The topic of audit rotation and reform has been debated for the past decade and on 17 December 2013 the European Parliament voted to accept the European Commission’s revised proposals for audit reform. This ended a long-standing impasse between the EU Council, the EU Parliament and the European Commission that had blocked reform since the […]
Exigent, a leading global document review and e-Disclosure project management firm proudly announces a strategic partnership with Planet Data, a global innovator in the creation and development of e-Disclosure technologies, services and solutions. This alliance brings the utmost in service, technology, project management and review solutions to clients by joining experienced teams of industry professionals. […]
Recommind, a leader in information intelligence, today released Axcelerate 5, the next generation of its pioneering cloud-based eDiscovery platform. The result of a two-year development effort in close collaboration with practitioners, customers and thought leaders, Axcelerate 5 provides a completely redesigned interface, new analytics, visualisation tools and streamlined automation. These new features dramatically simplify the […]
Nuix, a worldwide provider of information management technologies, today announced it has developed the ability to apply massive eDiscovery processing power on demand by adapting the Nuix Engine for popular cloud computing infrastructures. Nuix continues to invest in innovation and product development, now enabling customers to meet court deadlines by conducting rapid, large-scale eDiscovery indexing, […]
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, has announced that Midlands-based legal practice Wright Hassall is deploying Lexis® InterAction® to roll out CRM as a strategic discipline across the firm. The solution will be available to over 250 users in Wright Hassall’s office in Leamington Spa, which provides legal services across […]
The demise of Linder Myers last week brought to the fore the little-known Solihull-based HCB Solicitors, a firm that has propelled its growth through hoovering up struggling rival firms in the North West. As one door closes, another opens. HCB emerged as the frontrunner in the race to save Linder Myers from administration this week […]
Australian mid-market firms, Thomsons Lawyers and Herbert Geer, are to merge to form the seventh largest independent firm in the country by number of lawyers. The merged firm will be known as Thomson Geer, which will have 80 partners, more than 230 lawyers and annual revenue of A$120m (£65m). The merger is set to take […]
Two No5 Chambers barristers have been shortlisted for the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards 2014: Abid Mahmood and Nabila Mallick. Mahmood, head of No5’s immigration, asylum and nationality group, is nominated for Barrister of the Year, while Mallick is nominated for Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. This year’s ceremony will be held at the […]
Reed Smith has hired Travers Smith leverage finance partner Ben Davis in a further boost to its UK finance practice. Davis joined Travers as an associate in 2005 and has been a partner in its banking group since 2011. In 2013, he has advised private equity houses and financial institutions including Equistone, ICG, and Macquarie […]
Ince & Co has launched a redundancy consultation with 10 shipping and finance fee-earners and six secretarial staff. The process is expected to last no more than three weeks, with the business support staff being offered voluntary redundancy. The consultation with fee-earners is expected to be quicker because there is no voluntary aspect to it. […]
Baker & McKenzie and Dentons have between them taken on 36 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie, days 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 was previously in discussions with (7 February 2014) escalated on Monday, when […]
Contentious new rules introduced by the Association of Litigation Funders (ALF) will see third-party funders required to hold £2m in capital to fund cases, despite the fact that most ALF members say that figure impractical. The new rules introduced by the ALF this week are designed to crack down on rogue funders in the market […]