Law firms navigate Microsoft outage and emphasise need for tech resilience

Profession appears relatively unscathed as flawed software update causes global chaos

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Nominations now open for 2025 Women & Diversity in Law Awards

Awards recognise individuals, firms and other organisations advancing the DE&I agenda in the UK

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Cooley’s London chief takes team to Akin

Justin Stock joins with two more partners to boost Akin’s tech transactions bench

Arbitration Bill back on UK legislative agenda, government confirms in King’s Speech

Legal practitioners welcome efforts to reform the Arbitration Act 1996, but rue missed opportunity to bring back Litigation Funding Bill

Bird & Bird adds seven-lawyer finance team in Italy from Hogan Lovells

Hire follows Hogan Lovells hiring 23-lawyer finance and M&A team in Italy from Orrick

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