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April 1, 2016

Sidley hikes City associate pay to £100k to match Kirkland recruits
US firm also set to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in one off payments to secure move of a team of lawyers from Kirkland

Co-op Bank conduct and legal risk costs nearly double to £193.7m
Bank chalks up £193.7m of conduct and risk costs as it announces £610.6m pre-tax loss

Eversheds retains 100% of spring trainees
Eversheds retains all eight of its spring trainee intake, repeating its 100% retention rate from spring 2015

Allen & Overy and Hogan Lovells among firms targeted by cyber criminals for M&A information
Security company reports that 48 top law firms were targeted by Russian cyber criminal looking to gain M&A information

Liberty director Chakrabarti joins 39 Essex Chambers as Doughty Street barrister steps in
Doughty Street Chambers barrister Martha Spurrier has become the new director of the human rights campaign group

Former Holman Fenwick Willan partner banned from practice after charging clients for his holidays
Konstantinos Adamantopoulos has left Holman Fenwick after SDT decision which found him guilty of charging clients for private holidays

Serious and organised crime costs the UK at least £24 billion each year

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