Welcome to the year's eighth edition of the weekly 'Law Business' column brought to you by the SundayLawReview team. Each week, this column takes a serious look at what happened in the business of law within UK as reported by online legal publications throughout last week.
The most interesting articles on developments, compliance, business and the study of law including articles cited within TheLawMap 'focus of the day':
- Pro bono pressure | Law Gazette http://t.co/y7Pj3FtDuf
- Chief executive of the Legal Services Commission gets key role at new Legal Aid Agency | Law Gazette http://t.co/QsyRqI44Bi
- High Court told of Downing Street deal with insurers | Law Gazette http://t.co/PEQ7An5jtH
- Abbey Protection buys Lewis Hymanson Small | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/gbV9p2007N
- Large law firms ‘more likely to persuade SRA’ that clients not at risk | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/SwlIDcFu33
- Fee pressure deters rising stars at Bar as silk applications dip | Legalweek http://t.co/cFcZaA72O7
- UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by Samsung | Foss Patents: http://t.co/HTQLSDuWEO
- Do you 'get' OFR? | Legal Futures http://t.co/yUO32EtUOu
- LSB calls for equal pay audits amid worries about gender and race disparitieLegal Futures http://t.co/0xYUaLQbwg
- AIM-listed legal expenses insurer buys Manchester law firm | Legal Futures http://t.co/i0MpP8eev4
- Lawyers warned over spiralling divorce costs | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/XIOcb4G866
- Dewey bankruptcy plan officially approved | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/gB57ncOYO9
- Lawyers chase cut on nearly all major mergers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/f1gY0v9zUE
- Poor costs information accounts for quarter of divorce complaints | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/Y0aovwW4XK
- Grayling confirms worst fears with RTA Portal fee cuts | http://t.co/SMmvVJnfGU
- Profits up at Direct Line despite fall in referral fees | Law Gazette http://t.co/BHTXffru66
- Divorce-related legal complaints most common | Law Gazette http://t.co/QuyrETNaq6
- Ombudsman warns of mis-selling risk around family law services | Legal Futures http://t.co/iIBtYOTGVn
- LSB: much to do to make SRA's performance satisfactory | Legal Futures http://t.co/fjwi70uPWT
- Top US firms reveal promising financial results | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dKA6ao9zmT
- FSA did not need to cover third party losses from freezing injunction | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/3v9NgFLbBi
- Experience counts in Supreme Court appointments | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/1KcIK9fy5k
- Grayling goes ahead with massive RTA portal fee cut | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/phFrIRyiYh
- Northern Ireland Justice Minister announces increased jurisdiction of County Courts http://t.co/W7CQVuURPJ
- SRA not sufficiently focused on risk, LSB says | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/wkImkLsMO0
- SRA's assurances on enforcement under fire from super-regulator | Law Gazette http://t.co/lPEuQXJ1dU
- Ban on barristers expressing personal opinions on cases set to end | Legal Futures http://t.co/XFJmzRHSAM
- Liverpool firm "open to external capital" as it gains ABS licence | Legal Futures http://t.co/k5zxwBnEGD
- LSB chief questions need for training contract and pupillage, and pushes for faster ABS process | Legal Futures http://t.co/w3yT9m56Kb
- Silk applications from women drop in decreasing QC round | The Lawyer http://t.co/AtmnjR3Pnu
- Oracle Capital Group launches London legal brokerage | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/nd35uvwzu0
- Peers amend Puttnam arbitration scheme | Solicitors Journal http://t.co/4yhVPoglDr
- Bulger killers: attorney general is right | Law Gazette http://t.co/ndzEDefhr7
- Supreme Court appoints three more male judges | Law Gazette http://t.co/zYfybCoaA8
- My conviction is unsafe, says QC jailed for VAT fraud | Law Gazette http://t.co/HS04kMf8gl
- Rohan Pershad QC sentenced to three and half years for VAT fraud | The Lawyer http://t.co/PbrmzgQbUN
- Judges begin flexing their Jackson muscles | Law Gazette http://t.co/ckBHmKFvf1
- Time running out for ATE to beat Jackson | Law Gazette http://t.co/uGSbHVcea1
- Personal injury firm Calibre Solicitors has been placed into administration, 14 being made redundant | Law Gazette http://t.co/OheHRV34R6
