Latest legal news

Watch company Swatch has successfully opposed Apple's "iWatch" trademark on the basis of its registrations covering the logo "iSwatch" and the word "Swatch". | 9yrs

All four firms have delivered end-of-the-summer sweeteners for their junior City lawyers. | 9yrs

TMT specialist Olswang has announced it is expanding its Asian offering to include Korea with the hire of consultant Steve Kim to lead business development and client support services locally. | 9yrs

Revenue at the legal arm of the accounting giant has jumped by 25 per cent this financial year, from £48.5m to £59.9m, while net income stands at £11m. | 9yrs

US-based White & Case is growing its London tax team with a high-profile hire from Berwin Leighton Paisner. | 9yrs

New research shows that the leading 200 UK law firms are moving away from mergers as a favoured growth strategy and instead see investing in new technology and team moves as most likely to boost their profitability. | 9yrs

The former Conservative Party leader will be forging a new consulting career as a member of Dentons' Calgary team. | 9yrs

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected New York-based funds partner Michael Gerstenzang to take over as managing partner from January. | 9yrs

Norton Rose Fulbright is growing its Canadian footprint with yet another local tie-up. | 9yrs

The number of new law firms opening their doors in the UK may reach four digits before the year is out. | 9yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills has successfully sued its client San Leon Energy at London's High Court for nearly £500,000 in unpaid fees. | 9yrs

Reports indicate newly-qualified lawyers at the London office of US giant Weil Gotshal & Manges are set to earn 15 per cent more. | 9yrs

Wealthy lawyers are among those set to be most affected by J.P. Morgan's recent decision to increase the threshold for its elite private banking service to $10 million in investible assets. | 9yrs

The Serious Fraud Office has charged three former Tesco executives with fraud by abuse of position following its investigation into the supermarket group's 2014 accounting scandal. | 9yrs

Human rights barrister and part-time criminal judge Matthew Ryder has been named as London's first ever deputy mayor for social mobility, social integration and community engagement. | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Eversheds international arbitration head Will Thomas to help bolster its ailing Paris office. | 9yrs

Shearman & Sterling may be poised to lose a large chunk of its Brussel-based competition team. | 10yrs

China's legal market is defying a slackened economy, with turnover on the up at most of the country's elite law firms. | 10yrs

The hotly-anticipated mammoth lawsuit has finally been filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). | 10yrs