Latest legal news

President Barak Obama's appointment of a lawyer, Washington DC-based Ron Klain - rather than a medic has provoked controversy in the US. | 11yrs

The value of African private equity deals reached its highest level since the global financial crisis in the first half of this year, according to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. | 11yrs

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

Employers can do a lot to avoid injunctions in cases where a new recruit arrives and misuses information from a previous employer. | 11yrs

Michael Millikin, the 66-year old lawyer who is general counsel at General Motors, is to retire in early 2015 after 38 years at the company. | 11yrs

The number one irritation for in-house lawyers is when they see a tendency to over-staff projects by their external advisers. | 11yrs

The EU's banking watchdog has urged the Bulgarian authorities to give bank customers access to their deposits after access was stopped four months ago to customers of Corporate Commercial Bank. | 11yrs

KPMG has just been given an ABS (Alternative Business Structure) license but claims that it will use it to run a multi-disciplinary practice, rather than setting one up for a separate legal arm. | 11yrs

DAS, the UK-based legal expenses insurer, has suspended CEO Paul Asplin while an investigation is carried out into his relationship with a supplier. | 11yrs

Steven Browne, managing partner at Bingham McCutchen has given an interview to the Boston Globe where he admits the difficulties the firm has gone through. | 11yrs

Benjamim Lawsky, the top financial watchdog in New York state, is asking banks about the cyber security of their suppliers, including law firms. | 11yrs

Lawyers are being asked a wide range of questions on the ebola virus, ranging from employment to privacy to avoiding litigation which could come from treating patients. | 11yrs

Three Dickstein Shapiro IP lawyers have left the six-office US firm to join Manatt Phelps & Phillips in California. | 11yrs

French firm Gide and Spanish practice Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira are combining their Moroccan legal teams while Orrick is launching an affiliate office in the Cote d'Ivoire. | 11yrs

Chinese campaigners for legal reform are expecting little in the way of immediate results from this weeks's Communist party meeting which will focus on the theme of 'governing the country according to law'. | 11yrs

Globalaw, the network of 110 independent law firms, has held its first annual 'managing partner forum' for American members. | 11yrs

The number of reported defamation cases rose from 70 to 86 over the last year, pushed up by a substantial growth in those relating to social media. | 11yrs

DLA Piper has been sued by Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg in relation to the firm's representation of Paul Ceglia in a case against the social media giant in 2010. | 11yrs

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has won over 21 junior lawyers from Bingham McCutchen and taken on Bingham's City centre lease. | 11yrs