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A weekly round-up of moves around the globe.
Sacked Armani GC sues company
A law firm has filed a discrimination claim in New York on behalf of Giorgio Armani Corporation's former general counsel.
GC of BAT launches panel review after merger
Jerome Abelman, global GC of British American Tobacco (BAT), is kicking off the first review of the FTSE 5 company's external legal advisers since he was appointed to the role in May.
Yakuza HQ raided over suspected fraud
Police have searched the Kobe headquarters of the Yamaken-gumi. It is the yakuza group's first police raid since it was ousted from the Yamaguchi-gumi, in a rupture of Japan's largest...
Lawyers fight to save England's busiest doomed court
Lawyers using Chichester Combined Court have pleaded with Lord Chancellor Michael Gove to reconsider the decision to close it.
Supreme Court: lawyers should pass fitness test to appear in court
The Supreme Court of India has said that the mental and physical fitness of lawyers should be put to the test to prove they are able to conduct trials in criminal cases and ensure that litigants don&#...
Japan charges Bitcoin exchange CEO with embezzlement
Japanese prosecutors have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement, amid allegations of fraud relating to the disappearance of hundreds-of-millions-of-dol...
Tunisia attack victims commence action against Thomson
Several families of those who lost loved ones and a number of those who were seriously injured in the beach gun attack in Tunisia in June have begun legal action against Thomson, the tour operator who...
The beginning of the end for handwritten signatures?
International law firm Linklaters is giving clients the opportunity to sign legal documents electronically, directly from their smartphone, tablet or desktop.
NSW trials online court
Lawyers in New South Wales will now be able to make requests and seek preliminary orders such as adjournments and hearing dates online.
Centurion first international firm to open in Cameroon
Centurion Law Group continues it pan-African expansion with the opening of an office in Douala this month. It is the first move by an international law firm into Cameroon and is fuelled by a resur...
Lawyer who swindled Legal Aid loses licence
A NSW solicitor who fraudulently charged Legal Aid A$30,000 has been stripped of his right to practice law.
Hogan Lovells applies to High Court for LIA
Hogan Lovells has made an application to the High Court on behalf of its client, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), to resolve the issue of authority over management of the country's assets in...
UK pharmaceuticals' tax legal bill reaches £1.46bn in 2015
Top UK pharmaceutical companies set aside a massive £1.46bn this year to fund tax litigation, according to a report by Thompson Reuters.
Claimant lawyers spending £76m per year on marketing
Research from marketing collective First4Lawyers has found that claimant lawyers are spending £208,000 per day on marketing, with the internet the fastest-growing marketing channel.
China's Ke Jie forms global legal network
Ke Jie Law Office, based in Beijing, has formed a global legal network service with thirteen foreign firms.
Lawyer launches billable hour appeal for refugees
11KBW silk Sean Jones has begun an appeal on Just Giving requesting lawyers donate a billable hour to support Save the Children's work for refugees.
Survey reveals shocking extent of data breaches in UK legal industry
In a survey by Crown Records Management, 70 percent of IT decision makers in the legal industry said their company have lost important data.
Lawyer suspended after billing client for TV watching 'research'
A Tennessee lawyer has been suspended after billing a client US$5,000 for research that turned out to be the watching of true crime programmes.
Hogan Lovells appoints New York managing partner
Hogan Lovells has announced Oliver J. Armas as the new managing partner of its New York office, while finance lawyer Rober Masman is to join the firm's global finance practice as a partner in the...