SNR Denton Reviews UK Operations Because of Likely Drop in Partner Profits

The recently merged law firm SNR Denton is experiencing some growing pains. The law firm is reviewing its operations in the United Kingdom because of a likely drop in partner profits there, Legal Week reports. Profits per equity partner in the United Kingdom are expected to decline by more than…

Apr 26, 2011 12:26 PM CDT

Judge in Dognapping Case Awards Canine Custody to Caretaker, Orders Original Owners to Pay $16K

In the latest litigation treating a beloved pet almost as a human child, a judge in the United Kingdom asked to deal with a London dognapping case has awarded temporary custody of an approximately two-year-old Labrador to its caretaker of 18 months. The court was asked to weigh in after…

Apr 20, 2011 12:33 AM CDT

UK Regulatory Authority Warns Consumers About Mystery Manhattan Law Firm

A United Kingdom regulatory agency has issued a warning about a purported New York-based legal partnership that appears to be fictitious, as least as far as practicing law is concerned. Cromwell & Goodwin is not authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act of 2000, to do business in the…

Apr 19, 2011 4:40 PM CDT

Law Firm Could Face Big Bill After Sending 1000s of Letters Threatening to Bring File-Sharing Suits

Solicitor Andrew Crossley of ACS:Law apparently saw a potential moneymaking opportunity when he sent out letters to some 10,000 individuals alleging that their Internet Protocol addresses had been linked to illegal file-sharing sites and threatening legal action if they didn’t hand over about $800 each in damages. But that plan…

Apr 18, 2011 5:01 PM CDT

3 Journalists Arrested in Expanding Phone-Hacking Probe

British authorities have arrested three journalists in an expanding investigation of phone-hacking allegedly by reporters with a popular tabloid. On Thursday, police arrested a reporter with The News of the World, on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone messages. The journalist was questioned and released, without any charges being filed,…

Apr 15, 2011 6:03 PM CDT

Skeleton in Closet After 1821 Execution Is Buried by Family Descendant

It emphatically wasn’t what his parents wanted. But instead of being buried the body of 18-year-old John Horwood was dissected after his 1821 execution for an almost accidental murder of a former girlfriend. The autopsy was done by Richard Smith, the chief surgeon of Bristol Royal Infirmary in Great Britain,…

Apr 14, 2011 5:00 PM CDT

UK Attorney Says Tabloid Hacked Up to 7,000 People’s Phone Messages; Big-Bucks Cases Expected

A tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom could be exposed to as much as $70 million in potential damages claims after hacking into voicemail messages for as many as 7,000 people between 2004 and 2006, according to a plaintiff’s lawyer and other observers. Charlotte Harris, a partner at Mishcon de…

Apr 11, 2011 2:37 PM CDT

Husch Blackwell to Move in with UK Firm, in London, Without Benefit of Wedlock

Although no merger is apparently contemplated right now, Husch Blackwell and a United Kingdom law firm are planning to set up housekeeping together in London. As part of a “principal partner” relationship, the 600-lawyer Husch firm will move to the London offices of McGrigors, reports Legal Week. The two firms…

Apr 11, 2011 12:13 PM CDT

BigLaw Email Bans Short Skirts and Stiletto Heels, Asks Women to Please Brush Their Hair

Reportedly horrified by the sight of a number of female trainees showing too much leg and looking like they were ready for a night of “clubbing” rather than a day at the office as the weather warmed up, one of the United Kingdom’s renowned magic-circle legal partnerships has laid down…

Apr 11, 2011 10:01 AM CDT

After More Than Two Decades, Singer Kate Bush Given Permission to Use James Joyce’s Words in Song

No one can accuse English singer Kate Bush of not going the extra mile for her music. Though her first request was denied in 1989, the singer spent more than two decades trying to get permission to use the words of celebrated author James Joyce in a song. Bush’s persistence…

Apr 6, 2011 9:56 PM CDT

With Weeks Remaining Until Highly Anticipated Royal Wedding, Will Prenup be Signed?

With millions at stake and countless failed royal marriages serving as a reminder of the possibility of divorce, will Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton sign a prenuptial agreement? Prince William’s office has refused to comment on whether the second-in-line to the throne may be signing a such a…

Apr 4, 2011 5:35 PM CDT

Secession: How the South Nearly Won

Apr 1, 2011 9:34 AM CDT

Tesla Sues BBC for Libel re ‘Top Gear’ Segment in Which Electric Supercar Seems to Run Out of Juice

The manufacturer of the electric Tesla Roadster is suing the BBC for libel over a three-year-old segment on its Top Gear program. A humorous review of the vehicle by Jeremy Clarkson made it seem as though the Tesla had run out of juice during a race with another high-performance car…

Mar 30, 2011 3:55 PM CDT

2 Ex-Partners Battle Former Law Firm Over 300 Allegedly Swiped Case Files

Two former senior partners are battling their well-known former law firm in Scotland over more than 300 lucrative Legal Aid case files that they are accused of swiping when they exited to form a competing entity directly across the street from their old offices. So far, the Ross Harper firm…

Mar 29, 2011 12:39 AM CDT

Blame Yourself, Not Law School, for Failing NY Bar Exam, Judge Tells Plaintiff Paralegal

By suing her United Kingdom law school, Maria Abramova had apparently hoped to recoup some of the $162,000 or so that she says she wasted on a failed education. However, the would-be attorney, who at last report was working as a paralegal after failing both the New York state bar…

Mar 21, 2011 6:25 PM CDT