- Major study lays bare finances of SME law firms: best have 40 times the PEP of the worst | Legal Futures http://t.co/2u9EHrYn1P
- Full distribution "on the wane" as big firms begin to retain profit | Legal Futures http://t.co/l2LLNlIWhe
- Law Society set for confrontation with ICAEW over ABS application | Legal Futures http://t.co/jE5BKtml3g
- CPS lawyers reject 'difficult cases' in cost-savings row | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/NDWgcgPi68
- Global law firms seek Mandarin speakers | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/dUaHPvbVmU
- Legal marketplace undergoes radical transformation | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/4AvVVGmxmz
- How mobile is your law firm? | Legal Futures http://t.co/S7Aeajzhn2
- Survey: strong interest in MDPs and external capital among big firms | Legal Futures http://t.co/UseekrRWS6
- City solicitors warn SRA that whistleblowing plan could undermine compliance officers | Legal Futures http://t.co/IG9TRlF4h0
- Amazon prepares ground for first formal Europe panel | The Lawyer http://t.co/zCec0vQrnp
- Firms on tenterhooks over Lloyds panel revamp | The Lawyer http://t.co/jjxT6VqkTm
- The top 30 offshore firms | The Lawyer http://t.co/faYND9Evy4
- Ebb and flow - interesting year in the offshore legal world | The Lawyer http://t.co/MA7xx4qcqq
- Ensure your clients’ interests are represented at the top table as the great trade talk-in looms | The Lawyer http://t.co/SkdLHbjyxq
- Can UK law firms survive the storm? | Cambridge University Judge Business School http://t.co/rHPW0TbLd3
- Over 40pc of UK's top 40 law firms look at joining with non-solicitors business in next two years | Smith & Williamson http://t.co/TxPlVqpxgN
- Legal firms urged to double payroll giving participation rates http://t.co/USESR5iYcI
- Law firm blasted for advertising their services with picture of crash that almost killed two cops | Daily Record http://t.co/BCBifSG76Q
- Offshore law meets global challenge | The Lawyer http://t.co/2BV2d1f0Ti
- MP accuses QCs on tax avoidance | Law Gazette http://t.co/TOCY8kvVkS
- IP ‘conflict of interest’ warning | Law Gazette http://t.co/sOmNibbelt
- Personal devices are weakest security link | Law Gazette http://t.co/EewAhYMN24
- Sixty suitors for troubled Yorkshire firm Atteys | Law Gazette http://t.co/5dfWqF2HrJ
- How To: price litigation | Law Gazette http://t.co/ivGDKSbzTl
- Lawyer jailed for £20m sham marriage scam | Law Gazette http://t.co/tEfjQaHGhX
- Trademarks and the ‘own name’ defence | Law Gazette http://t.co/8naQvMsUaj
- Knives smuggled into courtrooms | Law Gazette http://t.co/nbOBQGwXQa
- Fresh controversy over Cobbetts deal | Law Gazette http://t.co/Lpn7eO9OTW
- Put burden of libel proof on claimants http://t.co/RFOUSMWTF4
- Libel law reform Bill thrown into doubt http://t.co/vl7FSAcbBL
- Bar Council raps CPS as leaked email shows lucrative cases kept in-house | Legalweek http://t.co/ss9nwI7yea
- SRA invites tenders for new litigation panel as DLA wins place on student loans roster | Legalweek http://t.co/W8Ih5kuqid
- Divorce lawyers receive highest number of complaints, says Ombudsman | The Lawyer http://t.co/am43eYs9UK
Notable Articles of the week:
The UK and international articles of the week are pieces selected by @TheLawMap tweeting team based on recommendations from friends and followers of LawNewsIndex.com daily law news blog.
- The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people | Erwin James - The Guardian
- Intellectual property rights: Google vs. publishers | Hendrick Heinze - DW
- Lawyers aren't so miserable after all | James Barnes - The Global Legal Post
- Twitter users: A guide to the law | Brian Wheeler - The BBC News Magazine
News from the Law Firms & Chambers:
Friday 1st March
- Reed Smith touches down in Houston http://t.co/xUHzWeQKfe
- Hogan Lovells, SJB and Herbert Smith see retention rates fall from last year http://t.co/MH2VDnndyR
- Slaughters brought in by SFO for multimillion-pound Tchenguiz claim http://t.co/73RGZMSqm9
- White & Case adds five Paris partners with Linklaters capital markets hires http://t.co/NeXopoHcoq
- Riverview Law sets out plans to double headcount http://t.co/mbLgqFJOCK
- SJB postpones partners' quarterly profit payments to boost cash flow http://t.co/hJCIHseyUT
- Dundas overhauls partner capital contribution system http://t.co/VCrLD5osn7
- Trowers appoints new Abu Dhabi managing partner http://t.co/yjY94L0LHs
