The first GC Futures Summit will look at how GCs are breaking through the business glass ceiling, as well as shaping the legal department of the future. | 10yrs
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Gazprom is attempting to settle a long running antitrust investigation by the European Commission, the Russian energy giant said this week. | 10yrs
Lawyers are at 'high risk' of being unwittingly drawn into money laundering schemes as foreign investors make extensive use of Australian markets to launder their funds, according to a former Australian Federal Police officer who works in the area. | 10yrs
New York State judges are considering responding to globalisation by letting foreigners advise on transactions or on short-term matters of litigation under so-called 'fly-in, fly-out' measures. | 10yrs
The world's largest car maker faces the largest legal bill in automotive history, as it admits to programming cars to cheat on US pollution tests. | 10yrs
Michael Kent, the Linklaters head of finance and projects, was identified as the most open about his aims at the outset, but has been excluded from the three-man shortlist for the post. | 10yrs
SNCF, the French state rail operator, faces a huge legal bill after losing a 16 year battle with former employees who had suffered racial discrimination. | 10yrs
Microsoft's assistant general counsel has issued a warning for companies on the perils of cloud computing and why the legal department should be involved in selecting providers. | 10yrs
The Australian Law Students Association (ALSA) says that unpaid internships in large law firms have amounted to 'slave labour', highlighting one firm that planned to charge A$22,000 to graduates for a two-year work arrangement. | 10yrs
Zhong Lun decided on its next phase of development at a partner conference at the weekend - to remain independent and build up a global 'best friends' network rather than going down the merger route. | 10yrs
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Herbert Smith Freehills has added another element to its global Latin America Group with the launch of a New York hub. It will be led by international arbitration partner Christian Leathley and run out of the firm's New York office. | 10yrs
The results for the US's July bar exams are the lowest in 25 years, igniting the debate once again of whether the profession is losing some of its brighter candidates and dumbing down. | 10yrs
Corporate energy partner David Levin, described as 'the engine' of the firm's natural resources practice by the Legal 500, is the latest top lawyer to leave. | 10yrs
US legal teams working in the property and casualty (P&C) area are turning to early case assessment as the main technique in keeping costs down, followed by electronic billing and staff controls and plans. | 10yrs
Clauses in a draft Legal Practitioners Bill on the Cayman Islands have been designed to encourage local law firms to help would-be lawyers from the jurisdiction find training opportunities and to help them qualify and even practice abroad. | 10yrs
Introverted law firm partners who postpone submitting a bid on a client matter until the last minute are a common part of the legal landscape, says Pier D'Angelo. But far more likely to be successful are those who discuss key aims with the client. | 10yrs
The long-awaited hearing for the extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom began today in Auckland, New Zealand. The US is seeking to extradite Mr Dotcom and three of his colleagues for alleged copyright infringement, money laundering and racketee | 10yrs
World players' union Fifpro believes the transfer rules of football's governing body FIFA breach European Union competition law, and is taking its complaint against FIFA to the European Commission on Friday. | 10yrs
Boutique firms are now capable of taking on high-profile and larger cases, according to the lawyers who founded litigation boutique Shapiro Arato in New York six years ago. | 10yrs