As in-house counsel teams across Australasia are growing due to a market that is more focused on risk and liability, the type of work law firms see is changing. | 12yrs
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The French firm has appointed its eighth partner, who is Linklaters M&A partner Marc Loy. | 12yrs
John Michael Farren, a White House lawyer during both Bush administrations, has been convicted of the attempted murder of his ex-wife, a former Skadden Arps lawyer, in 2010. | 12yrs
A Canadian lawyer is on his third hike around Mount Kilmanjaro in an endeavour to raise money for an African charity. | 12yrs
Law firms with turnover of US$10m or above may be forced to pay tax on income due to them, even if it has not been received, under two tax bills which the ABA is opposing. | 12yrs
The law firm has expanded to Brisbane to increase their Australian coverage. | 12yrs
The Financial Times has raised various questions about the way Quindell - which it calls 'in very large part a listed law firm' has reported its results. | 12yrs
A debt collection law firm which works on behalf of JP Morgan and Bank of America has been sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. | 12yrs
Patrick Zheng, head of litigation and arbitration for Clifford Chance in China, is leaving to join Clyde & Co as managing partner of the Beijing office. | 12yrs
The legal market is rebounding so strongly that demand is growing for top lawyers and their teams in Scotland. | 12yrs
A Texas firm has begun a lawsuit against a former client which, according to the firm, made 'disparaging and blatantly false statements' about his relationship with the firm. | 12yrs
Relations between the Chinese nascent legal profession and state enforcement agencies are rising as access is denied to the lawyers to visit clients in some political cases, according to Radio Free Asia. | 12yrs
Social media issues are having an impact on divorce cases with prenuptial agreements now featuring 'lifestyle clauses.' | 12yrs
US associates have voted on the top US law firms to work for with Wachtell Lipton getting top marks for pay and Paul Hastings overall best. | 12yrs
David Gerger, co-founder of litigation boutique practice Gerger & Clarke, is to become managing partner in the new Houston office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. | 12yrs
As the value of all mid-market deals in the world went up 17per cent US£399b, Jones Day took the number one slot, followed by DLA Piper (in terms of number of deals) and Latham & Watkins (by volume). | 12yrs
A combination of too many lawyers, greater information on law firms and more alternative legal services has made life much more difficult for BigLaw. | 12yrs
Dickstein Shapiro has lost part of its Washington team to Greenberg Traurig which is looking to strengthen its public policy and law group. | 12yrs
As consolidation sweeps the Scottish legal market, leading practice Maclay Murray & Spens is also considering a combination. | 12yrs
Associates at New York-based Cahill Gordon will be getting summer bonuses of between US$5,000 and US$15,000 depending on seniority. | 12yrs