- Spain's Uría Menéndez reports declining turnover http://t.co/dbc6j88f1M
- Essex Court's Smouha and Shearman join Tchenguiz line-up http://t.co/dFGwRO9PnH
- Tesco appoints China legal director after year-long hiatus http://t.co/1FCBLGgvF1
- Staff at Cobbetts' rescued debt recovery arm face redundancy http://t.co/UxNmIvi08X
- Hogan Lovells blames foreign exchange for revenue and profits dip http://t.co/kZkaapy10g
- Washington, D.C. law firm Patton Boggs has laid off a unknown number of lawyers http://t.co/fseb622mZH
- Ashurst, Davis Polk and Slaughters at the wheel for Esure IPO http://t.co/GqnaKCDdI7
- SullCrom's Bompoint goes solo to bridge advisory and litigation gap http://t.co/2rjjmvATd3
- Shoosmiths adds publishing group after acquiring niche digital firm http://t.co/ZLkdxTJSqL
- Slater & Gordon claims first-half revenue rise of 46.5 per cent http://t.co/fYX4YwMjEx
- Locke Lord hired as restructurer tees Republic up for sale http://t.co/vmJr8hYSWN
- Arbitration partner Shore returns to Herbies http://t.co/kMvCE9iW12
- Preston firm completes MBO after entering administration http://t.co/cdR6zrKEFo
- Belfast claimants set to recoup £750,000 from Italian lawyers http://t.co/1MGl2oHLCL
- OC continues hiring spree with addition of Eversheds partner http://t.co/J8oBGiXSCX
- Slater & Gordon eyes further UK expansion after half-year results show income target on track http://t.co/Lpg2vMmrfg
- Dundas sees two partners quit for Pinsents and Osborne Clarke http://t.co/1HpreyuDU3
- Essex Court, Doughty Street among big winners in 84-strong silk round http://t.co/VvdmaxbFLY
- Nabarro, Stephenson Harwood fix appointment for healthcare takeover http://t.co/Zf3CxyZX7i
- Pupillage gateway to replace 'disparate and disorganised' system http://t.co/UxtgG4wg3R
- Bredin Prat loses €100,000 employment case brought by ex-employee http://t.co/J4fCg0YhX9
- SJ Berwin and Hogan Lovells follow downward trend in retention rates http://t.co/EVFo3Jae6a
- LPO provider CPA Global expands into mainland China and the US http://t.co/wA1aaslBAo
- SFO brings Slaughters on board to defend Tchenguiz damages cases http://t.co/HpAyV47PGH
- Eversheds leads as private equity house acquires HMV's Asia stores http://t.co/uuOwNSqL1p
- Ius Laboris adds Eastern Europe and Middle East members http://t.co/8bjh9kIwrC
- RPC joins mix as Sports Direct buys stricken retailer Republic http://t.co/dTgqso2ktB
- Dewey administrators seal deal to pay UK creditors http://t.co/rl9yTuulDH
- Linklaters loses three-partner Paris team to White & Case http://t.co/HJjfn5ZaLa
- US law firms caught in hacking web http://t.co/rG4TtqQb1F
- Swan impersonator attends Oscars despite Quinn warning http://t.co/iU9L0ILHFT
- Mayer Brown sees key financials fall as revenue dips to six-year low http://t.co/SFXtSeVdbh
- Gibson Dunn, Shearman and Proskauer unveil 2012 financial results http://t.co/ku7ngXSZed
- Essex Court and Doughty Street among big winners in 84-strong sik round http://t.co/VvdmaxbFLY
- Clifford Chance's former Vietnamese ally expands with energy bolt-on http://t.co/2ubnlpmipF
- Mayer Brown turnover drops during 'year of two parts' http://t.co/1SB8zVx4iN
- Michelmores hires OC private client head for Bristol base http://t.co/Y7UX6MwizO
- Dundas insolvency head quits for Pinsent Masons http://t.co/rIy8FqeW9A
- K&L posts finances online in response to Dewey collapse http://t.co/NfwKoTUWek
- Links leads on largest Japanese outbound deal of the year to date http://t.co/MnZtSjn4vk
- A&O hands US managing partner role to City capital markets chief http://t.co/OUwAwfqtAO
- Freshfields, DLA switched on as BT buys ESPN channels in sports push http://t.co/AdscajMwE0
- Weil's Faugérolas quits law for corporate advisory venture http://t.co/QR7jawDHvL
- Northumberland Law firm to raise funds for hospice http://t.co/a6TQr1qbGP
- Maples regains offshore crown from Appleby http://t.co/7AxBtl7MVB
- Olswang hires for South East Asia expansion http://t.co/sFvX6eEd6q
- Global quartet hired for €1.9bn Japanese purchase of Dutch asset manager http://t.co/iKEm3NJynj
- Redlink gives home to duo of Nixon Peabody Paris partners http://t.co/VTc7ZP5ztn
- Clifford Chance elects new global partnership council http://t.co/XDGvToJt2d
- A&O sends City partner to head US practice http://t.co/xjJ3JUbNkR
- Shearman posts small rise in City turnover http://t.co/ymQFqhOrpT
- Lawyers from Norton Rose and RPC help launch LGBT network http://t.co/ekTEYjvpjG
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