Latest legal news

Banks which have sent out letters to customers pretending that they were from made-up law firms have been asked to provide more data on the practice to a parliamentary committee. | 12yrs

Big Five South African legal practice Bowman Gilfillan is boosting its transport practice by merging in the three-partner shipping firm Velden Pike Nichols. | 12yrs

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

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

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