Law firm leaders are positive about the coming year, but uncertainty is rising, according to American Lawyer research. | 8yrs

A case before California's highest court could mean the end to class-action lawyers receiving a percentage of the payouts they achieve for their clients. | 8yrs

Clyde & Co intends to overhaul its diversity and inclusion programme, in a bid to improve gender and social representation in its partnership. | 8yrs

An employee of Goldman Sachs hired to develop surveillance systems to detect illegal behaviour has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly trading inside information. | 8yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is considering a 'fundamental shift away from prescriptive rules' by allowing practising solicitors to give advice from unregulated firms. | 8yrs

Australian law firm Slater & Gordon's shares fell 51 per cent on Thursday, after Chancellor George Osbourne announced proposals to change the legal rights of people injured in motor accidents. | 8yrs

Linda Martin, a director of Conyers, Dill & Pearman, which advises on the laws of Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands and Mauritius, is to replace Charles Collis as head of the London office. | 8yrs

According to John Hickin, an antitrust lawyer and partner of Mayer Brown JSM, one of Hong Kong's largest firms, some businesses in Hong Kong are still not ready for a competition law that will come into effect on 14 December. | 8yrs

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. | 8yrs

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. | 8yrs

The Lord Chancellor has revealed that Ministry of Justice officials have met frontline legal services regulators to discuss the future of the profession. | 8yrs

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 lead the expansion. | 8yrs

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 manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor). | 8yrs

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 give 'candid factual briefings'. | 8yrs

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. | 8yrs

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-carat Koh-i-noor diamond to India. | 8yrs

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, rather than as self-employed customers or partners. | 8yrs

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. | 8yrs

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 in March this year. | 8yrs

Innangard will be used as a platform by its members to offer advice to in-house counsel and HR professionals. | 8yrs