Latest legal news

Despite the hype, Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law is scrapping its two-year juris doctor program, after the accelerated law degree failed to spark the interest of students. | 10yrs

The Japanese government has decided to revise the country's privacy laws in order to clarify protections for personal genetic data, ending ongoing uncertainty around the legal status of genome-based information. | 10yrs

Trade experts claim that the rejection by an international arbitration tribunal of a case against the Australian government from the Philip Morris tobacco company answers fears about Investor State Dispute Settlement clauses in free-trade agreements. | 10yrs

Evan Greebel, the Kaye Scholer partner accused of conspiring in securities fraud with Martin Shkreli, has been given permission by a US district judge to pass the holidays with his family in the Mexican resort. | 10yrs

DLA Piper's office in Tampa, Florida will close early in 2016, with its lawyers transferring over to the control of the Miami office. | 10yrs

Law firms have failed to hit back with equal force to the 'pretty bold statements' made by the Big Four accountancy firms this year as they beef up their legal arms, according to a leading analyst. | 10yrs

Embattled international law firm Slater & Gordon is facing the possibility of a class action in 2016, after rival Maurice Blackburn began taking registrations from Slater shareholders to form the basis of a potential suit. | 10yrs

The prospect of driverless and semi-driverless cars travelling on the streets within a few years is making lawyers ponder the interesting possibilities for litigation work when accidents occur. | 10yrs

China's outbound acquisitions in 2015 pushed Asia-Pacific's annual deal value past $1 trillion for the first time and the country looks set to raise the bar even higher in 2016, as companies buy more assets abroad to sidestep slowing domestic growth. | 10yrs

Apple and telecommunications-equipment maker Ericsson have ended a year-long patent dispute with a global license agreement that resolves all pending patent-infringement litigation between the companies. | 10yrs

Another year draws to a close for in-house legal departments - but what lies ahead? Attendees at last month's GC Futures Summit, sponsored by the Global Legal Post, were offered some valuable clues. | 10yrs

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has dismissed allegations of tax avoidance by the technology giant as 'total political crap'. Instead, he argues that the structure of corporate tax regulation in the United States is irrelevant in the digital age. | 10yrs

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

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $307 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission probes into the bank's alleged failure to tell its wealth-management clients about conflicts of interest. | 10yrs

A prominent human rights lawyer named Pu Zhiqiang is becoming famous in the PRC, particularly now that he has been convicted of inciting ethnic hatred and disrupting public order. | 10yrs

The chair of the Associates Review Committee at Butler Snow has sent a pre-Christmas email to all the firm's associates with a link to an article titled '4 signs you're poorly suited to be an attorney'. | 10yrs

A law firm in Delhi has raised enough money to buy 160 blankets for the homeless, at a time when those sleeping rough are at risk of dying from the cold. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance has just informed its intake of trainees for next year that it has stopped funding the trainees during the week-long Professional Skills Course, a decision which could lead the new joiners roughly £800 out of pocket. | 10yrs

Law firms have an opportunity to set an example to other organisations, according to Andrew Cunningham, partner and innovation and networks leader at MinterEllison. | 10yrs