Squire Sanders has delayed a vote on the proposed merger with Patton Boggs after a motion was filed which argued that Patton Boggs should not be allowed to withdraw from the Chevron litigation. | 12yrs
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The 40-year old Society for Computer in Law (SCL) is opening in Dublin on 28 May. | 12yrs
The Legal Daily newspaper in China has said that GlaxoSmithKline failed to pay over US$16m in duties and taxes in relation to its HIV medicines between 2005 and 2008. | 12yrs
White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is to rejoin Latham & Watkins as a partner in the litigation department and member of the white collar crime team. | 12yrs
The Court of Appeal in London has unblocked the progress of a white collar fraud trial in a case which could give the green light to several similar cases. | 12yrs
Herbert Smith Freehills is lifting the pay freezes in Australia which came into force after the firm blocked pay reviews in 2013. | 12yrs
BP is appealing a decision by the US Fifth Circuit appeals court in New Orleans in the hope of stopping its bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil leak go up by billions. | 12yrs
Only 13 per cent of small businesses believe that lawyers 'provide a cost effective means to resolve legal issues', according to a study of 9,703 such businesses in England and Wales. | 12yrs
Credit Suisse this week became the largest bank since 1999 to plead guilty to a US criminal charge when it agreed to pay US$2.6b in penalties over tax evasion - despite last minute negotiations by its general counsel. | 12yrs
BP has received another court decision against it over the Deepwater Blue 2010 oil spill, seriously limiting its chances of keeping compensation costs below US$7.8b. | 12yrs
A landmark decision has given partners in LLPs whistleblowing protection. | 12yrs
The first woman to hold a general counsel title at a Fortune 500 company has told other general counsel that the they must attend C-suite strategy meetings and ask questions if they are to get ahead. | 12yrs
The legal department at General Motors is coming under increasing focus in the vehicle safety scandal which has been linked to 13 deaths and for which the company agreed last week to pay a US$35m fine. | 12yrs
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A divorce award thought to be the biggest in the world has been handed out in Switzerland, suggesting that the country has taken over from the UK as the forum seen as the most generous. | 12yrs
Partners in Patton Boggs are believed to have voted yesterday, Tuesday, 20 May, on a merger deal with Squire Sanders, with sources saying a positive result is widely expected. | 12yrs
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell has given law graduates a list of four golden rules to follow, one of which he learned from his deceased boss Steve Jobs. | 12yrs
Associates hired from other firms are 50 per cent more likely to leave for performance reasons than their home-grown colleagues. | 12yrs
Gide partner Arnaud Michel has been appointed President of LES International (Licensing Executives Society) at its international delegates assembly, held in Moscow. | 12yrs
Promising to provide anonymous collaboration, the website claims to be the first private lawyer network. | 12yrs