Latest legal news

The MoJ gets creative as it asks hackers to help revolutionise the way the it uses data. | 10yrs

Preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the number of jobs in the US legal sector declined by a seasonally adjusted 1,500 in the month of February. | 10yrs

The Crown Commercial Service is to launch two legal services panels worth roughly £410m for use by central government and associated public bodies. | 10yrs

Nabarro real estate boss Ciaran Carvalho has been elected as the firm's new senior partner. | 10yrs

By 2018, law firms may be required to include partner-level salaries in the pay equality data that they provide to regulators. | 10yrs

A 700-strong coalition of pious lawyers in Pakistan are offering their expertise and services for free to anyone filing a blasphemy case, complicating Pakistan's tentative steps towards reforming the colonial-era law. | 10yrs

The Anglo-US firm is raising the stakes for its newly qualified lawyers by upping both annual remuneration and billable hours targets simultaneously. | 10yrs

Southwest law firm Stephens Scown is to operate under a John Lewis-style shared-ownership model that will see receptionists receive the same bonus amount as a fee-earning lawyer. | 10yrs

The Ray-Ban sunglasses maker stumbled on the Borsa Italiana on Tuesday after unveiling a $1.6bn investment in its global expansion strategy. | 10yrs

The African Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $22m to help nurture legal services on the continent and level the legal playing field between African countries and foreign investors. | 10yrs

Eversheds is reportedly looking to boost its presence in Asia via a tie-up with Singapore outfit Harry Elias. | 10yrs

A round up of moves from across the UK | 10yrs

A committee at Harvard Law School has recommended to the Harvard Corporation that the school's shield - which is modelled on the family crest of an 18th century slaveholder - no longer be its official symbol. | 10yrs

The discovery this week of what might be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 wreckage off Mozambique was the result a US lawyer funding his own independent investigation into its whereabouts. | 10yrs

The number of law firms featured in this year's Sunday Times'100 Best Companies to Work For' survey has dropped from 10 to eight, with a regional outfit becoming the highest ranking law firm. | 10yrs

Dentons has appointed five new global vice chairs, one for each of the firm's regions. | 10yrs

Renowned criminal defence firm Kaim Todner has been saved from closure by a Manchester-based alternative business structure founded by former Stobart Barristers legal director Trevor Howarth. | 10yrs

Former Chesapeake Energy chief executive and 'fracking' pioneer Aubrey McClendon passed away on Wednesday evening just one day after being indicted for rigging bids on oil and gas leases. | 10yrs

Women are less likely to move up the ranks in firms where the male partners in their practice area are politically conservative, and more likely to leave. | 10yrs