Tikit has announced the development of the Carpe Diem Mobile app for Windows 8 Mobile users. The company says it is poised to be the first provider in the market to deliver the full range of time recording options and device support. Tikit’s Carpe Diem Mobile application allows lawyers to easily capture billable time by […]
Intapp, Inc, a provider of time management software for law firms, has announced that Osborne Clarke has selected Intapp as its strategic partner to provide desktop and mobile time entry to its lawyers. “We chose Intapp because we felt the software and support they offer will deliver considerable benefit to our lawyers,” said Nathan Hayes, […]
Results indicate greater demand for data on the move and choice of devices within Law Firms Clio, the leading cloud-based practice management solution, has released the results of their 2013 ‘Apple Devices in Law Offices’ survey. The survey, detailing Apple device usage in law firms across North America, shows exactly how far the influence of […]
Turkey’s new internet regulations are being seen as draconian. Turkey’s controversial new Omnibus Law, which came into effect on 19 February, has introduced some significant changes to the existing internet publication law. The new law received criticism at every legislative stage, from the initial debates in the commission to the final approval by the president. It […]
Dentons Canada has picked up 46 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie, weeks after DLA Piper pulled out of a deal to acquire a 70-strong team. Speculation that Dentons was taking on the teams that DLA Piper had previously held discussions with (7 February 2014) escalated weeks ago, when Canada’s former prime minister Jean […]
Bird & Bird’s launch in Korea through a non-exclusive tie-up with Hwang Mok Park underlines continuing interest from UK firms in the jurisdiction. There are 20 international firms in Seoul already, but so far only four – Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters – have boots on the ground. Bird & Bird […]
Linklaters is considering a merger of the firm’s two senior management boards so that more partners can focus on fee-earning, sources have told The Lawyer. Insiders said senior partner Robert Elliott is considering merging its sixteen-partner international board, the firm’s most senior governance group, with its 12-partner executive committee, chaired by global managing partner Simon […]
Fladgate has overhauled its partnership structure ahead of the introduction of HMRC’s new rules on the tax treatment of fixed-share partners. The Covent Garden firm is set to receive a seven-figure windfall from the partnership restructuring. The new arrangements will include an increase in capital contributions from junior partners, who currently inject as little as […]
New York-based Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle (Curtis) will open its first China office in Beijing to focus on international trade matters. Curtis’ Beijing office will be opened on 1 March and will become the firm’s first location in East Asia. The Beijing office will be led initially by international trade partners William Barringer and […]
It’s a topic that comes up for discussion time and again: civil litigation costs. The senior judiciary is pushing for proportionate costs in the civil courts. That was the mission given to Lord Justice Jackson when he was asked to look into the area all the way back in 2008. Like it or not, the […]
Barrister Russell Bailey from No5 Chambers has succeeded in an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of London Central Bus Company Ltd v Manning. The employment tribunal had decided that the employer, represented by Russell, had fairly dismissed the employee on grounds of incapacity. However, it went on to decide that […]
Following extensive consultation in both the public and private sectors, the Exempted Limited Partnership Bill 2014 (the ‘ELP Bill’) was gazetted on 21 February 2014. The ELP Bill is a major reworking of the current Exempted Limited Partnership Law and is expected to be passed into law by the end of the first quarter of […]