Latest legal news

Open Legal Services has become the first not-for-profit law firm in Utah, benefitting from tax reliefs for such businesses and offering sliding scale fees to clients. | 12yrs

The global accountancy firm has launched its next move in the battle for domination of the legal market with the hire of two ex-KWM partners. | 12yrs

Law firms are very poor at project management, according to research conducted for the Future of Law Summit. | 12yrs

Lawyers in Toronto are raising questions about a judicial system which lets judges decide on guilt but does not act on trends suggesting that some convict too often. | 12yrs

Dentons has snapped up three Jones Day partners to create a global space business team. | 12yrs

The number of lawyers practising in Singapore has leapt up 25 per cent to 4,400 in the last four years, according to Law Minister K. Shanmugam. | 12yrs

Allen & Overy is top of both the global bank and issuer listings in the Thomson Reuters rankings, having advised on 342 transactions in the first half of 2014. | 12yrs

The 109-partner law firm Withers has opened an office in San Francisco, based on demand for its wealth advice practice. | 12yrs

Next month's Future of Law Summit will look at how law firms and legal departments can optimise a changing commercial landscape. | 12yrs

US-China boutique firm Harris & Moure has seen counterfeit actions by US firms double against Chinese entities over the last year. | 12yrs

A former office manager of a leading Maryland firm used several ways to overpay herself for years and has now pleaded guilty to theft. | 12yrs

Singapore's WongPartnership has joined forces with Makes & Partners. | 12yrs

A report from the Canada Bar Association is proposing that non-lawyers be allowed to own law firms, a move that would require legislation and the approval of provincial bar associations. | 12yrs

Lawyers are being urged to choose a new Law Society president after the incumbent lost a no confidence vote. | 12yrs

Barclays Bank is turning to its usual criminal defence lawyers in the US, Sullivan & Cromwell, over the 'dark pool' allegations but its bill is still estimated at £1.2b. | 12yrs

Two lawyers in a hacking case have been asked questions over a possible conflict of interest. | 12yrs

Growing data volumes are making it difficult for companies to identify where information is stored leading to increased legal costs. | 12yrs

The US Chief Justice John Roberts has asked the USA's lawyers to 'rise above particular partisan debates' and help the population maintain faith in the legal system. | 12yrs

The Columbia law school professor says that independence would be bad for business. | 12yrs