Law firm Maurice Blackburn is preparing to launch a class action lawsuit against VW after it admitted that more than 90,000 cars in Australia are fitted with software that cheats on emissions. | 10yrs
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Lance Armstrong's former physician has reportedly filed a lawsuit intended to stop distribution of a film about the disgraced cyclist. | 10yrs
Three former senior executives of failed US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have been cleared of some of the charges they faced, but the jury continues to consider others, including the most serious one of grand larceny. | 10yrs
Litigation funder Bentham has instructed partners in the Hamburg, Brussels and London offices of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan to prepare a shareholder lawsuit against the embattled car manufacturer. | 10yrs
Some 90 per cent of respondents prefer arbitration, according to the Queen Mary University of London 2015 International Arbitration Survey. | 10yrs
Income at the London office fell from £50.97m to £48.98m for the year ending December 2014, according to its annual returns. | 10yrs
According to a report by financial software company Dealogic, mergers and acquisitions have soared in Asia during the first nine months of 2015 and are now second only to the US in terms of value. | 10yrs
A 'renewed sense of optimism' has been spotted by LexisNexis in its survey, 'Law Firms in Transition: Marketing, Business Development and the Quest for Growth' - research which also shows that competition is seen as the number one barrier to growth. | 10yrs
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the International Bar Association in Vienna that, when it comes to business and human rights, corporate lawyers have a higher duty than meeting the expectations of their clients. | 10yrs
US internet companies and politicians have voiced concern over the consequences of a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that undermines the so-called safe harbour legal provision. | 10yrs
BP has settled litigation by US states following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. | 10yrs
Six brokers accused of rigging a global financial benchmark have gone on trial in London. | 10yrs
The legal sector has been 'sticking its head in the sand' about its drug issues, according to Dr Robert Fisher, head of the Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Clinic and Private Hospital in Australia. | 10yrs
An original copy of the document has just arrived in Luxembourg to be exhibited at the European Court of Justice, as part of worldwide celebrations of the eight hundredth anniversary of its creation. | 10yrs
American Apparel has filed for bankruptcy, with creditors taking over the loss-making clothing company. | 10yrs
On day 13 of deliberations in the fraud trial of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, at least one juror is reporting physical problems - revealing in a note that she has been treated for muscle spasms caused by sitting for so long. | 10yrs
Delhi's six district courts see more strikes than any other courts in India, a country bedevilled by the use of strike action among lawyers. | 10yrs
Littler Global has tied up with vangard, a German employment boutique with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Munich. | 10yrs
The latest moves from around the globe. | 10yrs
West Virginia looks set to become the first US state to sue Volkswagen AG for deceiving car buyers, after the company installed software to hide that its diesel engines exceeded pollution standards. | 10yrs