Justice Secretary Chris Grayling is under pressure to do something about the 3500 prisoners who have been held for months and even years over their term because of a lack of rehabilitation resources. | 12yrs
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Dan Fitz, general counsel at telephony giant BT, is warning that there is 'no reason why you need a law firm' to carry out many of the traditional legal tasks. | 12yrs
JP Morgan and German transport organisation BVG have settled their legal dispute, with the side effect that Clifford Chance no longer faces a related negligence claim. | 12yrs
Clayton Utz is cutting its link with Haley & Co in Hong Kong and focusing more of its resources on its domestic market in Australia. | 12yrs
The Munich prosecutors' office has searched the German offices of law firms Hengeler Mueller and Gleiss Lutz as part of an investigation over a lawsuit. | 12yrs
Activist hedge funds as they stand aren't helping the economy or the company, said Judge Leo Strike in a recent issue of the Columbia Law Review. | 12yrs
The Committee to Study Community Legal Services Initiatives (CLSI Committee) recommended mandatory reporting of pro bono hours. | 12yrs
Last week, the Indian High Court upheld the Bar Council of India's (BCI) decision not to enrol hundreds of lawyers as advocates. | 12yrs
Law firms could soon be offering their services alongside chemists and other departments in 'big box' stores - known as superstores - according to law professor Paul Paton. | 12yrs
Philip Linacre, a 61 year old lawyer, has pleaded guilty in a Melbourne court to 21 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception in relation to funds worth Aus$12m. | 12yrs
Big business is being warned of 'the potential threat' of not being able to satisfy discovery requirements because they have so many Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts. | 12yrs
LexisNexis has been granted an ABS (alternative business structure) licence through which it will run a compliance service that will include advisory services as well as content and technology. | 12yrs
The 700-lawyer Chinese firm Zhong Lun believes that it moves 'firmly' into the China top three after taking on a team of 22 partners and 140 staff in Beijing. | 12yrs
Minter Ellison has announced today that Tony Harrington will be its new chief executive. | 12yrs
The Law Society, representing English and Welsh solicitors, has drafted guidelines for how to deal with UK wills that incorporate Sharia law. | 12yrs
Rwandan lawyers must carry out their duties honestly and competently if they are to attract overseas cases, says the Minster of Justice. | 12yrs
The UK-educated lawyer who is acting as Malaysia's lead spokesman over the missing 777 plane has expressed frustration over criticism from other countries. | 12yrs
A lawsuit which could have united 'hundreds of millions of internet users' has been blocked by a district judge in California, according to The Daily Herald. | 12yrs
Far fewer lawyers look set to be involved in family cases in New Zealand when a new system comes into place on 31 March. | 12yrs
Simpson Thacher, Skadden Arps, Weil Gotshal and Latham & Watkins have taken the top four places in the Q1 2014 Thomson Reuters rankings for European M&A. | 12yrs