Four human rights advocates have been formally arrested by the Chinese police on charges of subverting state power, according to one of their colleagues and rights groups. | 9yrs

A federal judge in San Francisco is calling on Robert S. Mueller III, a long-time director of the FBI now with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, to help manage the massive litigation facing Volkswagen AG over its emissions scandal. | 9yrs

Opponents of the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement say New Zealand will be more vulnerable to legal attacks from foreign investors under its investment chapter. | 9yrs

A new report shows that some law students in the US are concealing mental health and addiction issues instead of seeking help, for fear that doing so could jeopardise their chances of being admitted to the bar or getting a good job after graduating. | 9yrs

2016 looks set to be General Motor's year of reckoning, with the company facing hundreds of claims demanding it pay compensation for the deaths of loved ones and injuries in accidents caused by a flawed ignition switch. | 9yrs

The Co-operative Group has announced its first legal acquisition, as it refocuses attention on face-to-face services after a difficult start in the sector. | 9yrs

Nabarro's French ally Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés is to merge with fellow Paris-based firm CGR Legal, creating a €44m (£32.9m) firm with 160 lawyers. | 9yrs

The tug of war between The Royal Bank of Scotland and its go-to law firms over a proposed pay freeze ended with Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters winning appointments to the bank's legal panel for the next three years. | 9yrs

Indian law firm Nishith Desai has opened an office in New York, its second in the US and eighth globally, which will offer Indian law advice. | 9yrs

Stockbroker Arden Partners believes that up to 75 per cent of the current UK 200 firms could disappear over the next five years, as external investment consolidates the 'highly fragmented' market. | 9yrs

Insurance specialist Holman Fenwick Willan has seen its revenue drop five per cent to £139m from £145m, while its operating profit has fallen 16 per cent to £49.9m from £59m. | 9yrs

A retrial of former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives has been set for September, but won't include the firm's ex-chairman, Steven Davis. | 9yrs

Dentons has confirmed it is hiring Matthew Arnold & Baldwin's (MAB) banking and finance litigation team, made up of 11 partners and 64 fee-earners. | 9yrs

National Australia Bank and Westpac, Slater & Gordon's lead financiers, have installed McGrathNicol as investigating accountants to make a forensic examination of the law firm's books. | 9yrs

Houston-headquartered law firm Baker Botts has announced that it has officially opened its new office in San Francisco. | 9yrs

Nabarro and Slaughter and May improved their trainee retention figures this month, with the former keeping 89 per cent and the latter managing a 95 per cent rate of retention. | 9yrs

A report from a company that provides patent risk management services has shown that the number of patent disputes reached new highs in the US in 2015. | 9yrs

New documents have revealed that the collapsed Parabis group went into administration owing almost £50m to more than 2,500 unsecured creditors. | 9yrs

Simmons and Simmons' focus on costs and lock-up management helped the firm to increase profits and reduce borrowing costs for the last financial year. | 9yrs

A new study suggests that headlines predicting automation will have a dire impact on the job market for lawyers may have overstated the case. | 9yrs