Data for 2014 released earlier this month by the US Census Bureau shows that the median pay for full-time female lawyers was 77.4 per cent that earned by their male counterparts. | 10yrs
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Olswang is to make its London headquarters fully open plan and offer agile working for all staff by March 2017. | 10yrs
A Michigan prosecutor who took a hard-line approach to prostitution has been accused of paying women for sex hundreds of times between 2010 and 2015, including a woman seeking his aid in a child custody dispute. | 10yrs
Global law firm DLA Piper is teaming up with emerging NewLaw heavyweight Lawyers on Demand to create a flexible lawyer pool in Australia. | 10yrs
Stephenson Harwood and Guangzhou-based Chinese firm Wei Tu have formalised their alliance by entering into a new association, as permitted under a free trade agreement between mainland China and Hong Kong. | 10yrs
Singapore-based firm Rajah & Tann is collaborating with KPMG to tackle the threat of data breaches. | 10yrs
The legal profession is set to lose 100,000 jobs to automation in the next two decades, according to a new study by Deloitte. | 10yrs
Eversheds has partnered with BPP University Law School to launch its Trailblazer apprenticeship programme in the UK. | 10yrs
Latest figures show that the number of new lawsuits filed with federal courts in the US slumped six per cent in the last financial year—though you wouldn't know it from the waiting times. | 10yrs
India's Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has confirmed that the country's highly controversial sedition laws are now under review by the Law Commission. | 10yrs
The much discussed courtship between Berwin Leighton Paisner and Miami outfit Greenberg Traurig has hit a dead end, with both parties deciding to 'stay friends' but go their separate ways. | 10yrs
After weeks of speculation, US President Barack Obama has finally chosen Merrick Garland as his best bet for having a new Supreme Court justice approved before the end of his term. | 10yrs
A number of UK expats living in Europe have launched legal action to win the right to participate in the EU referendum. | 10yrs
A leading barrister says that he would like to see corporates search for alternative ways to deal with crises rather than relying on lawyers. | 10yrs
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed the Pretoria government for unlawfully allowing Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir to exit the country while he was wanted by the International Criminal Court. | 10yrs
Navex Global has found that companies are taking longer and longer to follow up on allegations raised internally by employees, potentially damaging trust between employees and management and raising the risk of whistleblower retaliation. | 10yrs
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The Yorkshire-based firm has called in administrators and transferred all existing client matters to Leeds practice Ison Harrison. | 10yrs
The Chinese insurance giant has enlisted Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom to advise on its latest $12.8bn play to wrangle Starwood Hotels and Resorts from the grip of rival suitor Marriott International. | 10yrs
Peter Herbert OBE says the Ministry of Justice recommended that he should be handed a formal warning for claiming that racism is 'alive and well' in British society and the judiciary. | 10yrs