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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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
Quinn Emanuel: US law firm’s City of London office revenue soars

January 13, 2025

US law firm Quinn Emanuel’s revenue over 2024 in London was up double-digits as litigation continues to boom
Shipping giants face landmark cartel class action for overcharging UK motorists

January 13, 2025

First follow-on cartel class action to hit a trial in the UK kicks off over allegations that shipping firms overcharged British consumers for car deliveries
Apple is first of the big tech firms to face a UK class action trial

January 13, 2025

Apple is set for trial on Monday as the first of the Big Tech to face a UK class action over allegations it has been charging “excessive and unlawful” its App Store
Lawyer hourly fees at US firms boom

January 10, 2025

The hourly fees charged by lawyers in the US have jumped nearly seven per cent in the last year, the fastest rate since the global financial crisis
Los Angeles wildfires could result in $15bn US insurance losses

January 10, 2025

Early estimates of the wildfires engulfing Los Angeles county may rapidly deplete the catastrophe budgets of US primary insurers
Share price down after Sainsbury’s reported bumper Christmas

January 10, 2025

Sainsbury's claims to have won the grocery market share for the fifth consecutive Christmas, with sales up nearly four per cent
RBG: Ousted founder filed winding up petition against troubled listed law firm

January 9, 2025

The freshly ousted founder of listed legal business RBG Holding has filed a winding up petition to the High Court against the group
MP seeks referral for Vodafone to covid corruption commissioner

January 9, 2025

Tory MP Sir John Hayes has called for Vodafone to be referred to the Covid Corruption Commissioner over allegations listed in a multi-million-pound lawsuit
Reed Smith: US law firm appoints real estate veteran as London managing partner

January 9, 2025

US law firm Reed Smith has appointed a real estate partner to take over from Andrew Jenkinson, who held the leadership position since 2015

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