Latest legal news

Pan-African law firm Bowmans has appointed London-based lawyer, Nicolas Bonnefoy, as a partner in its Oil & Gas Sector Group. | 9yrs

Ashfords LLP represented the trustees of a Guernsey-based offshore pension scheme, who sought to recover pension assets unlawfully removed by a pension-holder. | 9yrs

A Manhattan Supreme Court Justice has ruled that company's may not use New York's Shield Law to protect against the disclosure of confidential sources when providing information about distressed businesses to high-end institutional subscribers. | 9yrs

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

The company has plummeted from 7th to 49th in a recent US brand reputation survey, following the $5 billion global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. | 9yrs

In a first ever move, Slaughter and May has made a London lateral partner hire attracting Herbert Smith Freehills pensions head Daniel Schaffer. | 9yrs

Professor Jonathan Askin has lauded Belfast as the new home of legal technology innovation. | 9yrs

Thousands of people gathered in Malta's capital Valetta in protest of a new bill that will force internet news sites to register with the government. | 9yrs

Toronto's Brauti Thorning Zibarras LLP has sued a former partner for $9 million following a dispute over a contingency fee client. | 9yrs

An Attorney General has critisised legislation seeking to ban lucrative video gaming at tribal casinos in Idaho which she says would bring the tribes to their knees. | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has finally put pen to paper and is departing Fleet Street after almost three decades for brand new 100 Bishopsgate. | 9yrs

Madeleine McCann's parents have launched a fresh legal battle after a a Portuguese court ruling left a question mark over their involvement in their daughter's disappearance. | 9yrs

White men still largely run Canada's law firms and are seven times more like to come out on tops than women from ethnic groups. | 9yrs

FisherBroyles - the first full-service, cloud-based law firm in the country - has appointed James J Pohl as a partner in its Intellectual Property Law Group in its Washington DC office. | 9yrs

iProbono is looking to constitute a panel of lawyers willing to do pro bono legal work and help secure justice for survivors of child sexual abuse from low-income backgrounds. | 9yrs

The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court decision and allowed a major class action lawsuit against the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to proceed. | 9yrs

Boston law firm Foley Hoag sees the newly legal pot market as good for business opening a practice group targeting the marijuana industry. | 9yrs

The human touch will be critical for future success despite the legal sector embracing disruptive technologies. | 9yrs

Three seats are up grabs in the Supreme Court - including that of the President. | 9yrs