Clifford Chance is expected to confirm the appointment of Guy Norman this week as global head of corporate after he came through unopposed. | 12yrs
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Experienced lawyers are leaving large firms to set up their own practices, rather than defecting to other big players, according to experts in the US. | 12yrs
Two top London private client law firms have announced they are in talks to create a £126 million firm. | 12yrs
US firm Bingham McCutchen has had its worst financial year in two decades with revenues dropping by $110 million. | 12yrs
Plaintiffs needing financial support and investors wanting to take a stake in promising litigation cases can now be put in touch with each other through a new website. | 12yrs
Nearly a third of law firms are using a version of Word which is seven years old or older, according to the ILTA Tech Survey. | 12yrs
A lawyer is suing Paramount Pictures for U$25m over The Wolf of Wall Street film in which he claims he was libellously portrayed. | 12yrs
Investors have reasons to show some confidence in the infrastructure of the African mining sector because some states are developing a similarity of approach, according to Baker & McKenzie. | 12yrs
By opening up in Rio de Janeiro, Norton Rose Fulbright will reach coverage of three offices in Latin America and 55 offices worldwide. | 12yrs
A new regulator has been set up to oversee British press standards. | 12yrs
An alleged insider trading episode, set to be investigated by the Brooklyn US attorney's office, seems to have been triggered by the comments of a Hunton & Williams lawyer over lunch. | 12yrs
A New York appeal court has rejected one argument underpinning a malpractice claim against Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft but let another one stand. | 12yrs
Accountancy giant is pushing into legal services in China through the acquisition of Chen & Co, founded in 1998 by Frank Chen. | 12yrs
Three partners are among the 20 lawyers and support staff who are being made redundant by Gadens. | 12yrs
Kent Walker, Google's GC, has published the full text of the company's draft settlement agreement on antitrust issues with the EU Competition Commissioner. | 12yrs
AmLaw 100 firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has added a team of three partners to specialise in white collar crime and investigations in its San Francisco office. | 12yrs
Heather Innes, a senior lawyer at General Motors, says that competition for GC posts is increasing as the role itself becomes broader and more complicated. | 12yrs
Juan Pablo Cappello, a senior shareholder in the Greenberg Traurig Latin America Practice is combining forces with three other lawyers to set up a Miami-based international boutique. | 12yrs
The Grand Bahama Port Authority has dismissed Tyrone Fitzgerald, its GC, after a Supreme Court judgment against him for 'misappropriating' £82,141. | 12yrs
The city of Jacksonville is moving to challenge the role of one of its former lawyers in a legal suit against the city. | 12yrs