The Legal Services Board (LSB) expects frontline regulators to introduce compulsory 'minimum disclosures' by law firms on price, service, redress and regulatory status as it does not believe that change can come from within the legal fraternity. | 9yrs
The idea of a Monaco-style grand prix taking place on the streets of London has moved a step closer after a law change which allows motorsports to take place on public roads. | 9yrs
Leslie Kendrick, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, is to take up the position of new Vice Dean at the school from 1 July. | 9yrs
Linklaters, Baker McKenzie, Ropes & Gray and Mills & Reeve are advising on the £1.4bn sale of Weetabix Limited to US cereal firm Post Holdings. | 9yrs
Despite an increasing number of law firms putting gender diversity programmes in place, women account for just over 30 per cent of lawyers in the 200 largest firms in the US by revenue - a share that has not improved in the past five years. | 9yrs
Lawyers at Wells Fargo failed to keep an eye on the big picture as the company became embroiled I n its recent sham accounts scandal, a report from Shearman & Sterling has found. | 9yrs
Mid-market M&A deals valued up to $500 million totalled $201.6 billion for the first quarter of 2017, down five per cent from last year. Asia Pacific led the way in terms of deal worth and The Americas in deal volume. | 9yrs
Pan-African legal services provider Centurion Law Group has entered into a strategic alliance with South Sudanese law firm Awatkeer Law Chambers in Juba, making it the first international law firm to enter the country. | 9yrs
Dentons is reported to have cut some 20 US-based partners this year over what is claimed to be fall-out following the McKenna Long merger. | 9yrs
Pinsent Masons is to launch its third international office in less than a year with a Madrid presence to open in May. | 9yrs
Clifford Chance partner Simon Davis has been elected as the Law Society's next President - a role he will officially take up in 2019. | 9yrs
United Airlines' reputation is circling the drain after the forcible removal of a passenger from one of its flights went viral and made international headlines last week. | 9yrs
Growing salaries for associates in BigLaw are encouraging younger lawyers to stay in private practice rather than making the switch to in-house roles. | 9yrs
Luxury brands engage with social media at different levels but not all are prepared for risk and reputation issues. | 9yrs
A committee of lawyers involved in litigation arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has made its recommendation for dividing some $700 million in fees among 122 law firms involved - with two set to secure almost $90 million each. | 9yrs
More than two-thirds of lawyers and business development professionals say their firm is increasing its emphasis on marketing and business development - and yet clients are unhappier than ever. | 9yrs
A legal settlement has been reached between Berkeley, the former dean of its law school and his former assistant who alleged he sexually harassed her, an announcement from the university has revealed. | 9yrs
Attorney General MP Jeremy Wright has launched a legal fight to stop Tony Blair being charged over Iraq war deaths after former chief of staff of the Iraq army General Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat tried to prosecute him for the crime of 'aggression'. | 9yrs
A newly launched cloud-based platform promises to measure value and facilitate conversations between law departments and their external legal providers . | 9yrs
A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 9yrs