With law firms now required to appoint a compliance officer, research finds that the role is being off-loaded to the managing partner, throwing up potential risks. | 12yrs
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The German law firm has replaced its team with two partners from banking and corporate. | 12yrs
All lawyers are under an obligation to safeguard the interests of clients when law firms dissolve, according to a new opinion from the ethics committee of the California Bar. | 12yrs
Over a quarter of lawyers believe they are at their most creative either in the shower or while commuting into work, according to a survey. | 12yrs
The leading 250 US law firms have been reducing their emphasis on associates for 25 years, according to an analysis by Lawyer Metrics. | 12yrs
A study of over 3,000 law firms has shown that women are billed out at lower rates and that firms have created activities which tend to be 'male', with far fewer being 'female'. | 12yrs
Despite hysteria from the British Government, the prospect of Scottish independence is not high on the agenda for global corporates. | 12yrs
The number of practising and non-practising lawyers has dropped in England and Wales, for the first time in over 20 years, according to the Law Society. | 12yrs
The 1,000-lawyer practice has set up a drone practice group which is representing a photographer who took pictures using a drone in its first matter. | 12yrs
A team of three partners is joining Dinsmore & Shohl's new Chicago office, led by corporate specialist Robert Lucas who will take on the running of the base. | 12yrs
Law firms and other professionals submitted bills of US$36m in Q4 of 2013 in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy as courtroom and other battles intensified. | 12yrs
The calculation of revenues and rankings for Norton Rose Fulbright, Dentons and other Swiss-based verein structures has introduced controversy to the latest Am Law top 100 listings. | 12yrs
Patton Boggs has bowed out of trying to enforce a US$9.5b suit against Chevron on behalf of Ecuadorian villagers and is to pay the oil giant US$15m as a settlement. | 12yrs
Bankruptcy trustees from a number of defunct law firms are arguing over who gets the proceeds of work which has been passed on to other firms. | 12yrs
Foreign companies need to take steps to counter increased risks in China as Chinese lawyers wake up to the rewards of whistleblowing in the US. | 12yrs
The bankruptcy trustee of US law firm Howrey has extracted more cash from former partners, around 16 per cent of their earnings in the year up to the dissolution of the firm. | 12yrs
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Business skills are top of the agenda for female lawyers who want to complement their legal skills, according to a group of female general counsel. | 12yrs
A UK marketing company, mmadigital, is setting up a service called the Free Legal Advice Centre to promote the use of video guides for consumers of legal services. | 12yrs
Pinsent Masons is launching a training contract located in Dubai, Doha and London for four trainees this September. | 12yrs