US lawyers are to be allowed to quote any praise they receive by judges in their publicity material. | 12yrs
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Some 71 per cent of US law firms and legal teams do not have staff 'dedicated exclusively to information security', according to a new report. | 12yrs
Law firms in India are expecting a new source of property work after the Securities & Exchange Board of India approved a new structure known as REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). | 12yrs
Baker & McKenzie is planning to make a swift entry into the Shanghai free trade zone once permissions are in place through new regulations. | 12yrs
The firm has seen net profit after tax rise 47.2 per cent, allowing it to pay a dividend of five cents a share. | 12yrs
Two Mandarin-speaking partners specialising in corporate and securities law have moved from Paul Hastings to Pillsbury to open a Beijing office for their new firm. | 12yrs
Top 100 UK law firms with one or more non-executive directors have shown growth of one third higher over the last four years than those without. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs
Regulatory work is on the decline as corporate and commercial expands. | 12yrs
Some 109 law suits have been initiated, involving 983 plaintiffs, in relation to the lethal faulty ignition problem at General Motors and the recall of 2.6m Chevrolet Cobalts and other vehicles. | 12yrs
Leading 67-partner Australian firm Maddocks has lost Stan Kondillos, head of the Sydney office, as he moves to set up his own environment and planning practice. | 12yrs
London law firm Nabarro is to offer fixed fees for all litigation cases, made in monthly amounts - in a project managed by the partner leading the firm's research on the needs of general counsel. | 12yrs
The Irish government is considering introducing mandatory mediation as part of reforms which are seen as being badly needed in order to reduce the costs and delays of separation. | 12yrs
Global law firm Ashurst is on the look-out for an offshore provider to cover night work. | 12yrs
STA - Sunil Thacker Associates - is expanding its five-office network to work out of both Qatar and Bahrain as well. | 12yrs
The ABA has teamed up with the online document company to offer assistance to small businesses which cannot afford lawyers. | 12yrs
The 300-lawyer New York-based firm Lowenstein Sandler has recruited four insurance lawyers from Dickstein Shapiro to form the basis of a new office in the US capital. | 12yrs
The imprisonment of China-based investigator Peter Humphrey for two and a half years is sending the message to foreign lawyers that due diligence may need to be done differently. | 12yrs
Allen & Overy is rumoured to be setting up an office in Johannesburg. | 12yrs
Dechert is opening an office in Singapore, eight months after applying for a licence, taking the firm to 27 offices worldwide. | 12yrs