A judge administering a spanking. McDermott Will & Emery has received a massive kicking from a High Court judge for its "abusive" conduct in a matter over a private school group seeking to refinance.

Simone White, and a promotion for the Nana hostel. A lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs has died after allegedly being served shots laced with methanol while on holiday in Laos. Simone White, a 28-year-old ...

Putting the fun into funds (all-nighters not pictured). Travers Smith gave associates in its funds practice £4,000 each to spend on a luxury holiday, ROF understands. Early last year management ...

Two Trowers and Hamlins partners mistakenly copied a litigant in person on the other side of a matter into emails describing her as 'difficult" and discussing how to deal with her. Their blunder ...

On the plus side, that's five fewer days with this lot. Ropes & Gray has altered its associates' contracts to remove five days’ holiday, reducing their annual allowance from 30 days to 25. A source ...

Putting the fun into funds (all-nighters not pictured). Travers Smith gave associates in its funds practice £4,000 each to spend on a luxury holiday, ROF understands. Early last year management ...

Two Trowers and Hamlins partners mistakenly copied a litigant in person into emails discussing her in disparaging terms. Their blunder guarantees that every reader will now triple-check their ‘cc’ box ...

Not appropriate for bedtime reading. The former chair of the Criminal Bar Association has denied accusations of professional misconduct, arguing that a request for a student to "twerk" was just a joke ...

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