A rising number of lawyers earning £50,000 are applying for jobs outside the legal profession, according to an analysis by career change consultant Life Productions of job-seekers who have been qualified less than ten years. | 11yrs
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An IP litigator is to head the new office, the firm's first in Asia and second outside the US. | 11yrs
AG Integrate will supply lawyers both to clients of the firm and to the firm itself when it is under work pressure. | 11yrs
Platinum-selling pop star JoJo has spoken of the litigation which ended her previous relationship with a record company, saying 'I'm going to be paying back my litigators for years'. | 11yrs
Osborne Clarke's move to formalise its relationship with Koh Vass & Co means that it can apply for permission to merge with the local law firm in 2018. | 11yrs
After coming clean in its twice delayed annual results, it emerges that Toshiba overstated its profits by nearly US$2bn over seven years. | 11yrs
A weekly round up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs
The Florida Bar has reversed a previous ban on lawyers using texts to solicit business, deciding instead that the use of mobile phone messages for this reason is an 'adaptation to reality'. | 11yrs
A medium-sized, Osaka-based law firm specialising in IP is setting up a joint programme with BoT-M, through which it will help to protect the products and systems of SMEs and venture companies in the high-tech sector. | 11yrs
Lawrence Lessig will announce today that he will challenge Hillary Clinton in the race to become the Democratic presidential candidate. | 11yrs
Experienced lawyers in their 40s and 50s are abandoning UK practices for US rivals because they fear they will be forced to retire early to clear the decks for younger lawyers, according to consultants Jomati. | 11yrs
The Australian competition regulator has fined Visa for anti-competitive conduct. | 11yrs
Alibaba GC spends big on property after a successful twelve months at Jack Ma's e-commerce empire. | 11yrs
Centurion Law Group continues it pan-African expansion with the opening of an office in Douala this month. It is the first move by an international law firm into Cameroon and is fuelled by a resurgent oil and gas industry. | 11yrs
A NSW solicitor who fraudulently charged Legal Aid A$30,000 has been stripped of his right to practice law. | 11yrs
Saying that the legal market 'has bounced back', Shearman & Sterling is opening an office within the International Financial Centre in Dubai - emphasising the work it does for corporates and state-owned organisations. | 11yrs
Hogan Lovells has made an application to the High Court on behalf of its client, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), to resolve the issue of authority over management of the country's assets in the UK. | 11yrs
Riverview Law has taken a share in a US company specialising in AI, a move which it describes as 'a major step towards the creation of 'virtual assistants' that will improve the quality and speed of lawyers' and paralegal work'. | 11yrs
Top UK pharmaceutical companies set aside a massive £1.46bn this year to fund tax litigation, according to a report by Thompson Reuters. | 11yrs
One of the most experienced drone regulators in the world, the Swedish Transport Agency, is considering moving to a more risk-based system - thereby giving an example that could feed through to the rules in many other states. | 11yrs