Latest legal news

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 9yrs

Interest claims should be settled before other claims, the court has ruled. | 9yrs

Law firms are divided over leading the technology revolution or being a 'fast follower' as they struggle to cope with the changing attitudes of clients. | 9yrs

300 Entertainment has appointed Mark Robinson as Head of Business and Legal Affairs. Formerly a Senior VP & General Counsel at BMG, he played a central role in all legal and business affairs for Bertelsmann's recorded music and publishing divisions. | 9yrs

London-based innovation investor L Marks and Mishcon joined forces to invited 19 early stage and growth technology start-ups with products or services applicable to the legal industry to to pitch their products Dragon Dens style. | 9yrs

Global business groups have joined forces in an appeal to Chinese authorities to postpone enforcing a cybersecurity law they say violates Beijing's free-trade pledges. | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Brent Wible, former senior counsel and special assistant to President Barack Obama, as Counsel in the firm's US litigation and global investigations practice. | 9yrs

Facebook users will be given a new legal right to wipe clean all photos, messages and information that they put online before turning 18 under a new manifesto pledge announced by Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May. | 9yrs

Columbia University has secured the largest single grant in the history of the school after receiving a $15 million gift from the Jerome L Greene Foundation. | 9yrs

Independent law firms are stealing a larger share of the market by offering their clients a more bespoke service, a LexisNexis report has revealed. | 9yrs

Legaltech firm LawAdvisor is expanding into the UK and has announced it has secured new funding, and is launching a new service. | 9yrs

Barrister Emily Egan earned nearly €1 million in fees last year for representing the State in High Court actions - more than 10 per cent of the total €9.4 million paid out to barristers by the State Claims Agency. | 9yrs

Luxury and art have long been bedfellows. As 200 luxury leaders arrive in London for the annual Luxury Law Summit, artist Mark Dickens discusses doing a collaboration deal with Formula One maestro Bernie Ecclestone. | 9yrs

Wells Fargo & Co may have opened as many as 3.5 million unauthorised customer accounts, according to lawyers seeking approval of a $142 million settlement over the practice. | 9yrs

Lawyers need to take more steps than just using unencrypted email to ensure client information is safe from security breaches, states a recently released formal ethics opinion from the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. | 9yrs

UK's biggest ever divorce award sees billionaire forced to pay out £453 million to his ex-wife. | 9yrs

The litigation heavy-hitter picked up Steve Cherney who specialises in high profile IP patent cases. | 9yrs

Jaguar Land Rover general counsel Keith Benjamin has won this year's Luxury Law Lifetime Achievement Award. | 9yrs

Time is running out for Law firms after they were invited by bookmaker William Hill to pitch for its new UK panel which is widely anticipated to reduce from its current its current six-strong roster. | 9yrs