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The article reports on the victory of British nonprofit legal group and environmental consultant ClientEarth in a case against the government of Great Britain concerning the responsibility over air pollution levels.

The article discusses the reported impacts of the telecommunication industry and English football (soccer) on merger and acquisition (M&A) market activity in Great Britain as of September 2013, focusing on several deals involving legal advice from law firms such as Macfarlanes, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Slaughter and May. Corporate legal partners such as Ken King and Mike Mies are mentioned, along with information about the Ryanair passenger airline company and the Foxtons estate agency.

The article discusses an interview with Attorney Mark Amsden, general counsel of Morrisons Supermarkets PLC in Great Britain. It relates how he established the legal team of Morrisons. Amsden asked the help of former Addleshaws commercial director Chris Howe to run the first formal legal panel review of the supermarket.

The article focuses on the legal team of the energy company EDF Energy in 2015. Topics include the impact of the company's restructuring scheme, the cuts made to the company's external legal panel roster, and the company's takeover of the energy company British Energy in 2009. Information is provided on legal director Guido Santi and attorneys Claire Gooding and Lisa Deverick.

The article offers information on the legal team of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Energy in Great Britain. It mentions about the restructuring of the organization that resulted in the scattered legal services. It also mentions about the review of the nuclear investments made by the energy regulator, Ofgem.

The article discusses general counsel member Sarah Cardell who works for the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), focusing on Cardell's views about various law-related issues. The CMA's role as a watchdog agency in Great Britain is mentioned, along with the legal aspects of business competition between entities such as banks and energy companies. Cardell's former position as a partner at the Slaughter and May law firm is examined, along with Cardell's recruitment drive program.

The article focuses on the foreign exchange settlement imposed by the British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on several financial institions amounting to 2.6 billion euros. It mentions that fines is the result of a 13-month investigation conducted by the FCA where the said financial institutions include the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank and the Bank of America. It discusses the investigation conducted by the agency on the said banks.

The article discusses Jayne Francis-Ward, the head attorney Great Britain's Nottinghamshire County Council, focusing on Francis-Ward's views about relationship management, arrangements with various other councils and law firms, and fixed fees in the legal industry. The attitudes of local authority lawyers are mentioned, along with budget-cutting and the outsourcing of childcare litigation in Great Britain. Paralegals and external relationships with law firms such as Eversheds LLP are examined.

The article discusses a price comparison case between grocery industries Sainsbury and Tesco in Great Britain in which law firm Bond Dickinson's client Sainsbury lost High Court fight. Topics discussed include Sainsburys complaint with British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against Tesco's advertising, ASA's findings regarding certain food producers compared by Tesco, and Tesco's price comparison campaign mixture of non-branded and branded good.

The article reports that four law firms including Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters have been appointed by Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), non-ministerial government department in Great Britain, for investigating business competition in British's big four retail banks including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Topics discussed include low transparency of fees in the banks, plans of CMA to investigate personal current account market, and Linklaters' advise to RBS.

The article reports on a request by the British Serious Fraud Office for an increase in its core budget by five million pounds in 2014. Topics covered include the use of the additional funds to probe cases such as alleged corruption at automobile firm Rolls Royce as well as the effort of finance firm Barclays to raise money from investors in the Middle East. Also mentioned is the importance of the funds to settle lawsuit costs related to the arrest of entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz.

The article reports on the decision of British energy regulator Ofgem to extend its E-Serve panel that was selected in 2012 for another two years. It cites some of the law firms that are included in Ofgem's panel of advisers such as Burges Salmon, Hogan Lovells and Dentons. Also discussed are the emergence of Dentons as the number one firm that billed the most as a member of E-serve since January 2014, according to Ofgem documents and the reason for extending the panel.

The article reports that law firms Burges Salmon, Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have been chosen by the British Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to be part of its reduced legal panel in October 2014. Topics discussed include the decision of the NDA to reduce the number of the members of the panel from five to three following a review and the factors considered by the NDA for choosing the firms including price, technical expertise and approach to the work.

