Mayer Brown has bowed out with a red face from bringing a law suit alleging that women forced to act as sex slaves to Japanese soldiers in World War Two were prostitutes. | 12yrs
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The number of scams perpetrated on foreign investors in China 'will increase and continue to get more sophisticated', according to Dan Harrris of Harris Moure. | 12yrs
Two Indian law firms, J Sagar Associates and Vichar Partners, are merging in Chennai, formerly known as Madras, in order to specialise on Japanese clients and other aspects of corporate work. | 12yrs
The publication of rules governing arbitration cases in the free trade zone which is being piloted in Shanghai is expected to boost the attractiveness of the area to foreign investors. | 12yrs
Irwin Mitchell plans to launch a new office in Cambridge this summer. | 12yrs
The Mexican Senate is in the process of discussing a telecoms law that allows the government to make ISPs 'block access to certain content, applications or services.' | 12yrs
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is backing a company which offers industry-specific standards to deal with record retention. | 12yrs
Two years after Allen & Overy began working in Myanmar when sanctions were lifted, the firm has opened an office in the capital Yangon. | 12yrs
Australian law firms are coming within reach of the top mainstream businesses in their use of social media, according to the latest BRR Media report 'Sociability in the Top 100'. | 12yrs
The big money is going after legal technology companies which compete with law firms as law firms are increasingly seen as out-dated. | 12yrs
An annual report says that law students made up only 9 per cent of Dubai's graduates last year, and there is a high demand for more. | 12yrs
A new law regarding public notaries and other related changes are heralding a change in pace in the Dubai courts, according to the director of the Dubai Courts Department (DCD). | 12yrs
An Ontario lawyer stole nearly Can$5m during the six and a half years that it took the Law Society of Upper Canada to investigate his case, according to CBC News. | 12yrs
Chicago-based Winston & Strawn has cut 30 admin positions from its US offices. | 12yrs
New Zealand lawyers have been warned by their Law Society to be wary of giving personal information to someone posing as a recruitment agent. | 12yrs
The Texas tycoon Samuel Wyly has accused his former lawyer of doing a 'deal with the devil' when he decided to give evidence against him to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). | 12yrs
London based law firm, HowardKennedyFsi (HKFSI), has today completed its merger with boutique law firm, CKFT. | 12yrs
Leadership dynamics is one of the key themes at the Future of Law Summit which will be held in London on 30 September. | 12yrs
Verbal contracts have their place in English law, says Raymond Sweigart of Pillsbury. | 12yrs
Online trolls in Sweden are being stalked by a team of lawyers. | 12yrs