Latest legal news

Big business has better access to the Supreme Court than consumers with around 12 top US law firms dominating the field. | 11yrs

Leading corporate lawyer Olivier Diaz is leaving Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier to join Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. | 11yrs

Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth is the first firm in the region to launch a legal resourcing business but others are likely to follow. | 11yrs

The lawyers are calling for the abolition of the soon to be enacted law which would dramatically expand the definition of state secrets. | 11yrs

The Big Four firm will examine the company's accounting policies and figures for 2015. | 11yrs

The Middle Eastern firm, which is one of the oldest in the region, is aggressively expanding its base. | 11yrs

Several Republican Attorney Generals, with assistance from corporates and law firms, have collaborated together 'like a large national law firm' to push back on measures proposed by President Barack Obama, according to the New York Times. | 11yrs

Consumers will be offered a more restricted choice of asset managers in future because the 'vast and growing' legal and compliance costs are restricting growth in the sector, according to the New City Initiative think tank. | 11yrs

The Pinsent Masons annual survey of the construction sector in the Gulf Co-operation Council area shows that the number of disputes fell at 61% of respondent companies. | 11yrs

DLA Piper has taken top place in The Lawyer Top 50 ranking of litigation practices - despite shrinking the number of litigation lawyers from 1,850 to 1,610. | 11yrs

AyacheSalama is opening in the City of London with a team of four partners who will advise UK clients on investments into France. | 11yrs

While formal action has not yet begun, Withers has informed Clifford Chance that it is preparing a legal action against it by the Lemos shipping family. | 11yrs

Eversheds has set up its Eversheds Latin America Alliance, bringing together 19 firms in 13 counties, and another similar network in the Asia Pacific. | 11yrs

Australian firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has launched an 'new legal resourcing business' through which clients can use contract lawyers on a temporary basis. | 11yrs

Bob Dell, chair of Latham & Watkins for the last 20 years, is to stand down at the end of this month and take a break before deciding what to do next. | 11yrs

The number of High Court cases brought against UK law firms has risen from 143 to 418 during 2013/14 - probably reflecting a rush to meet the six-year time limit on losses incurred in the 2008 financial crisis. | 11yrs

Details of the Linklaters accounts, filed with Companies House, show that profits rose 7% in 2013/14 and that its top earner made £100,000 more than last year with an income of £2.4 this year. | 11yrs

Deliberations are to take place next week over the sentencing of a Texas Justice of the Peace who was convicted this week of the murder of the wife of the local District Attorney. | 11yrs

Lexis Nexis Pacific has announced a partnership with GlobalX which will help improve workflow processes and improve efficiency for its practice management clients in law firms. | 11yrs