Latest legal news

A recent decision to charge an NHS trust with corporate manslaughter has set an important legal precedent, according to a Leeds law firm. | 11yrs

The 39-year old lawyer from New Jersey in the US is now receiving treatment for gambling addiction and has just admitted that he took the money from a home healthcare business he used to work for. | 11yrs

Shanghai-based AllBright Law Offices, a firm of over 1,000 lawyers, is entering into a ten-lawyer joint venture alliance with Hong Kong-based Stevenson Wong & Co in the co-operation zone which was set up to test yuan liberalisation. | 11yrs

Lawyers are among the most pro-active business professionals going into Cuba following the end of the US embargo - and 37 lawyers from the Florida Bar Association are on their way to the island today. | 11yrs

Companies believe their general counsel could improve their know-how when it comes to cybersecurity issues. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs

King & Wood Mallesons has announced that three partners will lead its new Singapore office for which it was given a foreign law practice licence in February. | 11yrs

A paralegal's ability to read a Mali marriage licence written in French and found in a fatal crash scene in Indiana has led to the overturning of a US$4.25 award to the victim's heirs. | 11yrs

The acquisition of Jazztel by Orange has been approved by the EU, bringing together two of Spain's top fixed telecommunications services providers. | 11yrs

The 700-lawyer litigation-only firm Quinn Emanuel expects to open its second China office with a team of between three and five people, once regulatory clearance comes through. | 11yrs

The 2014 Hogan Lovell merger with a local law practice has stirred up the market in Mexico City to the extent that many rivals in the area are also opening the doors to discussions with international and global prospective partners. | 11yrs

New York bank regulator Benjamin Lawsky will step down and start his own legal and consulting firm, advising clients on cybersecurity, technology and virtual currency. | 11yrs

The Luxury Law Summit 2016 will be held on 16th and 17th May next year. | 11yrs

The combination of Shakespeares and SGH Martineau will take place on 15 June. | 11yrs

The Austrian law firm won two appeals supporting the sale of Austrian Airlines to Lufthansa. | 11yrs

The new group, GC100 - which includes half the top lawyers from the Australian Stock Exchange 100 - intends to lobby on a range of areas from data protection to corporate governance and practice management. | 11yrs

Paul Devitt, who stood down a year ago as managing partner of Addleshaw Goddard, is joining the Big Four firm's legal practice, where he will work alongside another ex-Addleshaws collegue, Philip Goodstone, who is now head of the EY legal team. | 11yrs

A leading barrister, Charles Bear QC, has raised more questions about the Bank of England's record on internal investigations - undermining the bank's credibility on the Forex and other international scandals. | 11yrs

Signs have emerged - in the energy hub of Perth - that straitened energy businesses have started to lay off lawyers and to rely on finance officers and others to liaise with external counsel over lawsuits and other matters. | 11yrs