The article reports that a series of chambers and law firms have come out as advisers on British Supreme Court President Lord David Neuberger's picks of the most significant cases to have been heard in the court. Topics include the key to being a good Supreme Court judge according to Neuberger, the Supreme Court's fifth anniversary on October 16, 2014, and the number of appeals heard and judgments given between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014 according to the court's statistics.

The article focuses on the British law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's efforts to find a U.S. merger partner in the U.S. in 2014. Topics include the leadership of managing partner David Aitman and corporate head Edward Braham, the decrease in influence of 'magic circle' (top performing) law firms in Great Britain, and the hiring of Valerie Jacob, Peter Lyons, and Paul Tropp at Freshfields.

The article focuses on Marcus Laughton, attorney for the British Pensions Regulator regulatory body. Topics include his work on recovering pensions from the now-defunct financial firm Lehman Brothers, the British Pensions Act of 2004, and the size of his legal team. Information is provided on the assistant counsel used by the Pensions Regulator and Laughton's former work experience.

The article features pensions regulator lawyer Marcus Laughton in Great Britain. It highlights Laughton's effort in dealing with the defunct Lehman Brothers' pension scheme until it came to its settlement with 2500 former employees, and mentions his other high-profile cases. It also reveals Laughton's multi-disciplinary team, which was consists of business analyst, chartered accountant, and case manager.

The article reports on the trial of Times lawyer Alastair Brett at the High Court in Great Britain. It notes that the Court has cleared him of misleading the court but found him responsible for recklessly revealing the identity of the 'NightJack' blogger. It notes that he was suspended from practice and fined after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found him guilty of two breaches of the Solicitors Code of Conduct.

The article discusses a proposal published by the Society of Conservative Lawyers about devolution to Scotland, England and Wales to establish a quasi-federal kingdom in the wake of a no vote over the independence of Scotland. It notes that a new deal for devolution to both Scotland and England and a new Great Britain Statute of Union were proposed by the working party, which included barrister Anthony Speaight, former treasury solicitor Alberto Costa, and trainee solicitor Jonathan Lafferty.

The article presents the views of chief Mike Goetz of law firm, Ropes and Gray LLP regarding the current status of law firms of Great Britain about their private equity finance. It presents the views of several notable people including co-head Stephen Lloyd and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's finance chief David Trott, corporate partner David Higgens and banking partner Sean Pearce.

The article reports on that magic circle law firm Linklaters LLP has been named the first British organization to achieve the National Equality Standard (NES) of Great Britain launched by business services company Ernst & Young LLP. It says that the standard was launched in partnership with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) of Great Britain and a group of 18 British businesses. It states that Linklaters was the first magic circle firm to establish gender diversity targets.

The article reports on the response of magic circle law firms on Ropes & Gray law firm chief Mike Goetz's statement regarding the need for British firms to be concerned about their private equity (PE) finance vulnerability. It mentions the common retort from law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance chief David Trott and law firm Allen & Overy PE co-head Stephen Lloyd. It cites the magic circle's disagreement on the claim that the U.S. has beat them on PE financing in London, England.

The article focuses on the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) court case involving the nonprofit company ClientEarth's allegations that the British government failed to meet European Union (EU) air quality obligations between 2010 and 2014. Topics include the British government's plan to amend the judicial review process, environmental law in Great Britain, and the British government's efforts to reduce pollution.

The author comments on an air pollution case against Great Britain that reached the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

The article discusses settlement brought by various law firms in the ongoing case between the Pensions Regulator and Lehman Brothers administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) including Linklaters, Dentons and Travers Smith LLP. As mentioned, the case was related to a deficit of 120 million pounds in a pension scheme of Great Britain.

The article focuses on perspectives of Matthew Layton and Guy Norman, managing partners of Great Britain-based law firm Clifford Chance, related to the need of learner leadership for the firm. Topics discussed include need to scrap complacency, drive efficiency and cut costs for the firm, need of strategy planning and refocusing the firm towards the future.

