A new survey funded by the American Bar Association has revealed that substance abuse and depression are far more common among lawyers than other professionals. | 10yrs
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A UN panel will rule that the WikiLeaks founder is being 'arbitrarily detained' in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but UK and Swedish authorities aren't having a bar of it. | 10yrs
King & Spalding makes history after becoming the first Atlanta-based law firm to report annual turnover in excess of $1bn. | 10yrs
A report published today by the Centre for Policy Studies argues that the hourly rates charged by top London corporate law firms are so high that they risk restricting access to justice. | 10yrs
White & Case has announced it has entered into a new association in Saudi Arabia with Zeyad AlSalloum and Yazeed AlToaimi. | 10yrs
All five Magic Circle firms have landed places on JPMorgan Chase's reviewed roster for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. | 10yrs
Leading City real estate practice Berwin Leighton Paisner is in early negotiations for a £1bn merger with Miami megafirm Greenberg Traurig. | 10yrs
Further details have emerged about the London-based firm Blavo & Co Solicitors, which was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority last October after the Legal Aid Agency referred concerns about the firm to the Metropolitan Police. | 10yrs
A fired Yahoo! employee has launched a legal challenge against the company's quarterly performance reviews, arguing that employee ratings are manipulated to justify layoffs and that Yahoo! managers prioritise the advancement of women. | 10yrs
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Davis Polk & Wardwell are among the firms to have won key advisory roles on China National Chemical Corporation's (ChemChina) $43bn acquisition of Syngenta, the largest foreign takeover by a Chinese firm to date. | 10yrs
The latest report from the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued that law firms and other legal services providers should be obliged to clearly communicate information about litigation outcomes, success rates and average fees to consumers. | 10yrs
Africa's largest mobile phone operator MTN Group has enlisted former US Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) to help fortify its defence against against a massive fine from the Nigerian Communications Commission. | 10yrs
City lawyers have warned that the newly-struck EU-US transatlantic data transfer deal, named Privacy Shield, will most likely be heading to court. | 10yrs
The Financial Conduct Authority will deliberate as to whether in-house lawyers will be subject to the watchdog's new pre-approval process for senior managers. | 10yrs
Negotiators from the European Commission and US State Department have ended ongoing regulatory uncertainty and clinched a new agreement for transatlantic data transfers, winning praise from business figures but scepticism from privacy advocates. | 10yrs
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The Chief Legal Officers 2016 Survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel has found that while most in-house departments are expanding, CLOs in the oil and gas sector have been making dramatic cuts. | 10yrs
Former executive Martin Shkreli yesterday replaced his legal team with a New York lawyer whose past clients have included former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and rapper Jay-Z. | 10yrs
An Australian High Court judge has weighed in on the current legal and financial turmoil engulfing listed law firm rivals Slater & Gordon and Shine Lawyers. | 10yrs
The German arm of international law firm CMS has become the first foreign firm to open for business in Tehran, after the Obama administration lifted longstanding sanctions against the country two weeks ago. | 10yrs