The Co-operative Group has announced its first legal acquisition, as it refocuses attention on face-to-face services after a difficult start in the sector. | 10yrs
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2016 looks set to be General Motor's year of reckoning, with the company facing hundreds of claims demanding it pay compensation for the deaths of loved ones and injuries in accidents caused by a flawed ignition switch. | 10yrs
A new report shows that some law students in the US are concealing mental health and addiction issues instead of seeking help, for fear that doing so could jeopardise their chances of being admitted to the bar or getting a good job after graduating. | 10yrs
Indian law firm Nishith Desai has opened an office in New York, its second in the US and eighth globally, which will offer Indian law advice. | 10yrs
The waning esteem of the legal profession in India may leave lawyers hard pressed to find a spouse, according to the country's Chief Justice. | 10yrs
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has flagged concerns that solicitors and in-house lawyers in the UK are being asked to punch above their weight, with a potentially adverse effect on criminal advocacy standards. | 10yrs
Stockbroker Arden Partners believes that up to 75 per cent of the current UK 200 firms could disappear over the next five years, as external investment consolidates the 'highly fragmented' market. | 10yrs
Allen & Overy has reported strong financial results for 2015 and is rewarding its team of partners, lawyers and legal staff with more generous remuneration. | 10yrs
A retrial of former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives has been set for September, but won't include the firm's ex-chairman, Steven Davis. | 10yrs
Insurance specialist Holman Fenwick Willan has seen its revenue drop five per cent to £139m from £145m, while its operating profit has fallen 16 per cent to £49.9m from £59m. | 10yrs
The 2016 Report on the State of the Legal Market from Georgetown University has warned law firms against the 'danger of success', suggesting that past wins may be stagnating future growth potential unless firms embrace change. | 10yrs
At only 33 years of age, Albion Chambers junior barrister Anna Midgley is set to become the youngest criminal law judge in the UK in recent history. | 10yrs
Dentons has confirmed it is hiring Matthew Arnold & Baldwin's (MAB) banking and finance litigation team, made up of 11 partners and 64 fee-earners. | 10yrs
Houston-headquartered law firm Baker Botts has announced that it has officially opened its new office in San Francisco. | 10yrs
Social media giant Twitter has filed a lawsuit in opposition to a $50,000 fine issued by Turkish authorities for 'terrorist propaganda' hosted on its micro-blogging platform. | 10yrs
National Australia Bank and Westpac, Slater & Gordon's lead financiers, have installed McGrathNicol as investigating accountants to make a forensic examination of the law firm's books. | 10yrs
Nabarro and Slaughter and May improved their trainee retention figures this month, with the former keeping 89 per cent and the latter managing a 95 per cent rate of retention. | 10yrs
From 2021 onwards, lawyers in Hong Kong will be required to sit and pass a 'Common Entrance Examination' in order to enter a trainee solicitor contract. However, the move has caused concern among Hong Kong's leading lawyers and academics. | 10yrs
New documents have revealed that the collapsed Parabis group went into administration owing almost £50m to more than 2,500 unsecured creditors. | 10yrs
A report from a company that provides patent risk management services has shown that the number of patent disputes reached new highs in the US in 2015. | 10yrs