J-M Manufacturing claims in a malpractice suit that McDermott Will & Emery did not thoroughly review the work of contract attorneys and mistakenly turned over privileged documents when responding to subpoenas in a false claims act case.

Leaked government documents suggest that the U.K. Ministry of Justice has taken measures to radically weaken the jurisdictional reach of the country’s new bribery act, which could in turn reduce the work generated by the proposed law for U.S. white-collar lawyers when it takes effect.

Baker & McKenzie has confirmed that it has rescinded offers to 11 deferred associates in its New York office. The firm in January had put on hold its group of incoming first-year associates from the graduating class of 2009. Baker & McKenzie said its New York office “has been unable to accommodate” these 11 lawyers.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Linklaters have nabbed the work advising tech giant Hewlett-Packard as German authorities investigate whether HP paid nearly $11 million in bribes to secure a tech contract with the Russian government, according to a source familiar with the matter. The investigation concerns allegations that HP officials paid $10.9 million to win a $47 million contract to build sophisticated computer systems for the office of the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.

A plaintiffs lawyer fired midway through a personal injury case will have to provide a court with more than just a conclusory presentation of the work he did if he wants to share in the settlement, says a New Jersey appeals court. The court described the evidence that the solo provided regarding his fee application as “cryptic” and “grossly inadequate.”