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Dan Clark| December 09, 2019
Deputy general counsel Richard Gulino’s promotion comes just five days after InterDigital filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.K. against the Chinese telecommunications company.
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Dentons Adds Compliance Partner in Germany
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Ann-Kristin Cahnbley joins the firm from Clifford Chance, where she worked for eight years, most recently as a senior associate.
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Pinsent Masons Launches Flexi-Lawyer Business Vario In Germany
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Ashurst Joins Sustainability Rush With New Global Lead
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Taylor Wessing Adds Two Partners in Berlin
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'I Kind of Wished I Was Dead', Gary Senior Tells Disciplinary Tribunal
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A&O Seeks to Limit Gendered Language in Barrister Reviews
Hannah Roberts| December 06, 2019
The Magic Circle firm is considering launching a project that will monitor how its lawyers use gendered language to describe barristers in quotes provided to legal directories.
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Deloitte Grabs KPMG's Former Global Legal Head
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Freshfields Partnership Votes On Plans to Form 'Conduct Committee' and Fine Badly Behaved Partners
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The Magic Circle firm needs 75% partner approval to usher in a new ‘conduct protocol’, whereby individuals could face a 20% profit share cut for bad behaviour.
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