MoFo associates will see their raises reflected in their paychecks on March 31, retroactive to January 1. Congratulations to everyone at the firm!
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MoFo associates will see their raises reflected in their paychecks on March 31, retroactive to January 1. Congratulations to everyone at the firm!
(Flip to the next page to see the full memo from Morrison & Foerster.)
Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of this stuff. So when your firm matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or email us (subject line: “[Firm Name] Matches Cravath”). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don’t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.
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Last month the Scottish government unveiled a consultation on three proposed models for an independent regulator of legal services. One looks uncannily similar to the structure under the Legal Services Board in England and Wales, but all three will delight enthusiasts of mind-bending diagrams.
The consultation was ordered up by Annabelle Ewing, then Scotland’s legal affairs minister, in 2017 when she asked Esther Roberton, a queen of multiple past quangos, to review the existing structure and recommend reform. The process outlasted Ewing — the present minister, Ash Denham, finally unveiled the consultation last month. Denham boasted that Scotland has “one of the best legal professions in the world”, but said “improvements to the regulatory structure and delivery are needed to further support access to justice”.
Cue the landing of the 100-page tome complete with colour-coded tables and a glossary usefully defining beasts unknown south of the border, such as “commercial attorney”.
The Roberton proposals form one of the three options. Whichever one comes to fruition, Scottish solicitors and advocates will feel a jolt. At present the former are regulated by the Law Society of Scotland and the latter by the Faculty of Advocates through powers delegated by the Court of Session.
Ken Dalling, the president of the Law Society, which represents about 11,000 practising solicitors in Scotland, said reforms were long overdue. “Much of the legislation covering legal regulation is over 40 years old and has failed to keep pace with modern practice.”
Dalling went on to say that the present system for handling legal complaints “is slow, complex and expensive to operate. Rigid regulatory processes all too often place a straitjacket on the Law Society and prevent us from stepping in quickly to protect the public interest when we need to.”