The article reports that the former lawyers of Harbottle & Lewis LLP as well as its former director of legal affairs will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal due to phone hacking scandal in Great Britain. It highlights the prosecution of the former royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glen Mulcaire of News International (NI) for hacking royal aides' phones. It also notes that the lawyers were under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

The article discusses the reported impacts that Jackson legal reform measures, legal aid cuts, and alleged pressure on fees are having on Great Britain's legal community (bar) as of 2014, focusing on the journal's UK 200 report which apparently details several changes to the British legal market. According to the article, litigation will help the commercial bar in Great Britain pull away from the mid-market sector of the nation's bar. The Eversheds and 39 Essex Street law firms are examined.

The article discusses financial performance of commercial bars in 2013-14 in Great Britain. According to data from UK200, four leading sets of bars in Great Britain have grown their turnover over the past five years from 164.5m pound in 2009/10 to 236.2m pound in 2013, annual Bar Top 30 report of the journal "The Lawyer," impact of regulatory changes to the employment and personal injury market in the mid-market.

The article discusses the state of the law firms in Great Britain. Topics discussed include impact of legal aid cuts and pressure on fees on financial performance of law firms, increase in fee income of Magic circle sets including Brick Court Chambers and Fountain Court Chambers and combined estimated revenue of various sets in the bar Top 30.

The article discusses British legal fees and the reported increases in economic growth and barrister revenues at various law firms and barrister chambers in London, England such as Landmark Chambers and Hardwicke as of July 2014. Billings and revenue per barrister rates are addressed, along with changes to Great Britain's employment laws. The No5 Chambers firm, judicial review legal cases, and business revenue disclosures are also mentioned. Lateral hires at Landmark Chambers are examined.

The article discusses several aspects of an electronic disclosure (e-disclosure) regime in Great Britain as of 2014, focusing on the nation's Lord Justice Jackson law reform measures, as well as information about the alleged efforts to speed up the British litigation process. Attorney Damian Murphy and law partner Laurence Lieberman of the Taylor Wessing law firm are mentioned, along with the concept of proportionality. A legal case involving the West African Gas Pipeline Company is examined.

The article reports on the electronic (e) -disclosure system, that was launched for the convenience of lawyers and speed up the lotigation process in Great Britain. However, the lawyers have still not been accustomed with e-disclosure. Understanding its necessities is still a challenge for the lawyers.

The article reports on DWF LLP's preparation to file a lawsuit against the British Government for choosing Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP in place of the firm as an adviser to the Insolvency Service (IS). It notes Shepherd & Wedderburn won the contract to advise the Government advisory service in a tender closed in 2013. The case was repoted to have been closed in the Court of Appeal. The IS has been allegedly accused by DWF of committing manifest errors in its assememnt of tender.

The article reports on British entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz's decision to replace international law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP with Stephenson Harwood LLP in his &163; 300 million lawsuit against the British Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Stephenson Harwood partner Sean Jeffrey was reported to be confirmed as lawyer to Tchenguiz and his investment vehicle R20 in place of Shearman partner Josanne Rickard. It notes that he sued the SFO for trespassing, wrongful arrest, and human rights breaches.

The article offers information on the victory of British Telecommunications (BT) in-house team against King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin and Herbert Smith Freehills, a multinational law firm, regarding high call charges posed by BT to mobile operators. Topics discussed include introduction of BT's pricing structure "08," battle between BT and Great Britain Office of Communications (OfCom), and rejection of BT's scheme by OfCom because of its inability to propose tariff charges.

The article reports that HM Revenue & Customs in Great Britain is forced to defend its policy of charging value-added tax (VAT) on biscuits and not cakes as two Lanarkshire-based confectioners, Lees of Scotland and Thomas Tunnock Ltd., have filed a case in the Scottish court to decide if the same confectionary should be classed as biscuit or cake in Scotland. As reported, both the companies have instructed Terra Firma Chambers' Philip Simpson to challenge the classification.

