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Courts to Continue Operations as COVID-19 Variant Spreads

4th January 2021
The UK government has deemed that current courtroom safety measures are sufficient to combat the mutated virus.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid Paying the Price of Poor Productivity

21st December 2020
With most law firms losing millions of pounds annually due to poor productivity, forward-thinking practices should look to smooth their processes in new ways.
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Courts to Continue to Operate in Tier 4 Areas

21st December 2020
With more restrictive measures introduced to curb the spread of a new COVID-19 strain, trials in England will continue as normal.
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Out of Office: Keeping Our Offices Excelling While We Weren’t in Them

15th December 2020
Office culture has changed significantly as firms have embraced more flexible ways of working. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing.
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Freshfields and Wachtell Guide $39 Billion AstraZeneca-Alexion Merger

14th December 2020
AstraZeneca’s largest ever acquisition comes as the pharmaceutical giant seeks to diversify into immunology drugs.
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Diversity and Inclusion: How Law Firms Stack Up

8th December 2020
Research has found that the legal sector is struggling to achieve diversity in its employment practices. But how large is the gap that needs to be closed?
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Burges Salmon to Repay UK Government for Job Retention Scheme

3rd December 2020
The company becomes the latest law firm to reimburse the government for funds received under COVID-19 support measures.
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Venable and Dickinson Wright Expand into Chicago

2nd December 2020
The two Big Law firms’ new office acquisitions signal greater confidence after dire predictions earlier in the year.
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Legal Lessons Learned in 2020 from the Pandemic

30th November 2020
We’ve all had to change – and we’ve had to change quickly. Some may argue this was only because we were faced with a case of ‘need meets must’, but one thing that COVID-19 has shown is that even the most complex business can innovate and simplify at speed, when necessary. Working practices have adapted […]
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Taylor Wessing Adopts Remote Working Model

27th November 2020
The international firm’s new allowance for staff to work from home 20-50% of the time will remain even after the pandemic.
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