A jailed lawyer who offered free legal advice to her fellow inmates did not engage in unauthorised practice of law (UPL), a Vermont court has ruled. | 10yrs
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Despite modest turnover growth, net profit tumbled 19 per cent at BLM over the course of 2015/16. | 10yrs
In an indication of the increasing need for lawyers to be tech savvy, Michigan State University College of Law and ThinkSmart are teaming up to teach law students about legal process automation. | 10yrs
Five partners in Irwin Mitchell's London office have quit the firm, with one heading to Howard Kennedy and a four-strong team joining Dentons. | 10yrs
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has closed the practice of a family law solicitor who last month was convicted of tax fraud. | 10yrs
Two Los Angeles-based law firms have picked up work in a billionaire heir's record-setting purchase of the famed Playboy Mansion. | 10yrs
A Brazilian judge has ordered that the passports of US Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen be seized, noting 'possible divergences' in their accounts of an armed robbery last weekend. | 10yrs
Underwhelming financials for 2015/16 have prompted Ashurst to halt its upcoming quarterly profit distribution. | 10yrs
Lawyers may soon be hit with fines for providing legal advice that supports clients' efforts to avoid taxation. | 10yrs
The global firm is wrapping up its alliance with Jakarta-based firm Ivan Almaida Baely & Firmansyah. | 10yrs
A new study has found the employment rate for US-based Class of 2015 law graduates heading into private practice at its lowest rate in two decades. | 10yrs
The managing partner of King & Wood Mallesons has put the delay in partner profit in the EUME down to the firm's need to pay taxes and the timing of its $18.2 million recapitalisation. | 10yrs
The next decade will see robots and artifical intelligence become key drivers in the delivery of legal services, research conducted for the GC Futures Summit has revealed. | 10yrs
With a legal challenge to the UK prime minister's authority to begin the process of Brexit already scheduled in the High Court later this year, there is now another case underway. | 10yrs
A new report shows that law firms' workloads have decreased but they are charging more, despite demands from clients for savings. | 10yrs
A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has included China in its list of the world's Top 25 most innovative economies for the first time. | 10yrs
The court ruling that rid MetLife of its classification as a 'systemically important' financial institution is facing a challenge from the Financial Stability Oversight Council. | 10yrs
San Francisco-based Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has poached Charles Allen as its new head of commercial litigation and international arbitration in Hong Kong. | 10yrs
An unusual 'public-private' pilot program will see police hire and pay big-name law firms to assist in their investigations into cybercriminal activity and online fraud. | 10yrs