Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader today confirmed they plan to merge in a $3.6bn deal that will create the world’s fifth-largest firm by revenue. The new firm, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, will have ...

A lot of information has been published recently about the requirement for directors to have their identity verified under ...

Gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has launched fresh legal proceedings against the Scottish Government after securing a landmark gender ruling in the Supreme Court earlier ...

A Manchester law firm has launched a new legal service for OnlyFans models and agencies, following a surge in demand from adult content creators. Blackmont Legal said that the soaring popularity ...

The former CEO of Reading FC has filed a winding-up petition against the club. Nigel Howe, who had been CEO at the club for 20 years until 2017 and then later between 2018 and ...

Simmons & Simmons is hiring a structured finance and derivatives partner from Slaughter and May, nearly four months after it emerged he would be leaving the partnership. Oliver Wicker started as ...

A commercial claim against City firm Edwin Coe has been filed by the lending arm of Fortress Investment. Edwin Coe is named as a defendant alongside various companies including Fuller Smith & ...

Following last month’s liability judgment in respect of the Mariana Dam collapse, Pogust Goodhead is seeking an estimated £189m in legal costs stemming from stage one of the trial.

In a key judgment for class actions in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of leading banks in a case over foreign exchange rigging. The case, brought by Hausfeld and class ...

Baker McKenzie is on the hunt for more innovation lawyers, The Lawyer can reveal, as it looks to further embed the use of artificial intelligence across the firm.