In-house lawyers name their top challenges as privacy, cybersecurity and corruption, according to the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Global Census Report. The lawyers also expressed a desire for greater job mobility. More than 5,000 in-house lawyers in 73 countries responded to the census. 40% work in a company that experienced a merger or acquisition in the past year. The top three areas for hiring external counsel were litigation, employment and intellectual property. On average, the lawyers worked 49 hours per week.
15 October 2015
In-house consensus
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat
Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced
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Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts
Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire
Ellisons—Marion Knocker
Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership
NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North
A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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