Latest legal news

Lawyers for Neiman Marcus attempt to get a Dallas county judge to dismiss a lawsuit, as lawyers dispute who has the 'magic wand' if any. | 7yrs

Gordon Caplan caught up in FBI's 'Operation Varsity Blues' for allegedly faking his daughter's disability in a college cheating scandal. | 7yrs

Baker McKenzie selects Intapp's DealCloud CRM platform to manage client development activities and help achieve growth objectives. | 7yrs

DLA Piper has launched the Global Merger Control Handbook, a comprehensive three-volume manual comes to the rescue. | 7yrs

As the UK votes, the independent legal sector is reticent to prepare for Brexit, which reflects UK-centric business profile says research. | 7yrs

Norton Rose Fulbright broadens offering to clients with the launch of technology consulting practice headed by computer scientist. | 7yrs

New Zealand lawyers more trusted than Australians, uphold high standards though tribunal notes 'staggeringly high' bullying claims, and, survey shows 1 lawyer per 365 people. | 7yrs

House of Lords calls for a regulatory framework to hold big technology companies accountable, while AI committee takes aim at judiciary. | 7yrs

Debuts 122 pence per share, largest listed legal firm in the world in only UK offering of 2019 to date and first European IPO of 2019 over $100m. | 7yrs

Demonstration cases to be used to solve securities disputes, following rapid rises in recent years, the Shanghai Financial Court has announced. | 7yrs

Firm celebrates International Women's Day by reporting a 0.8 per cent gender pay gap in favour of women across partnership. | 7yrs

Ireland's M&A environment remains strong following volatile 2018, according to research from Irish law firm William Fry. | 7yrs

Pro bono survey reveals expansion in role of pro bono work, while pro bono group hails turning point for LGBT families in the region. | 7yrs

Lawyers complain of 'living in hell' at work and experiencing family and other relationship problems. | 7yrs

Law Society of Ireland launches new gender equality, diversity and inclusion task force, as women make up a third of new partners at law firms. | 7yrs

New legal industry study reveals state of Artificial Intelligence in contract analytics and data extraction, assesses legal department approaches. | 7yrs

Rules around non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality clauses are set to be tightened under new UK legal proposals. | 7yrs

EPA general counsel Obama-appointee joins Patagonia to pioneer new role of 'dedicated environmental advocate,' while another US agency loses its general counsel rather suddenly. | 7yrs

Woeful tale of two companies as Justin Trudeau faces calls to resign over SNC-Lavalin corruption and angers China over Huawei, but at least makes US happy. | 7yrs