Latest legal news

Japanese prosecutors have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement, amid allegations of fraud relating to the disappearance of hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars with of the virtual currency. | 11yrs

Several families of those who lost loved ones and a number of those who were seriously injured in the beach gun attack in Tunisia in June have begun legal action against Thomson, the tour operator who provided their holidays. | 11yrs

French lawyer Veronique Martinez is at the helm of a project to launch 'the new Arthur Andersen' in Europe in 2016, in a plan to revive the old brand values and fierce reputation of the company that disintegrated 12 years ago after the Enron scandal | 11yrs

Only a week after taking on five new partners in Glasgow, Harper Macleod is taking over a two-partner practice in Shetland. | 11yrs

The author of To Kill a Mockingbird worked for months planning a book on a complicated story of family murder and defence, according to the wife of an attorney involved. | 11yrs

The US litigation boutique is to open in the UK capital in the expectation of a boom in consumer suits against the banking sector. | 11yrs

The legal profession has barriers in place which are 'far too high' and which keep out people without money or knowledge of the sector, according to Lord Justice Vos. | 11yrs

International law firm Linklaters is giving clients the opportunity to sign legal documents electronically, directly from their smartphone, tablet or desktop. | 11yrs

Lawyers in New South Wales will now be able to make requests and seek preliminary orders such as adjournments and hearing dates online. | 11yrs

The firm's top of equity has earned £1.16m this year, as top-tier income jumped 43 per cent. | 11yrs

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

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