Pressure is coming on the South Korean parliament to pass a bill which would increase the punishment handed out to civil servants who take bribes. | 11yrs
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Linklaters leads the UK100 listing of firms by revenue earnt from the UK last year, showing revenue of £564m - but US firms are making progress further down the table. | 11yrs
Partners in US practices Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer are preparing to vote on whether they should merge to create a 1,000-lawyer from January. | 11yrs
One of the senior Deutsche Bank regulatory lawyers who has been involved in negotiating over allegations of benchmark fixing appears to have committed suicide. | 11yrs
The three main challenges facing IP law firms are fixed fees, the pressure to attract new clients and growing profitability. | 11yrs
Blogging lawyers are being urged to overcome their uncertainty about Facebook by Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlog if they want to increase their readership. | 11yrs
The Robert Half Legal 2015 Salary Guide predicts the biggest increases for compliance officers of ten years standing (5.2%) and for ten-year qualifieds at small to midsize law firms (4.9%). | 11yrs
A group of 32 law firms which acted for UCLA amateur basketball player Ed O'Bannon is seeking US50m relating to the three-week hearing this summer. | 11yrs
An investigation by the US's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) into the Deloitte retirement age of 62 for partners could have implications for law firms. | 11yrs
The cloud-based practice manager solution LexisNexis Firm Manager is to be integrated into Microsoft Office 365. | 11yrs
Moves by the Chinese M&A watchdog to cut the time in half for approving deals is pushing down the legal costs for businesses. | 11yrs
Some experts have cautiously welcomed the announcement of reforms which will discourage local Communist party officials from trying to influence judges. | 11yrs
Legal practices are among the businesses being targeted by at least 13 advanced malware groups from China, according to a forensics expert. | 11yrs
Environmental lawyers are considering following the example of tobacco cases by using state courts to challenge polluters. | 11yrs
Some 35 countries have been represented at the 31st international conference of TAGLaw, the association of independent law firms. | 11yrs
A combination of lawyers using less office space per head and the effects on the legal sector of the downturn could be leading to a permanent change in the office sector, according to property broker Savills Studley. | 11yrs
The rapid growth in investigations in China into corporate misconduct has seen several US law firms increase their numbers there. | 11yrs
The governor of New York state has agreed to pay for bigger and better offices for public defenders, after agreeing to settle a class action law suit on the issue. | 11yrs
An accountancy regulatory body has given the green light to one of its members to carry out probate work, encouraging others to apply for the same authorisation. | 11yrs
The US political parties are preparing large teams of lawyers to be ready for recounts and other problems when the mid-term elections take place on 4 November. | 11yrs