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This Week's Practice Area News
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27 May 2024 General Election 2024 - What does it mean for law firms?
Full Disclosure: General Election 2024 - What does it mean for law firms? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story Last week, Rishi Sunak announced the next general election for 4 July 2024. Elections are messy and confusing. Politicians say lots of stuff, and it’s hard to work out...- Shahana
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General Election 2024 - What does it mean for law firms?
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27 May 2024 This Week's Practice Area News
Full Disclosure: Practice Area News By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's the last week of May, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Slaughters and Linklaters advise as Anglo...- Shahana
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This Week's Practice Area News
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13 May 2024 The US/UK Law Firm Salary Wars
Full Disclosure: The US/UK Law Firm Salary Wars By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, When I received my Weil offer (all the way back in 2015), the NQ salary was £100k. It’s now £170k. The US-UK ‘pay war’ was a big deal then. When US firms came into London, the story was that you get paid...- Shahana
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The US/UK Law Firm Salary Wars
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What happens when you try to SLAPP a lawyer?
This thread is for the general discussion of the Article What happens when you try to SLAPP a lawyer?. Please add to the discussion here.- Shahana
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13 May 2024 What happens when you try to SLAPP a lawyer?
Full Disclosure: What happens when you try to SLAPP a lawyer? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, Here's a (quick) rundown of how Dan Neidle, a lawyer and tax expert went toe to toe with Osborne Clarke: It’s 2022 and Dan publishes a series of articles/tweets investigating the tax affairs of...- Shahana
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13 May 2024 This Week's Practice Area News
Full Disclosure: Practice Area News By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's the second week of May, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions M&A is expected to be up compared to last...- Shahana
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This Week's Practice Area News
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6 May 2024 Why did they merge?!
Full Disclosure: Why did they merge?! By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story You run Allen & Overy, the 12th largest law firm in the world. You’re profitable, prestigious and boast a huge international network across Europe and Asia. The problem is the US. That has been the problem...- Shahana
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Why did they merge?!
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This Week's Practice Area News
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6 May 2024 This Week's Practice Area News
Full Disclosure: Practice Area News By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's the first week of May, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Sony and Apollo submit $26bn all cash bid...- Shahana
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The FTC bans non-compete agreements
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29 April 2024 The FTC bans non-compete agreements
Full Disclosure: The FTC bans non-compete agreements By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story Imagine you start working as a bartender for $10 an hour. On your first day, your manager gives you a bunch of paperwork to sign. ‘It’s not a big deal’, he says. ‘Everyone signs it’. Okay...- Shahana
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29 April 2024 This Week's Practice Area News
Full Disclosure: Practice Area News By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's the last week of April, 2024. Here are the most relevant stories for you to be aware of as an aspiring lawyer, from all of the main practice areas: Mergers & Acquisitions Kirkland and Latham advises Thomas Bravo...- Shahana
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This Week's Practice Area News
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22 April 2024 BlackRock’s ESG backlash
Full Disclosure: BlackRock’s ESG backlash By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The Story In 2023, BlackRock paid over $500,000 on home security systems and over $200,000 on bodyguards to protect its CEO Larry Fink. The increase in spending comes amid a US backlash against its commitment to...- Shahana
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