Slater & Gordon is introducing a share scheme in Australia and the UK through which it will match the investment of each employee up to A$500 or £375 with a contribution of its own. | 12yrs
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Deal makers may be ignoring the risk that cyber issues represent to M&A transactions, according to research and analysis carried out by Freshfields. | 12yrs
M&A specialist Pascal Squercioni and colleague Antoine Gabizon, a tax lawyer, are leaving UGGC to join the Paris Freshfields office. | 12yrs
Law school graduates are finding work easier in larger law firms compared to the past couple of years | 12yrs
New Zealand Law Society President Chris Moore thinks it's time to reconsider how journalists cover justice matters. | 12yrs
The Attorney General of the state of Mississippi has issued a warning about scams being carried out by falsely using the name of a local law firm, an issue also being faced in the UK. | 12yrs
BlackBerry is claiming that 74 per cent of the top 31 UK law firms have either begun using or are considering its BES 10 product which enables users to separate their work and personal use on the phones. | 12yrs
Shearman & Sterling has lost a litigation mandate after Robert Tchenguiz traded the US firm for Stephenson Harwood in a £300m case. | 12yrs
Private law firms are becoming more involved in working out the space law issues which used to be settled by foreign ministries and diplomats, according to Del Smith of Jones Day. | 12yrs
Law firms are expecting to increase the numbers of senior lawyers in their ranks, according to a survey. | 12yrs
Morrison & Foerster has appointed a managing partner for its offices in Europe, some nine months after opening in Berlin. | 12yrs
The three brothers who ran collapsed law firm Marrache & Co have been sentenced for their part in a scam which saw clients losing £40 million. | 12yrs
The Specialized Criminal Court in Jiddah has sentenced Waleed Abul-Khair to 15 years in jail for 'undermining the regime and officials' and 'inciting public opinion'. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up on moves across the globe. | 12yrs
A global survey showed that the majority of those in Asia Pacific think reputational damage will be the most important issue over the next two years. | 12yrs
Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, has said that the secretive US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court does not use an 'approach inclined to promote justice'. | 12yrs
Profits have risen by an average of six per cent in the Magic Circle law firms in 2013/14, increasing the gap between them and the next tier of law firms. | 12yrs
Two organisations representing lawyers have spent record amounts lobbying against proposals in New York state which could reduce awards in civil cases. | 12yrs
A leading Australian practice, RMB Lawyers, is switching to offer fixed fees across all its services. | 12yrs
Weil Gotshal & Manges leads the Bloomberg H1 private equity tables for this year, followed by Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. | 12yrs