The computing giant is taking on the US Department of Justice over customer privacy, arguing that laws which oblige it to turn over customer data to government authorities without telling its customers are unconstitutional. | 10yrs
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Singapore managing partner Geraint Hughes has been named as Clifford Chance's new top dog for the Asia-Pacific region. | 10yrs
Former KTXL web producer Matthew Keys has been sentenced to two years in prison for helping protest group Anonymous access and alter an online story in the LA Times. | 10yrs
Shoosmiths has plans to increase its headcount in Manchester from 177 to 300 in the next three years, as the firm prepares to move into its new office in Spinningfields. | 10yrs
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman, the law firm which successfully proved that 'Happy Birthday' was in the public domain and so not subject to copyright, is hoping to do the same for civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome.' | 10yrs
Winston & Strawn has hired two partners for its transportation finance practice in London. | 10yrs
After writing down the bulk of its UK business in February, embattled PI firm Slater & Gordon has now posted its UK LLP accounts for 2015. | 10yrs
A new survey shows that, despite long hours, 75 per cent of lawyers are happy with their work-life balance. | 10yrs
New research has shown that ten years after graduating, male law students earn less on average than their peers who left university with degrees in engineering, economics and medicine—but around 20 per cent more than their own female classmates. | 10yrs
The law firm is reportedly looking to expand its US presence via a merger with or acquisition of a firm in Miami, Florida. | 10yrs
Research shows that courts in England and Wales are the fifth most generous in the world when it comes to awarding ongoing maintenance for financially dependent ex-spouses. | 10yrs
Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page are to face a US jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven. | 10yrs
All the high-tech armour in the world can't guard against one naïve or disgruntled employee, warn lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills. | 10yrs
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has doubled the size of its disputes team in Germany with the hire of two partners and seven lawyers from litigation boutique Acker Görling & Schmalz (AGS Legal). | 10yrs
London-only firm Macfarlanes has promoted six to the partnership across its tax, real estate, corporate and disputes practices. | 10yrs
A new poll from Deloitte has shown that experiences of supply chain fraud are on the up among professionals in the health care, life science and energy sectors. | 10yrs
A survey of law firms by Bloomberg Law and the Legal Marketing Association shows an increased focus on marketing and business development. | 10yrs
Four Baker & McKenzie partners have thrown their hats in the ring to replace global chair Eduardo Leite when he steps down later this year. | 10yrs
The headquarters of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have been raided by police following a leak of more than 11 million documents that showed how wealthy people, including politicians and world leaders, used the firm to evade tax. | 10yrs
International law firm Reed Smith is in talks to combine with the smaller Pepper Hamilton of Philadelphia. | 10yrs