Latest legal news

Patent violators should not have to pay back full profits for products when only elements of the product design infringe upon another company's patent, the Supreme Court has ruled. | 9yrs

Companies across the board are rewarding their general counsel for the expanded role that they are playing in the strategic management of their companies. | 9yrs

Nearly half of multinational companies don't carry out the most basic due diligence on third party contractors, leaving themselves exposed to mounting regulatory, criminal and reputational risk. | 9yrs

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

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett antitrust head David Arquit is headed across to US rival Weil Gotshal & Manges after almost 15 years with the firm. | 9yrs

Thousands of lawyers have staged protests in Tunisia against proposed new taxes that will weigh hard on lawyers and others in high-end professions. | 9yrs

The AIM-listed firm has followed up an impressive 2015/16 full-year result with a healthy boost to revenue for the first half of this year. | 9yrs

The tie-up will gift the ever-expanding Dentons three new offices in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. | 9yrs

Young out-of-work lawyers could gain valuable court experience by assisting those without formal legal representation. | 9yrs

Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are leading the stampede of British lawyers seeking admission in Ireland ahead of Britain's exit from the European Union. | 9yrs

The newly merged firm will honor all existing training contract offers made by CMS, Olswang and Nabarro - but not all at once. | 9yrs

Rising legal star Nick Walrath is believed to be among those who have perished in the catastrophic fire at warehouse space and music venue 'The Ghost Ship' in Oakland, California. | 9yrs

With a tentative Brexit date now locked in, most firms are expecting an onrush of work over the next 12 months. | 9yrs

The march of Big Four accounting firms into the realm of legal services has made its way to Singapore. | 9yrs

Top-tier associates at both firms will be taking home a $100,000 bonus this year. | 9yrs

Former King & Wood Mallesons Europe, UK and Middle East managing partner William Boss is joining Addleshaw Goddard with a trio of new real estate partners. | 9yrs

The firm has bulked up its local intellectual property practice with a team hire from US rival Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr. | 9yrs

And unhappy couples in London are paying almost double, a new survey from law firm Seddons has found. | 9yrs

Pinsent Masons has taken two more partners from African firm Bowmans ahead of its January launch in Johannesburg. | 9yrs