Wake Up Call: Canadian Firm Gowlings to Combine with U.K. Firm

Below is the latest list of the top news in the legal industry.

• The Canadian law firm Gowlings plans to link up with U.K.-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. to create a firm with global ambitions. The new firm Gowling WLG is to have over 1,400 legal professionals working in 18 cities across Canada, the U.K., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. (WSJ)

• Growing experience has helped the U.K.'s financial regulator — known as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) — to get better at what it does. The FCA is deciding criminal cases almost 25 percent faster than it did four years ago, taking 31.7 ...