Latest legal news

Withers has lost in the Court of Appeal in London over a professional negligence claim from Wellesley Partners, a former client. | 10yrs

Michael Roumell, a former Chicago litigator who retired at 50 in 2005 and took up real estate when he moved to Florida, has been named as one of the US's 'supersavers' in the New York Times. | 10yrs

Richard Rosenbaum has given an interview in which he predicts that some traditional firms will die, while others will benefit for a while and another group of nimble, hungry practices will make it through. | 10yrs

Three of the nine partners based in the Latham & Watkins Dubai office have decided to move to Hogan Lovells, just weeks after the US-based firm announced it was closing offices in Abu Dhabi and Doha. | 10yrs

The service will be offered to clients in a tie-up with agile working provider LOD, though most of the freelancers will be DLA Piper alumni. | 10yrs

Australian firm Minter Ellison has increased its turnover by A$10m - successfully navigating 'current patchy market conditions', according to chief executive Tony Harrington. | 10yrs

US law firms grew at an average rate of 3.6 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to research from Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group. | 10yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has set a minimum wage for trainees of £20,276 in London and £18,183 elsewhere - but the figures are recommendations only. | 10yrs

The Parabis Group, the UK's first private equity-backed Alternative Business Structure (ABS), is to sell its personal injury subsidiary after legal reforms made the venture less profitable. | 10yrs

A High Court judge has ruled that documents prepared by Clifford Chance for RBS relating to the fallout from the Libor scandal are protected by legal privilege, saying that lawyers should be able to give 'candid factual briefings'. | 10yrs

Ashurst finance partner Jamie Ng has led a team that has completed the first Shari'ah compliant murabaha (a form of credit sale) in Australia. | 10yrs

Exigent global managing director Nicola Stott and director of global legal services Kevin Van Tonder have called on in-house lawyers to embrace new technologies for contract management, or risk missing out on a wealth of potential commercial value. | 10yrs

Some 47 per cent of business development and marketing capabilities in Australian and New Zealand law firms are 'under-developed', according to a survey by the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA). | 10yrs

A recent survey from legal consultancy Altman Weil has found that, for the fifth year running, in-house legal departments are looking to trim back their outside legal spend in the coming year. | 10yrs

Al Jazeera America has suspended general counsel David Harleston and launched a 'full investigation' into his professional background, after a recent report in the The New York Times suggested that Mr Harleston may not be licensed to practice law. | 10yrs

The firm will be known as Dentons in all languages apart from Chinese, which will use the Chinese characters for Dacheng. | 10yrs

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

Foley & Lardner is understood to have decided against merging with Eversheds - even though it was said to be Eversheds' preferred merger partner just a week ago. | 10yrs

Gary Senior, chair of EMEA at Baker & McKenzie, has talked about the growing interest from international law firms in Africa and has said that mergers will be a path into the continent. | 10yrs