U.K. top 50 firms Addleshaw Goddard and DAC Beachcroft have reported strong financial performances for the last financial year as they became the latest firms to announce their results. Addleshaw Goddard’s turnover rose by 12% in the 2023/24 financial year, to hit £495.6 million— just shy of the £500 million threshold,…

In the first full trial concerning Nazi-looted art in the U.S., a Baker & Hostetler team led by Oren Warshavsky won possession of a watercolor by Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele for the firm’s clients. The dispute involved three parties, all with Jewish roots, claiming to be the rightful owner…

Crowell & Moring’s government relations and public affairs affiliate is planning a rebrand this fall with a new name, as part of a plan to grow its revenue by 25% next year. The firm declined to release the new name of the affiliate, now called Crowell & Moring International. The…

A&O Shearman and Macfarlanes are advising as investment firm Waterland Private Equity acquires U.K. mobile network Lebara from Alchemy and Triton Partners. Founded in 2001 as a low-cost mobile alternative, Lebara now services over four million customers across the U.K., Netherlands, Germany, France and Denmark.

From Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Law, disrupted to White & Case’s On the Record, firms are riding the boom in podcasting, sharing strategic perspectives and privileged insights. Real estate partners may want to tune into Dechert’s 4 Real while transfer pricing experts can check out Cravath Swaine & Moore’s…

California’s state bar and Kaplan Exam Services have reached a five-year, $8.25 million deal authorizing the testing giant to write the Golden State’s future bar exam, the state bar announced Tuesday. Kaplan will create the multiple-choice-questions portion of the test starting in February 2025. Kaplan-drafted essays and performance test questions…