By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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Government considering ban on NDAs in workers’ rights Bill

January 17, 2025

Labour is set to add a ban on on UK employers using NDAsto hush up harassment to be part of its overhaul of employment rights
Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft: The £30bn legal headache for Big Tech

January 16, 2025

Headlines have been popping about class actions in the UK with the main target on the other side, Big Tech firms. But why them?
Russia sanctions under spotlight in landmark case with Abramovich ally

January 15, 2025

UK Russian sanctions will be under the scope at the Supreme Court today as Eugene Shvidler seeks to remove the sanctions against him
Law firm RPC elects new managing partner

January 15, 2025

City-based law firm RPC has selected Antony Sassi to step up to the leadership role of managing partner of the firm, succeeding James Miller
Can your employer force you back to the office?

January 15, 2025

Headlines have been blowing up this week with several big businesses forcing its workforce back into the office. A topic that often results in a heated debate
Russia back at London court in long-running oil row

January 15, 2025

Russia is back at an English court today over a long-running battle with former shareholders of oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky oil company
Criminal Case Review chief ‘scapegoat’ resigns after historic failures

January 14, 2025

The chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission Helen Pitcher has resigned, claiming she was made a “scapegoat” for the failures over a wrongly convicted man
Thames among British water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action

January 14, 2025

Water companies, including Thames Water, are set to be hit with a new class action after law firm RPC issued a formal letter notifying of the legal proceedings
Millionaire Barry Maloney takes FTSE 100 ICG to court over unicorn spat

January 14, 2025

Intermediate Capital Group is set to face Irish investor Barry Maloney in High Court today over a spat linked to an investment into "unicorn" firm Workhuman
Why the London Stock Exchange is no longer a home for the legal sector

January 14, 2025

A scandal broke out at one of the only remaining listed legal groups last week. It is time to say the London Stock Exchange is not the place for the legal sector

AI firms targeting London’s rare bookshops in ‘dystopian’ hunt for training data

Fifa World Cup sell-off is a money-grab and faces defeat, says Uefa

Is Ferrari’s first EV already a collectable?

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