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Survey sees law firms distinguish themselves as most LGBT friendly
The results of this year's Corporate Equality Index saw law firms as the most represented industry among participants to receive a perfect score for their LGBT policies.
Bank of China pushes back against US law
As it expands into the US, Bank of China is pushing back against the requirement to comply with US law in a lawsuit brought by Gucci and other Kering SA luxury brands.
Gove moves to deregulate legal services market
The Lord Chancellor has revealed that Ministry of Justice officials have met frontline legal services regulators to discuss the future of the profession.
BLP to open office in Myanmar
Berwin Leighton Paisner has announced it intends to open its first office in Myanmar. It has appointed partner Chris Hughes, former managing partner in Baker & McKenzie's Yangon office, to lea...
City firms instructed by SFO in Euribor proceedings
Herbert Smith Freehills, K&L Gates and Stephenson Harwood are among those instructed by the Serious Fraud Office in proceedings against former employees of Barclays and Deutsche Bank accused of ma...
Court rules CC Libor documents for RBS legally privileged
A High Court judge has ruled that documents prepared by Clifford Chance for RBS relating to the fallout from the Libor scandal are protected by legal privilege, saying that lawyers should be able to g...
Ashurst in first Shari'ah compliant real estate financing in Aus
Ashurst finance partner Jamie Ng has led a team that has completed the first Shari'ah compliant murabaha (a form of credit sale) in Australia.
Indians take legal action to retrieve Koh-i-noor diamond
The week before Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to the UK, a group of influential Indians have reportedly instructed lawyers to begin legal proceedings demanding the Government return the 105-...
Leigh Day issues first legal action against Uber in UK
GMB, the union that represents professional drivers, has instructed Leigh Day to take legal action on behalf of its members who drive for Uber. It aims to establish the drivers with worker status, rat...
Web surveillance bill lacks protection for lawyers
It has emerged that the government's draft investigatory powers bill, which will govern state agencies' interception of communications, lacks statutory protection for legal privilege.
Treasury concern over Freshfields fees on Eurostar sale
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is being scrutinised for charging £2.8m in legal fees when advising HM Treasury during the £585m sale of the government's 40 per cent stake in Eurostar i...
Global employment law alliance launched
Innangard will be used as a platform by its members to offer advice to in-house counsel and HR professionals.
Four firms launch joint regulatory hub in Frankfurt
European firms Chiomenti, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, Gide Loyrette Nouel and Gleiss Lutz are to launch a joint focus group for regulatory issues centred in Frankfurt, in proximity to the Eu...
Robot lawyers: a change we should embrace?
In their new book The Future of the Professions, Daniel Susskind and Professor Richard Susskind argue that technology may play a larger part in professions such as law than is generally acknowledged,...
Lawsuit claims Amazon keeps prices low by cheating workers
Four former drivers who delivered goods as part of Amazon's Prime Now service have sued the company and its contractor in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Amazon is achieving speed...
Tunisia aims to double foreign investment through legal reform
Tunisia's investment minister has said the country intends to double annual inflows of foreign investment over the next five years, to $2.5bn, by pushing through legal reforms and reducing industr...
New York could relax rules for foreign lawyers
The New York State Unified Court System is proposing to amend the Rules of the Court of Appeals to allow foreign lawyers to register as in-house counsel.
Lawyers not in favour of quotas, survey finds
A study on gender bias in the legal industry by recruiter Cogence Search has found that lawyers are against the introduction of quotas as a means to solve the problem.
Russia - Ukraine feud heads to London
Russia and Ukraine are vowing to fight one another in a London court, in a dispute that will test the limits of sovereign-debt litigation and that could have far reaching implications for governme...
Mixed messages as Gove meets City firms
A meeting between justice secretary Michael Gove and senior members of City law firms seems to have done little to allay fears that the Ministry of Justice plans to impose some form of levy on City fi...