The article focuses on the collaboration between banks and law firms in Great Britain in 2014. Topics include the development of collaborative working relationships, the efficiency and cost cutting measures implemented by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Barclay's Bank, and the growth of in-house units at financial services companies.

The article offers information on the battle of bondholders of British property company Canary Wharf Group PLC (CWG) on the sale proceeds of the headquarters of law firm Clifford Chance worth £795 million in Great Britain. It states that CWG and Deutsche Bank AG seek a resolution from the court to decide whether to pay out note holders £795 million after the sale. Moreover, the sale is undertaken to pay the group debt of CWG to Deutsche Bank AG.

The article reports the July 31, 2014 deadline for the submission of application to the British Ministry of Defense as it conducts its first panel review for commercial law firms. Topics covered include the disposition of commercial lawyer Andrew Fox, the external law offices working for the government unit, and the increase in the financial allocation for the department from 3 million British pounds to 10 million British pound in 2013. Also mentioned are the law outfits removed in 2010.

The article informs that a court action has been launched by in-house lawyers of Transport for London's (TfL) in the row between black cab and taxi drivers of Uber, the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) and the Licensed Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA). It is noted that the issue of contention is whether the Uber smartphone app counts as a taxi meter, which is not allowed to be used by private hire vehicles.

The article focuses on BP PLC's ongoing panel review to appoint law firms for its legal advisory services in the U.S. and Great Britain. It is reported that law firms like Andrews Kurth LLP, Arnold & Porter LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP which have represented BP in the US are expecting to be appointed as legal advisor in Great Britain as well. Several opinions on the difference between the panel review process in the US and Britain are discussed.

The article reports on the legal battle between broadcasting group Starbucks (HK) Ltd. and British Sky Broadcasting Ltd. (BSkyB) over trademark. Starbucks hired the law firm Dechert LLP while BSkyB hired lawyers David Rose and Robert Guthrie. The battle is over whether Starbucks can claim ownership of the community trademark (CTM) in Great Britain as some of its programmes are accessible in Britain via the Internet.

The article reports that real estate company Amsprop has turned to law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP to launch the case against another law firm Kinglsey Napley with a 1.3 million pounds professional negligence claim over an allegedly botched property deal.

The article announces that international law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are the top legal brands in Great Britain based on research by Acritas Research Ltd.

The article announces that law firms King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin and TLT LLP are the newest additions to the revamped law firms rooster of supermarket chain Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd. in Great Britain. It states that Sainsbury's has revamped its law firm roster for the third time. Moreover, the appointed law companies in 2011 are also stated.

The article focuses on attorney/arbitrator Jan Paulsson and his creation of a boutique law firm after retiring from his position at the firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Topics include the economic performance of boutique law firms in 2014, the increase in boutique law firms in Great Britain in 2014, and the success of the co-working business model among boutique firms.

The article focuses on the legal dispute between the law firm BPE and client Richard Gabriel on if attorneys have a duty to warn clients about financial or commercial risks. Topics include attorney liability in Great Britain, if an attorney's failure to communicate risk to a client can be considered professional negligence, and if clients should be allowed to sue attorneys for a failure to provide sound investment advice.

The article focuses on the ruling of Supreme Court which can cause serious liability implications for lawyers. Topics discussed include views of the High Court and Court of Appeal judges related to the duty of solicitors during the hearing of the case of Cheltenham, England-based law firm BPE and former client Richard Gabriel, loan agreement, and the firm's breach on its duty.

The article focuses on Rohit Bhoothalingam, general counsel for the mining company London Mining. Topics include Bhoothalingam's work on company litigation and cross-border disputes, the growth of London Mining between 2008 and 2014, and Bhoothalingam's education in asset liability management securities law. Information is provided on his work on company mergers and financing.