Latest legal news

The number of women appointed to general counsel jobs in the Fortune 500 increased sharply in 2016 and how they are hired for the GC role is changing which could dramatically increase the number of women leading legal departments. | 9yrs

The UCLA School of Law has received a $2 million gift from longtime supporter David Sanders to create and endow a distinguished scholar position and provide support in perpetuity for a legal journal. | 9yrs

Denmark has repealed a 334-year-old blasphemy law that forbids publicly insulting a religion, such as the burning of holy books. | 9yrs

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a controversial NGO law which is now in effect in a move widely condemned by international NGO groups and members of the US Congress. | 9yrs

Andersen Global has launched in Cologne with the addition of a new member firm. | 9yrs

A next generation, deep learning platform that applies the latest advancements in both machine learning and cloud computing to solve the complex data analysis challenges presented in the practice of law has been launched. | 9yrs

A group of applicants has asked the Philippines Commission for Human Rights to consider whether some of the world's biggest companies have violated the rights of millions of people. | 9yrs

James Campbell of Ogiers discusses trends within the international private client space. | 9yrs

Bond Dickinson and Womble Caryle's transatlantic 1000 lawyer combination, Womble Bond Dickinson, made them members of the elite Global 100 set. | 9yrs

Dentons has launched an office in Myanmar through the acquisition of a seven-strong local team led by partner Mark Livingston. | 9yrs

Baker McKenzie launches the initiative for multidisciplinary collaboration aimed at addressing pressing issues in the new economy. | 9yrs

The new board will not have a chairperson, but will instead operate based on 'togetherness'. | 9yrs

International law firm Kennedys has today completed its merger with leading US insurance firm Carroll McNulty & Kull (CMK), creating a global insurance practice that will offer clients unrivalled coverage and expertise in all their key markets. | 9yrs

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has announced its 2016/17 year-end financial results with income of €245.1 million, representing a 12 per cent increase on revenues in the previous year. | 9yrs

Legislation removing employment protections causes serious concerns, NZ Law Society says. | 9yrs

The US Federal Reserve has fined Deutsche Bank $41 million after it was found to have failed to screen billions of dollars in potentially suspicions transactions. | 9yrs

China is to implement its controversial cyber security law this week despite foreign firms warning about its impact on their ability to do business there. | 9yrs

Facebook has claimed a new German law that would force social media companies to pay up to €50 million if they fail to remove hate speech and false news would encourage tech companies to delete legal content in order to avoid fines. | 9yrs

Hogan Lovells has boosted pay for its junior lawyers by five per cent with the newly qualified now receiving £75,000 per year. | 9yrs