As BNP Paribas faces an $8.9bn fine over dealings with countries that were the subject of US sanctions, research shows a lack of understanding of misconduct in the workplace. | 12yrs
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The General Motors internal investigation of ignition switch calls, which saw three lawyers losing their jobs, is a cautionary tale for inhouse legal departments, according to an ex-corporate counsel. | 12yrs
The Indonesian subsidiary of US mining company Newmont is seeking an international arbitration against the Indonesian government even though lawyers say the challenge could backfire. | 12yrs
According to research by Slate, now is the best time to go to law school. | 12yrs
Five of eight new 'preferred' advisory places on a short list have gone to US firms and the UK-based bank has also reviewed its long list of 'approved' legal firms and cut that number by 30 per cent. | 12yrs
Harbottle & Lewis, the law firm acting for convicted entertainer Rolf Harris, has been criticised by the British media for trying to keep his arrest out of the papers. | 12yrs
Thomas Libous, the New York state senator, has been indicted on charges that he made false statements to the FBI about arrangements he made to get a job for his son at a law firm. | 12yrs
After Clifford Chance posted a revenue rise of 7 per cent, Allen & Overy has come in at just two per cent for 2013/14. | 12yrs
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has lost its managing partner Colleen Tracy. | 12yrs
A surplus of lawyers in England and Wales is affecting employment for recently graduated law students. | 12yrs
Massive compensation bills in the banking and oil sector are now looking likely to be followed up by a multi-billion bill for General Motors which is now attempting to resolve its ignition switch problems. | 12yrs
Arnold & Porter has come top of the American Lawyer's first international pro bono ranking while Jenner & Block leads the domestic US table. | 12yrs
Lawyers and others who seek to act as arbitrators in the US financial sector could see their chances of being appointed severely cut back under proposals being examined by the SEC. | 12yrs
BNP's former head of compliance, Vivien Levy-Garboua, and its head of ethics and compliance for North America, Stephen Strombeline, are among 13 executives leaving the bank. | 12yrs
Revenue has risen at the 3,000-lawyer firm to £1.36b, with profit-per-equity-partner reaching £1.14m. | 12yrs
The Kansas Bar has ruled that there is no duty to report mental decline if no ethics violation has taken place. | 12yrs
BP is seeking repayments of compensation from 'a vast number' of organisations that have received money in relation to damage they suffered by the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in 2010. | 12yrs
The majority of in-house lawyers at large multinationals are experimenting with new ways of buying legal services, and nearly two-thirds have used contract lawyers. | 12yrs
Al Tamimi, based in the United Arab Emirates, has opened up in Bahrain, giving it a presences in all six Gulf Cooperation Council states and in eight countries in the Middle East. | 12yrs
Employees in the Canadian Justice Department were over seven times more likely to fall for scam emails than average members of the public, according to government research. | 12yrs