Latest legal news

Eleven international judges have been appointed to the new Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) which was formally launched today. | 11yrs

Private equity managers, frustrated by having to hold large cash balances in case investors want to bail out, are becoming far more interested in raising 'permanent capital', a means of receiving investment money 'in perpetuity'. | 11yrs

UK lawyers are gearing up for a busy time next week even though more couples are expected to represent themselves or use online systems. | 11yrs

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has announced new rules aimed at making lawyers more accountable when they invest client funds. | 11yrs

Allen & Overy, Dentons and other UK law firms are dominating the sukuk issuance sector, along with British banks, even though Malaysia remains the geographical capital. | 11yrs

Changes to the Vietnamese investment laws which are due to take effect in July are likely to be promote foreign investment activity, according to Allen & Overy. | 11yrs

Companies being listed in the US have been slow to adopt provisions in the Jobs Act 2012 which could have made the process significantly easier, according to a report from Paul Hastings. | 11yrs

Companies are being warned that they are putting themselves at risk of violating data protection laws by accumulating data just because it could be useful to analyse. | 11yrs

Other multinationals will be following the experience of Qualcomm with concern as experts predict that other regulators will start investigating its patents, now that the Chinese authorities are finishing their probe. | 11yrs

The outgoing chair of the UK's Bar Standards Board has expressed concern that potential recruits to the law will be so put off from joining by recent Legal Aid cuts that their absence will be felt in the legal infrastructure for several decades. | 11yrs

Over 90% of people who have used a Scottish solicitor in the last five years say that he or she was trustworthy - and 70% say that their solicitor was very trustworthy. | 11yrs

Men who sound extremely macho are less likely to win in the US Supreme Court than those who use gentler tones, according to scientific research. | 11yrs

The Supreme People's Court of China has announced a new regime in which private businesses will have clearer rights and courts will make distinctions between crime and administrative error. | 11yrs

A system for monitoring legal bills in real time is bringing in savings to clients that average 12% and helping external lawyers recover 10% more of their costs. | 11yrs

New Haven in Connecticut has paid $109,000 to two lawyers who ued to work for the city corporation and who claim to have been sacked for trying to set up a trade union for lawyers. | 11yrs

Slater & Gordon Limited and Shine Corporate have both seen growth of more than 30% during 2014. | 11yrs

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

Zhong Lun has signed up to to L& Global Employers' Counsel Worldwide, an alliance of employment law specialist firms. | 11yrs

Another legal action - this time from the city of Providence, Rhode Island - has been launched against the Brazilian oil corporate whose star has fallen amidst a mass of accusations and law suits. | 11yrs