Riverview Law has gone live with Kim, technology that will from Q1 2016 power an innovative series of legal Virtual Assistants. | 8yrs

East Anglia-based law firm Ashton KCJ has used an increasingly popular paid time off (PTO) policy to boost the productivity of its lawyers. | 8yrs

In first of 16 legislative proposals to be presented as part of the strategy to create a 'digital single market' across the EU, the European Commission (EC) has unveiled proposed new rules on digital content and online shopping. | 8yrs

Lord Chancellor Michael Gove has announced that the controversial criminal courts charge for convicted defendants is to be scrapped from 24 December. | 8yrs

Mayer Brown has announced that two prominent partners from Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC — Charles Salem Hallab and Tahan Thraya — have joined the firm as corporate and securities partners. | 8yrs

City litigators have warned that government investment in London's commercial legal infrastructure is not enough to maintain its reputation as the go-to location for global business disputes. | 8yrs

Watson Farley & Williams says its investment in lateral hires has seen revenues increase, as the firm posted five per cent growth in half-year revenues for the period to 31 October. | 8yrs

Lawyers from across the US yesterday descended on a courthouse in New Orleans to vie for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the huge consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over it emissions scandal. | 8yrs

Linklaters CFO Peter Hickman is among a group of former Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBoS) executives who may face a fresh probe by the financial and regulatory authorities over the bank's collapse. | 8yrs

In contrast to the Law Society, the SRA has welcomed government proposals to make legal services regulators completely separate from representative bodies. | 8yrs

Mark Jackson, EVP and GC for Dow Jones and SVP and deputy GC for its parent company News Corp, has decided to leave the company. He will stay on in both roles until the end of the month. | 8yrs

Linklaters is in discussions with two Chinese law firms, Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm and Shanghai Capital Law & Partners, as it attempts to become the first Magic Circle firm to practise Chinese law. | 8yrs

New analysis from business and financial adviser Grant Thornton shows that the top issue for many family law professionals (21 per cent) remains the increased number of litigants in person (LIPs) due to lack of public funding. | 8yrs

Corporate crime specialists are divided over the impact of Lord Justice Leveson's approval of the Serious Fraud Office's deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with ICBC Standard Bank. | 8yrs

In another sign that China's legal market is maturing, US-based law firm McGuireWoods has announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with newly launched Chinese firm FuJae Partners. | 8yrs

British American Tobacco (BAT) has turned to media law specialist Harbottle & Lewis as it seeks advice on allegations of bribery made in an episode of the BBC's Panorama. | 8yrs

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a Formal Law Alliance with Singapore law firm Prolegis, creating a 'one-stop shop' for clients to access the legal services of each firm. | 8yrs

Estate agents and supermarkets will find it easier to deliver legal services as part of an attempt to boost competition in legal services in the UK. | 8yrs

Winston & Strawn has announced the addition of two partners and one counsel to the firm's Corporate & Finance Department in London. | 8yrs

Dentons has announced it will establish its first physical presence in Latin American and the Caribbean, with the news it is considering combining with Colombia's Cárdenas & Cárdenas and Mexico's López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS). | 8yrs