US law firms have branded themselves so poorly that a study carried out on 50 global business managers found that they were more likely to be drawn by fake advertising created for non-existent firms with names including Andersson & Cooper. | 10yrs
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is to give its highest performing associates a bonus of $110,000, beating the $100,000 announced by Cravath Swaine and other leading firms which have made their 2015 announcements. | 10yrs
An associate lawyer at the CIA wrote to colleagues warning them that criminal sanctions could follow the use of torture on detainees. | 10yrs
East Anglia-based law firm Ashton KCJ has used an increasingly popular paid time off (PTO) policy to boost the productivity of its lawyers. | 10yrs
The Big Four accountant has recruited artificial intelligence specialist Matthew Whalley, head of risk at Berwin Leighton Paisner, to head the London-based legal risk team. | 10yrs
Susie Lees, head of the legal team at US insurer Allstate Corporation, has expressed her frustration over explaining the regular increases in law firm fees to business people outside the legal area. | 10yrs
UK-based insurance specialist Kennedys is merging with a Danish law firm on 1 January, the same date on which it enters into association agreements with practices in Norway and Sweden. | 10yrs
A professional negligence claim brought against Clifford Chance over the high-profile Excalibur dispute has ended with the firm settling out of court for an undisclosed amount. | 10yrs
A Florida law firm has has been inundated with telephone inquiries after an apparent scammer used a caller ID number that routes phone calls to the firm. | 10yrs
In first of 16 legislative proposals to be presented as part of the strategy to create a 'digital single market' across the EU, the European Commission (EC) has unveiled proposed new rules on digital content and online shopping. | 10yrs
A new study commissioned by SaaS provider Intralinks has found that 52 per cent of global companies are preparing to face non-compliance fines under the EU's upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ruling. | 10yrs
Bristol-Myers Squibb general counsel Sandra Leung believes that stronger diversity practices are drawing top legal talent away from firms and into in-house legal departments. | 10yrs
In an eleventh hour twist, General Electric Co. has opted to scrap the planned $3.3 billion sale of its appliance business to Swedish appliance maker Electrolux AB, bringing a protracted legal battle to an unexpected close. | 10yrs
A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chair Steven Davis is negotiating a deferred-prosecution agreement, while the other two ex-managers of the failed law firm who stood trial with him this year face the choice of a retrial or taking a plea deal. | 10yrs
Macfarlanes is one of the most successful UK-based international firms and saw its turnover rise 17 per cent in the year ending 30 April 2015, to £156.5 million. | 10yrs
Mark Madrigali, 60, was due to face a murder trial after admitting to shooting his 51-year old wife, Trivia, in summer 2013 - but he has always maintained that the incident was an accident. | 10yrs
PwC has recruited a senior lawyer who was previously at Gilbert + Tobin with the aim of better understanding how law firms work, rather than simply acquiring legal practices and letting them develop at arm's length. | 10yrs
Within hours of the news about the Cravath Swaine bonuses, the firm had been matched in its offerings, which go up to $100,000, by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Milbank Tweed. | 10yrs
The Brussels move gives the UK-based law firm its second office abroad, having launched a base in Dubai earlier this year. | 10yrs