Latest legal news

Divorce lawyers are expecting a bumper January as the traditional D-Day, the first working Monday of January, sees unhappy couples pick up the phone to their lawyers. | 10yrs

The website of the Palembang District Court in Southern Sumatra has been hacked, in protest of a recent decision to throw out an Indonesian government lawsuit levelled against pulp and paper company PT Bumi Mekar Hijau. | 10yrs

China's highest court, the Supreme People's Court (SPC), has launched a new online platform designed to assist legal professionals operating in China. | 10yrs

A new study by Harvard Business School examining 'toxic' workers has found that while they may be more productive than their peers, they can leave a trail of destruction that ultimately costs their employer. | 10yrs

A UK law firm is granting its employees permission to take holiday as and when they wish in a move to attract good staff. | 10yrs

Less work is taking its toll on law firm productivity which has dropped by half a per cent in the last year, with little change expected in 2016. | 10yrs

New York opened its doors to temporary foreign lawyers yesterday as well as lawyers practising out of state whilst also extending its rules to cover corporate counsel. | 10yrs

Banks and financial services companies recruited more lawyers in the UK than any other sector, a trend set to continue in the new year. | 10yrs

A US law firm accused by the regulator of operating 'less like a law firm than a factory' in its collection of consumer debt has settled its case by paying a $3.1 million fine without admitting wrongdoing. | 10yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs

The European Commission is to examine the issue of Poland's constitutional court next month, after the Polish president signed into law disputed amendments to the court's powers. | 10yrs

Popular music streaming service Spotify is facing a $150 million lawsuit over alleged copyright infringements and unpaid royalties. | 10yrs

An annual UK jobs index from recruitment firm Robert Walters has found lawyers to be the most in-demand profession for leading banks in London, amid increasing regulation and a spate of heavy penalties. | 10yrs

Chris Cummings, chief executive of the lobby group TheCityUK, says he has picked up a 'possible change in tone' in justice secretary Michael Gove's proposal for a levy to fund legal services. | 10yrs

Law firms in Singapore have been expanding their employment practices to meet increasing demand for litigation, bolstered by tighter labour controls, the influx of foreign talent and the city state's growing popularity as a regional HR headquarters. | 10yrs

Tennessee's attorney general is accusing Chevron and its subsidiaries of a 30-year scheme to fraudulently siphon millions of dollars from a taxpayer clean-up fund used to protect the public from leaks at underground petroleum tanks. | 10yrs

While the list of public relations and legal woes posed by platforms like Twitter and Facebook only continues to grow, a new survey has found that many legal departments lack the policies and procedures needed to deal with a social media crisis. | 10yrs

China's National People's Congress Standing Committee has approved a new anti-terrorism law requiring tech companies to provide information to the government obtained from their products and make information systems 'secure and controllable.' | 10yrs

Lawyers and criminal justice reformers have launched a new lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court that seeks to abolish the 'two-tier' cash bail system operating across the US. | 10yrs