Latest legal news

The 52-office, Atlanta-based firm Morris Hardwick Schneider has sued Nathan Hardwick IV for allegedly embezzling US$30m. | 12yrs

A 63-year old lawyer who applied for bankruptcy this month has been arrested after 25 people claimed that deposits they had put down on property had disappeared. | 12yrs

Fines imposed on banks are growing so fast that legal risk is starting to be a bigger threat to banks than credit risk, according to researchers and experts. | 12yrs

Auckland-based law firm Simpson Grierson has become the first New Zealand law firm to be given a Rainbow Tick certificate for sexual and gender diversity. | 12yrs

Stephenson Harwood has become the latest UK firm to overhaul its administration and outsource some of its document production. | 12yrs

The ongoing row between Hewlett-Packard and Autonomy has taken another turn. | 12yrs

Legal services in the UK is expected to grow to nearly pre-recession levels as the UK business sector improves. | 12yrs

Clayton Utz has been awarded the biggest slice of work from Australia's Ministry of Defence. | 12yrs

Baker & McKenzie has become the first US law firm to turn to Belfast as a base for its legal services, planning to be up and running next month. | 12yrs

Phil Sanderson, lawyer to Jimmy Choo and Phoenix Equity, is jumping ship from Travers Smith to Ropes & Gray. | 12yrs

The 170-lawyer, 19-office US practice Becker & Poliakoff has taken 'immediate and severe' action as a result of an email sent to all personnel by one lawyer. | 12yrs

The 600-person, international IP practice Rouse has appointed two specialist patent litigators to boost their office in Thailand. | 12yrs

The 11-partner Fox Tucker Lawyers practice is merging in the smaller, five-partner Donaldson Walsh Lawyers as firms in the area feel the pinch in a shrinking market. | 12yrs

Clyde & Co is understood to be in the process of making lateral hires of three senior aviation specialists to beef up its airlines and insurance presence. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs

General counsel are enjoying their new enhanced roles but would like more business skills, research conducted for The Future of Law Summit reveals. | 12yrs

Local law school professors and other lawyers have offered 'legal and other assistance', as part of a move towards greater trust and collaboration in the troubled US town of Ferguson. | 12yrs

US companies are more interested in getting general counsel on boards than their UK counterparts. | 12yrs

The New York Racing Association has found itself emboiled in an 'exotic' bet scenario which has seen the CEO and general counsel depart. | 12yrs