FEES
The Irish claims agency paid some €37 million to legal representatives in negligence cases last year. Two firms did particularly well receiving at least €5 million each from the State Claims Agency.
PEOPLE
A 130-year-old Scottish law firm, Graham and Finlayson, is set to shut as its senior partner announces his retirement after 50 years as a solicitor.
INNOVATION
Linklaters has teamed up with city tech start-up Eigen Technologies to launch an AI-backed data analysis and extraction tool in order to achieve 'a level of flexibility' not currently available on the marketplace.
PEOPLE
One lawyer seemed to take making a point to the jury a little far when his trousers mysteriously caught fire during his closing arguments in an arson case.
CYBER-CRIME
Law firms have been put on high alert as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) warns of new threats impacting hundreds of firms.
EXPANSION
Multi-disciplinary barristers' chambers 7BR, has announced significant additions to the set with five new barristers and the appointment of a new Senior Clerk to the Criminal Law team.
POLITICS
In an historic move Mexico has opened legal aid centres at consulates in 50 US cities in efforts to protect its citizens from President Trump's vows of tough immigration enforcement.
MANAGEMENT
Faegre Baker Daniels has announced a sweep of new leadership appointments across its offices.
PEOPLE
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced new hires in Germany and a new head in Italy.
INNOVATION
DocSolid has announced the technology integration with NetDocuments in efforts to help legal operations and law firm customers drive paper out of their offices.