INDIA http://t.co/GH1KpM1HsD
- The NJAC hearings - Bar versus Bench #INDIA http://t.co/eo7Ppl1oIH
- Four JGLS students selected for judicial clerkship at Hawaii Supreme Court #INDIA http://t.co/6H1B5KjV4l
- Hospital deal highlights infrastructure pipeline #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/gLLi0f4tfi
- Back to the roots of arbitration http://t.co/Y4vtSxvltR
- Marriage equality: It should not be taking us this long #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/EtKZgSSRRk
- Global firm lands in Oz #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/JzhtCKUQfx
- Firm shares criminal law expertise with local community #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/LVE3JXOJL7
- Business degree ‘essential’ for corporate lawyers #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/8CRn4ahx6a
- A call-out to #Australia’s best legal talent http://t.co/WMRAfc3n0d
- Women dominate senior associate positions, excluded from partnerships #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/GXUHGuDfjw
- Firms no longer training ground for in-house counsel #AUSTRALIA http://t.co/k26qqAoxIP
- Greek crisis could have surprising upside for #Australian M&A http://t.co/VNHiAiH1M7
- A people’s tribunal for #INDONESIA https://t.co/ug3JQ43DPb
- How to make tribunals more relevant #INDIA https://t.co/pABqrhbkBR
- Defence begins submission in SQ Chowdhury appeal against ICT verdict #BANGLADESH https://t.co/0qe1xFXg34
- Death by Breath: 33 buildings in east fined for flouting norms #INDIA https://t.co/zptRWnCdX9
- Kalaburagi may get KAT Bench: Law Minister #INDIA https://t.co/i8RsVT6JY4
- Disciplined judge's lawyer says "criminal investigation" is over a summary traffic ticket #US https://t.co/cUu6TDFXdU
- Judge overturns ex-Goldman programmer's conviction #US https://t.co/lHovLZvZps
- Father Wants Justice in Sex Abuse Case #BURKINAFASO https://t.co/Nb3jKqgLNH
- Chicago convulsed by another violent weekend; top cop blames justice system #US https://t.co/A3mm4IWTDI
- Maharashtra rights panel brings 'Justice at the Door' #INDIA http://t.co/Dt9duPRU2A
- The denial of justice to the victims of a far bigger catastrophe — the Bhopal gas leak #INDIA https://t.co/7XcqV63zjP
- Longtime city solicitor joins staff as in-house lawyer at Attleboro City Hall #US https://t.co/vytSM4xjK4
- After Over Two Decades of Service, Weymouth Solicitor Retires #US https://t.co/tH3BsOOieh
- Solicitors in protest against legal aid cuts at Medway Magistrates' Court in Rope Walk, Chatham https://t.co/pfCIrptsbi
- Medway solicitors walk out in protest against legal aid cuts https://t.co/Qh3e2DC9CQ
- Solicitor general braces for legal battle over South China Sea #PHILIPPINES https://t.co/RHjf8kY01J
- NRL: Alex McKinnon injury compensation payout could exceed $10m #US https://t.co/jKMLEQitKF
- Legal high use as serious as 1990s heroin epidemic, it's claimed https://t.co/ZW7GFk0OBi
- Some White House Republican hopefuls want curbs on legal immigration #US https://t.co/VZbG7QD6Fw
- Southampton FC facing legal battle over defender Toby Alderweireld https://t.co/5KHar3g35Y
- Standoff over social media passwords breaks new legal ground #US https://t.co/SzWu3bgiNc
- Will cuts to criminal legal aid lead to miscarriages of justice? https://t.co/DuqKt63hol
- Change the law to protect police officers who shoot people, say UK's highest ranking cop https://t.co/kClQn7JMRE
- #EGYPT looks set to approve disputed anti-terror law https://t.co/QezqOaUXI3
- #HUNGARY passes law to tighten asylum rules https://t.co/0eiBlygt3W
- David Mundell hints abortion law could be devolved to Holyrood https://t.co/2F1aNnysqU
- UK home secretary named "internet villain" for surveillance powers push https://t.co/kErqicwPC7
- A third of UK SMEs unaware of the Bribery Act, UK government study finds http://t.co/Ypmdu11RFN
- Garrick Club votes to continue with ban on female members http://t.co/QmH3MqPlRi
- George Osborne's budget to include shakeup of Sunday trading laws http://t.co/AeyN4rPZqI
- Kids Company row highlights dilemma of charities at the sharp end of austerity http://t.co/Jwxr60nmRs
- Value of Taser use remains uncertain amid lack of transparency http://t.co/MSdOhC8eS4
- Press watchdog reprimands Daily Telegraph over Nicola Sturgeon story http://t.co/qvdWhwcRrD
- Boris Johnson: cut top rate of income tax but only if firms pay living wage http://t.co/yhi8bhpmW8
- Ex-head of counter-terror: UK should lay on charter flights to Syria for jihadis http://t.co/kg0mvBQHr9
- Terminally ill benefit claimants asked when they expect to die, MP says http://t.co/4NO0aE09lG
- Legal highs a factor in prison deaths, says ombudsman http://t.co/pX7LQ7vSPS
- Pupilmaster at 1 Gray’s Inn Square fined after pupil complains of “conduct of sexual nature” | The Lawyer http://t.co/Ej4VTw6yyH
- Lewis Silkin to pay £2m damages to India cricket chief client | The Lawyer http://t.co/2AKmfyQcou
- DLA Piper and MoFo close Dixons Carphone US return with Sprint deal | The Lawyer http://t.co/vKEu8cqvnc
- Belfast firm Tughans under fire over £7m 'earmarked for politician' as Nama row escalates | The Lawyer http://t.co/B01OKUIDMW
- Bogus solicitors given jail time for providing immigration advice | Legal Futures http://t.co/XgnwSLX63X
- ABS targets UK SMEs with legal 'concierge' service, with British ex-pats in Spain to follow | Legal Futures http://t.co/CSh4FSX544
- Met Chief defies PMs call to arrest all Isil flag carriers http://t.co/SbU6n0sbY4
- Council loses nine-month legal battle with man who accidentally dropped a piece of orange peel http://t.co/Sqptik4V97
- Police let pair fly Isil flag outside Parliament http://t.co/v5UHqwMphS
- Decline in UK law firm merger activity | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/1CR71ZvCKU
- Australian firms gear up for multi-billion energy disputes due to last years | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/mIrribahGm
- Disputes team in tug-of-war battle as Indian recruitment war intensifies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZnhcUVHXgu
- Top Singapore firm plans fast growth in Asia region | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8BBaagHLxE
- Regulation expected to open the way for M&A growth in drone sector | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/sHdIdQa77T
- Law firms sent explosive packages in Canada | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/pDNtzTWTF0
- Lewis Brisbois wins 12-strong litigation team to open in Portland - The Global Legal Post https://t.co/0EjlsX8e2E
- Law knowledge gap delays drone use in Virginia | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rb56RNX6Gg
- Major UK energy firms 'overcharged' http://t.co/FnlhlpHGQp
