Latest legal news

A product of Allen & Overy's incubator Fuse Bloomsbury AI is being bought by Facebook to tackle fake news | 8yrs

PwC has to pay $625.3 million in damages to the FDIC after fraud led to one of the largest bank failures of the global financial crisis. | 8yrs

Australia has won a major trade dispute over 'plain' tobacco packaging law, but opponents say it sets dangerous precedent for other products. | 8yrs

With another record-setting year of US law firm mergers, the trend is for combinations between bigger firms. | 8yrs

Climate change an issue for politicians not the courts says California judge as industry group claims lawsuit is 'baseless.' | 8yrs

SEC charges Morgan Stanley $3.6 million for failing to detect or prevent misappropriation of client funds. | 8yrs

Troubled Slater & Gordon has Adelaide office taken over by Johnston Withers, while in UK the SRA hands out £80,000 penalty. | 8yrs

Eight lawyers are facing court after an investigation over allegedly fraudulent legal aid claims worth over £12.6m. | 8yrs

GDPR consumer privacy concerns addressed in Europe and in the hi-tech heartlands of California. | 8yrs

LexisNexis launches Ravel View data visualisation providing a faster research tool for data-driven lawyers. | 8yrs

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and reforming crown prince MBS attracting firms to the kingdom, as Hogan Lovells forges partnership. | 8yrs

Retirement of the conservative libertarian justice may lead to a social and economic change in make-up of US supremen court. | 8yrs

Knights announces IPO pricing ahead of its float on AIM later this month, but as others follow suit its record may be beaten as DWF mulls listing. | 8yrs

The in-house judges at the Securities and Exchange Commission were appointed by staff members rather than by the commission itself. | 8yrs

This week's round up of appointments features a general counsel who has found his way into the c-suite. | 8yrs

Compliance officer compensation 2018 report reveals higher compensation and job satisfaction, especially for those with law degrees. | 8yrs

A legal operations index reveals tech and volume of work rises as budgets stay flat. | 8yrs

Australia's legal profession has reacted to allegations against Salter Gordon that it engaged in controversial practice of paying for injury referrals. | 8yrs

Regulators are concerned cross-border investigations could be placed in jeopardy by GDPR requirements. | 8yrs