Malaysia Airlines, whose flight 370 disappeared in March, is involved in a dispute with families of the missing passengers and staff as to whether it 'abandoned' some families to foreign law firms. | 12yrs
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The architect firm Gensler has unveiled its design for the law firm of the future - and it includes more open space and individual offices which do not get bigger as the occupants become more senior. | 12yrs
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills and Slaughter and May have been voted the top three London law firm brands by senior general counsel in 334 UK organisations. | 12yrs
Lawyers in the White House are said to be taking their time in sifting through correspondence related to the 2003 Iraq invasion even though they have been asked to deliver them to the UK's inquiry on the conflict. | 12yrs
Following the end of the smartphone wars between Apple and Google, experts are wondering whether the Apple-Samsung battles might also come to an end. | 12yrs
The rich are going to be heavily impacted by ongonig regulatory change, says Globalaw in an analysis of trends in the next 20 years. | 12yrs
Cyril Shroff, managing partner of India's largest law firm Armarchand & Mangaldas, is predicting that foreign law firms will be able to practice in the country by the end of this decade. | 12yrs
Despite most lawyers feeling legal services must re-engineer, a growing number see opportunities. | 12yrs
A Kirkland & Ellis partner has found himself in the midst of a global storm after lashing out on the subject of unnecessary emails from his colleagues. However, the market backs him, a poll has found. | 12yrs
Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders could find themselves ready to merge within a matter of days, according to sources familiar with the proceedings. | 12yrs
Taylor Wessing will have access to 120 lawyers across South Korea through an association with local practice DR & AJU. | 12yrs
Baker Botts has had a close call after a Texan jury ruled in favour of a former client over a conflict of interest. | 12yrs
Tax, corporate and property work has all been on the increase in the top 150 US law firms in 2014 Q1, according to the Thomson Reuter Peer Monitor. | 12yrs
Boston-based Fish & Richardson leads the activity rankings on patent litigation in the US, followed by Farney Daniels and DLA Piper. | 12yrs
Anthropologist David Graeber is dividing jobs between those involving making things and a second group of 'bullshit jobs', and has classified corporate legal roles firmly in the latter sector. | 12yrs
The legal departments in corporates will be the biggest drivers for change in the legal market over the next ten years, according to managing partners in 304 US law firms. | 12yrs
Marc Harvey, managing partner of Linklaters in Asia, has said that a financial tie-up with alliance partner Allens Arthur Robinson is 'an option in the future'. | 12yrs
The latest Law Firm Watch survey from Citi Private Bank shows productivity rising at 1.1 per cent and demand rising at one per cent in the 177 legal practices included in the research. | 12yrs
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association has called for improvement across the board. | 12yrs
Lawyers in England and Wales have been warned against a potential scam email which purports to come from SolicitorsFromHell.net. | 12yrs