Following controversy over the relationships between legislators who have earnt millions from law firms without clocking up hours for clients, the state is being asked 'to close the no-show job loophole'. | 11yrs
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The Canadian Anti-Terrrorism Act, now passing through parliament, could mean that law firms which do not encrypt data will imperil the confidentiality of clients - as the security forces will find it easier to get warrants that breach privacy. | 11yrs
The latest financial survey of Scottish law firms has shown a profession struggling in certain areas to reach the earnings levels of previous years. | 11yrs
Shardul Shroff - the older of the two brothers who have now split India's leading firm, Amarchand & Mangaldas, between them - has begun recruiting in Mumbai in order to build up an office that will compete with that of his brother in the city. | 11yrs
The controversial practice area of challenging the methods and decisions of state attorney generals is spreading to new firms as Cozen recruits ten specialist professionals - including the 8 lawyers - from Dickstein Shapiro. | 11yrs
The traditional big payers in the US market - the Wall St firms - are starting to be left behind by Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and other practices which will pay vastly more to lawyers they identify as rising stars. | 11yrs
Confidential conversations between former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyer can be listened to by corruption investigators, according to the Paris court of appeal. | 11yrs
GCs are increasingly powerful in companies with many making it to the top, according to The GC Excellence survey. | 11yrs
The top three firms - Uria Menendez, Cuartrecasas and Garrigues - have all posted revenue rises for their 2014 results - figures that have been boosted by renewed foreign investor interest in the country. | 11yrs
In-house lawyers 'feel overwhelmed' and struggle to find the 'most relevant, valuable' part of the online information they feel, according to a report. | 11yrs
London - the city which boasts more billionaires per capita - could lose some of its attractions to the extremely wealthy if the Conservatives are ousted from power, according to immigration lawyers and other wealth specialists in the UK. | 11yrs
DLA Piper is offering discounts of between 35 and 50 per cent to start-ups through a programme called NEST which it started in Texas, has expanded to Arizona and intends to unveil in California. | 11yrs
James Rishwain has been elected chair for a fourth term in which he plans to build up the New York office - but he will retire in late 2016 and will hope to recapture some lost momentum at the firm before that date. | 11yrs
Kennedys has set up Kennedys CIS Advocates in Russia in association with a small local team and the intention to focus initially on high value insurance disputes. | 11yrs
Lawyers will be able to practise in a number of states after the changes. | 11yrs
Chinese companies are using tactics to avoid the US courts, according to a US federal agency report. | 11yrs
The consulting firm has appointed Julie Spellman Sweet to replace Stephen Rohleder who is retiring. | 11yrs
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Interviewed five years after the birth of Hogan Lovells, CEO Steve Immelt has given a wide-ranging interview in which he seems confident that firms such as his own will not be threatened by the growing role of artificial intelligence. | 11yrs
The former head of the Barclays legal team in the Middle East is moving to Hong Kong to take up a partnership post with Eversheds in the financial services disputes and investigations team. | 11yrs