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- For Google GC, Job Just Gets Bigger
- Mallesons and King & Wood Partners to Vote on Tie-Up This Week
- Pace Solo Incubator Will Assist Low-Income Clients
- Wilmer Hires Kingsley Napley Heavyweight to Launch U.K. White-Collar Crime Practice
- Lawyer Who Didn't Know He Was Fired Can Collect for Work Done on the Case
- Consumer Agency Makes Picks for Top Leadership Posts
- Shoosmiths Tops Diversity Rankings of U.K. Law Firms
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| For Google GC, Job Just Gets Bigger | Top |
| Google employs 600 people in its legal department. Once it swallows Motorola Mobility, that number will jump to 800, GC Kent Walker told an audience at Corporate Counsel's 9th Annual GC Conference West Coast. His team's challenges include navigating privacy rules that vary by country and dealing with a "broken" patent system. | |
| Mallesons and King & Wood Partners to Vote on Tie-Up This Week | Top |
| Partners at Australian firm Mallesons and Chinese giant King & Wood are set to vote on a potential tie-up this week, which, if approved, will see the firms combine under a Swiss verein structure in the first quarter of next year. The move comes as part of a wider strategic plan at Mallesons to tie up with both a U.S. and U.K. firm. | |
| Pace Solo Incubator Will Assist Low-Income Clients | Top |
| Pace Law School is the latest to announce plans to launch a solo incubator: a school-supported law firm geared toward helping recent graduates learn how to run their own practices. Between five and seven recent Pace grads will offer low-cost legal assistance while attending seminars on the business of running a law practice. | |
| Wilmer Hires Kingsley Napley Heavyweight to Launch U.K. White-Collar Crime Practice | Top |
| WilmerHale is set to launch a London investigations and criminal litigation practice with the hire of Kingsley Napley heavyweight Stephen Pollard. The move comes as corporate law firms look to build white-collar crime practices in Europe in response to more robust regulation enforcement and the implementation of the U.K. Bribery Act. | |
| Lawyer Who Didn't Know He Was Fired Can Collect for Work Done on the Case | Top |
| A lawyer who continued working on a personal injury case without knowing he had been replaced by substitute counsel is entitled to fees from the eventual settlement even though his labors did not contribute to his successor's ultimate settling of the case, a New Jersey state appeal court has ruled. | |
| Consumer Agency Makes Picks for Top Leadership Posts | Top |
| The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to hire lawyers for senior leadership spots, announcing Tuesday a new chief of staff, principal deputy general counsel, assistant director for legislative affairs and assistant director for intergovernmental and international affairs. | |
| Shoosmiths Tops Diversity Rankings of U.K. Law Firms | Top |
| Shoosmiths has been named the U.K.'s most diverse law firm, according to this year's Black Solicitors Network Diversity League Table. Linklaters took second place, with the U.K. operations of O'Melveny & Myers, Baker & McKenzie and Paul Hastings making up the rest of the top five. | |
| Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? | Top |
| After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice? | |
| Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? | Top |
| I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier? | |
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