Latest legal news

The barrister accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside his chambers was acquitted by a judge yesterday in less than 20 minutes. | 10yrs

Local press reports that lawyers from Yuksel Karkin Kucuk (YKK) have been taken into custody by Turkish police following a post-coup raid on their office. | 10yrs

The Midlands-based firm's first post-merger results have reported a fall in revenue due to post-merger client conflicts. | 10yrs

The firm has reported a modest trainee retention rate for the autumn round. | 10yrs

A New Jersey personal injury lawyer is suing the creators of wildly popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go for allegedly leading trespassers into the back garden of his home. | 10yrs

Documents disclosed ahead of the deal show that the US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank are set to earn a total of £14.5m in fees. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Hogan Lovells have earned places on a legal panel created by the new EU authority responsible for winding up failed Eurozone banks. | 10yrs

Olswang's head of international telecommunications Purvi Parekh has become the latest partner to say goodbye to the firm. | 10yrs

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, one of Japan's largest law firms, is to acquire Thailand's Chandler & Thong-ek. | 10yrs

Thompson Reuters' Peer Monitor says US law firms have been 'blindsided' by a drop in demand across nearly all practices in the second quarter. | 10yrs

Gawker Media founder and chief executive Nick Denton has filed for personal bankruptcy in yet another attempt to ward off a devastating $140m invasion-of-privacy judgement against his company. | 10yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs

The firm's partnership has agreed to extend its lockstep system by 10 points and to introduce a new bonus pool for annual star performers. | 10yrs

The latest Money Laundering Risk Index from the Basel Institute on Governance has awarded its top spot to Iran for the third consecutive year. | 10yrs

Tax partner Alex Chadwick is set to take charge of Baker & McKenzie's London office. | 10yrs

Osborne Clarke has entered the Singapore market in an association with local firm Queen Street Legal. | 10yrs

After reporting on a study showing that women were penalised at work for assertive behaviours considered acceptable in men, Law.com's Vivia Chen got some feedback from female lawyers. | 10yrs

Hay, Kalb and Associates, the first and only law firm ever opened in North Korea by a foreign national, confirmed on Monday that it will cease to operate in the country. | 10yrs

Local operator Didi Chuxing has acquired Uber China, creating a virtual monopoly on the country's ride-hailing market. | 10yrs