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Candy Competition Sours Company on Now-Former Counsel

Nestle reportedly has axed its lead antitrust counsel in Europe after focusing during a review of its legal staffing there on the fact that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer also represented the competing Mars company. Perhaps best-known on supermarket shelves for its M&M’S candies, Mars is a competitor of Nestle. The two…

Feb 4, 2008 7:10 PM CST

Trial Lawyer’s Advice: Prepare, Connect ... and Don’t Despair

Preparation, eye contact and empathy with witnesses are all key to winning a trial in front of a jury, a seasoned criminal lawyer says. But if all your hard work fails to impress the jury, don’t despair. There’s always at least a faint hope of a Perry Mason moment, British…

Feb 4, 2008 6:43 PM CST

Bank’s Loss of $7.2B Could Mean Big Bucks for Rogue Trader

Jerome Kerviel’s career in the securities industry appears to be at an end after the stunning news late last month that the junior trader allegedly cost one of France’s biggest and best-known banks a record $7.2 billion in losses. Meanwhile, he appears likely to be criminally prosecuted, and the French…

Feb 4, 2008 5:10 PM CST

EU Countries Can Keep File Sharer Data Private in Civil Cases

The European Union’s top court ruled today that EU countries can refuse to disclose names of Internet file sharers in civil matters. This is a blow to copyright holders fighting digital piracy, reports Reuters. The European Court of Justice ruling comes in a dispute between a Spanish music rights holders…

Jan 29, 2008 9:15 PM CST

Alleged $7B Fraud Brings Big Case to French Boutique

Once a record rogue trader fraud of $7 billion is announced by a major bank, a high-profile new representation is clearly on the horizon for some lucky law firm. In the case of Societe Generale’s embarrassing $7 billion alleged loss at the hands of a junior trader with back office…

Jan 25, 2008 5:07 PM CST

Big U.K. Firms Reassign Lawyers to Avoid Job Cuts

Major London law firms, including Allen & Overy, are redeploying their troops, affiliating those in slowing practice areas with busier groups. “It is understood the firm hopes the move will help it avoid job cuts,” writes Legal Week, referring to A&O’s efforts, beginning late last year, to encourage lawyers and…

Jan 24, 2008 6:08 PM CST

Rare Church of England Tribunal Says Vicar Should Be Fired

In an unusual ruling that could potentially pit ecclesiastical law against statutory employment standards, a Church of England tribunal has decided that a vicar accused of being a bully and a liar—and even spitting at one of his churchwardens—should be fired. The unusual and expensive church tribunal, which was held…

Jan 24, 2008 5:48 PM CST

Record $7B Rogue Trader Fraud Alleged at French Bank

Updated: An all-time record $7 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated on a renowned French bank by a rogue junior trader has left the Societe Generale reeling. One of the country’s oldest and biggest banks, SocGen discovered over the weekend that it had been the victim of a “scheme of elaborate fictitious…

Jan 24, 2008 5:01 PM CST

Baker Forms New Practice Group, Cites International Antitrust Concerns

Baker & McKenzie has formed an antitrust practice group in its Tokyo office in advance of a likely broadening of Japanese antitrust rules. The firm’s Tokyo managing partner, Jeremy Pitts, said the new group was created in response to the likely rule changes and the need to apply antitrust rules…

Jan 24, 2008 1:29 PM CST

Debevoise Probe of Siemens Hits Roadblocks

Debevoise & Plimpton’s internal corporate probe of misconduct at Siemens AG has been hindered by uncooperative employees and prosecutors. The investigation into allegations of bribes for business was proceeding so slowly last summer that some board members questioned whether the law firm should have been hired, according to the Wall…

Jan 23, 2008 8:11 PM CST

Allen & Overy Fields New Trial Management Team

One of London’s biggest and best-known law firms has restructured its litigation management team, adding a steering group of international partners and a newly created firmwide general counsel to help the global head of litigation oversee the magic circle firm’s worldwide operations. As part of this change in focus, the…

Jan 23, 2008 5:53 PM CST

Author Put Dad in Prison for Child Abuse, But Still Loves Him

A British author who says she was sexually abused by her father since age 8 has written a book about the experience—and the strong emotional bond she still has with both of her parents, as an adult, despite their failure to protect her as she was growing up. After she…

Jan 23, 2008 5:35 PM CST

Which Lawyers Love Their Jobs?

Young lawyers who love their work practice in a variety of areas. But one thing many have in common is that they wanted to be attorneys from a young age, according to the London Times. “I always wanted to be a lawyer. I was always thinking about it and looking…

Jan 22, 2008 5:51 PM CST

Retention Rates for Trainee Lawyers High at Top U.K. Law Firms

Retention of trainee lawyers is high at many of the top British law firms. Eighteen out of London’s top 25 law firms retained more than 90 percent of their trainee lawyers hired in March, Legal Week reports. Six firms held on to all of their trainees. The firms that made…

Jan 18, 2008 1:31 PM CST

Lawyers Can Trade Vacation Days at Allen & Overy

Seeking to address work-life balance issues, the U.K. law firm Allen & Overy is allowing lawyers to trade vacation days. Lawyers and staffers can sell part of their vacation time back to the firm or can buy extra days. The number of days that can be traded is based on…

Jan 18, 2008 1:18 PM CST

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