Latest legal news

Litigation against the largest 50 global banks has increased 37 per cent in 2016, according to statistics published by city law firm RPC based on an analysis of court hearing lists. | 9yrs

Two prominent regional law firms in Singapore and Malaysia have joined forces to establish dedicated fintech practices, which will work together collaboratively. | 9yrs

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has issued safety guidelines for outside counsel who have access to sensitive company data as part of their engagements with corporate law departments. | 9yrs

A small number of lawyers are responsible for a huge number of personal injuries actions, the Law Society has been warned, with unusually high numbers of spurious claims clustered around a small number of towns, where certain law firms are based. | 9yrs

Deutsche Bank has raised eyebrows with its announcement that it will no longer pay law firms for hours put in by junior lawyers. | 9yrs

The Association of Corporate Counsel has issued a new set of guidelines for cybersecurity best-practice at law firms. | 9yrs

The pressure on company leaders to innovate through the uptake of new technologies is the number one challenge currently facing companies in the region, according to a recent survey. | 9yrs

In a death row case, the test applied by Texas Criminal Appeals Court for determining which individuals are intellectually disabled in capital cases was found to violate the US constitution. | 9yrs

Slaughter and May has taken a five per cent stake in Luminance with partners at the law firm being given a share of the business now valued at $20 million as part of their work developing the product. | 9yrs

Members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) have won an injunction against three pirate websites providing film and television content illegally to Irish consumers. | 9yrs

Baker McKenzie has won a major litigation case for Dubai Islamic Bank against a company planning a luxury resort in Dubai, raising issues from the volatility of the Dubai property market to interplay with Sharia law. | 9yrs

LexisNexis has announced the first five participants in its new Silicon Valley legal tech accelerator programme created to give startups a leg up in the legal tech industry and transform the business of law. | 9yrs

Facebook is using its weight to force law firms that represent the company to embrace diversity in the workplace. | 9yrs

Morgan Lewis & Bockius' decision to represent controversial US President Donald Trump has prompted one investment client to show the firm the door. | 9yrs

The Bar Standards Board has begun licensing Alternative Business Structures from today. | 9yrs

Lawyers and law firms across the US have been cheated out of tens of millions in a cheque fraud scheme and are being warned that the rouse could be ongoing. | 9yrs

A number of law firms in Europe and North America have joined forces to launch a new legal network specialising in insurance law. | 9yrs

A quarter of all legal firms have been the subject of a cyber-attack with London-based firms suffering most. | 9yrs

Personal injury lawyers are to be banned from touting for business in hospitals from 2017/18 under new plans unveiled by the UK's National Health Service (NHS). | 9yrs