Moves: 12 October
Osborne Clarke partner James Mullock has joined Bird & Bird as a partner in its international privacy and data protection group in London.
In-house interview: Ken Woodier, Pennon Group
Mere months before retiring, the GC of Pennon Group Ken Woodier tells The Lawyer about 18 years spent working for an acquisitive FTSE 250 company and why he prizes personal relationships over panels.
In-house interview: Mollie Stoker, Lucozade Ribena Suntory
As if the leap from professional support lawyer to GC wasn’t hard enough, Mollie Stoker took on the task of creating from scratch an in-house legal team for newly acquired soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena.
This week’s top 15 legal briefings – 11 October 2015
The use of video content is a staple of online news and entertainment reporting, but the difference between editorial and advertorial content can be blurred. For consumers this is an important distinction, and one the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is trying to clarify. Walker Morris examines new guidelines issued by the ASA to ensure video […]
Top 10 stories: 2-8 October 2015
The changing shape of the legal market was the theme uniting the top 10 stories on TheLawyer.com last week. Ashurst’s decision to trial allocating work “blind” in a bid to ensure fairness attracted a lot of interest and comments. Consultant Dave Cook, hired to oversee the pilot scheme, weighed in with a more in-depth description […]
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IBM Watson: Reuters works with AI machine to increase efficiency at law firms
Artificial Intelligence in legal services took one step closer to reality today as Thomson Reuters announced it had joined up with IBM’s AI machine Watson. Reuters will use Watson to analyse complex data and to increase the speed and precision of business decisions for its law firm and professional services clients. News of the collaboration […]
Carey Olsen launches in Singapore with hire of former A&O partner
Carey Olsen has joined the increasing number of offshore firms with a Singapore presence by launching in the city-state with the hire of former Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Linda Lee. The firm announced it was opening the office after being granted a licence by the Attorney-General’s Chambers. Singapore is the firm’s first Asian base. […]
No5’s Ian Bridge secures acquittal in tragic M40 crash trial
Alex Butwell, 25 from Tividale, was killed when he was hit by a BMW on the M40 in March last year. Mr Butwell’s car had been hit by a Mann artic lorry driven by George Carr, and ended up hitting the central barrier and coming to a stop sticking out into the fast lane. Mr […]
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TfL’s Uber-tight proposals risk hurting London’s tech rep
Uber’s battle with TfL shows how mobile tech is challenging the current regulations for taxi travel in London. Any new technology-based business model, particularly in the world of travel, is bound to have an impact on the regulations and rules designed to meet historic ways of doing business. As we are seeing with Uber, mobile […]
Charles Russell Speechlys one year on: “We’re ready to start recruiting”
“Mergers don’t work unless people work hard,” says Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) managing partner James Carter on the combined firm’s first anniversary. This year has seen a whole host of changes for CRS, which came together after the merger of Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham last year. It was a merger that former Speechly Bircham […]
HSBC instructs Freshfields to defend million-pound Libor claim
HSBC has instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to defend a Libor manipulation claim brought by two former customers. Dual claimants Simon and Edward Hackett are bringing a consequential losses claim over the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products following a spat with the bank last year. HSBC repaid the Hacketts funds spent under the controversial swaps in […]
Vue Entertainment creates UK GC role
Vue Entertainment is creating a new UK head of legal role as the business looks to expand further across the UK and Ireland. The UK and Ireland legal chief will act alongside group general counsel Euan Sutton, who joined the company at the start of the year. Sutton is currently supported by just one interim […]