Businesses and individuals who want to use a barrister without going through a solicitor can now turn to mybarrister.co.uk, a site set up by barrister and former Shearman & Sterling partner Ronald DeKoven. | 12yrs
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Over 60 per cent of independent law firms have changed parts of their business strategy in the last year. | 12yrs
Dubai-based Senat Legal Consultancy FZ LLC has denied any involvement in an alleged conspiracy relating to illegally protecting the assets of Irish businessman Sean Quinn. | 12yrs
Political insider and 'smooth-talking' Texan lawyer Robert Strauss has passed away in Washington. | 12yrs
The firm allegedly owes over $1m to its creditors, and paying it would result in liquidation. | 12yrs
Justin D'Agostino is to become the next head of global dispute resolution in Herbert Smith Freehills, one of the firms with the most enduring reputations in litigation. | 12yrs
Sydney-based Aurora Workplace Law, founded by a former Henry Davis York, will offer only fixed fee arrangements to clients. | 12yrs
Former French President has spoken out in complaint about being bugged in phone calls with his lawyer and other people. | 12yrs
Litigation lawyers must fundamentally change their approach on delivering solutions for their clients if they are to enjoy long-term relationships with clients, a leading US lawyer says. | 12yrs
Confidential information from the 800-lawyer firm Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett has been allegedly used for insider trading since 1999 by its managing clerk, according to charges brought against him yesterday. | 12yrs
Questions are being asked why seven former employees of Dewey & LeBoeuf, who pleaded guilty to manipulating the financial statements of the firm, have not been named. | 12yrs
A US law college has come under fire after it issued a memo warning about women displaying inappropriate cleavage and stiletto heels. | 12yrs
The Ministry of Justice stands accused of over-hyping barristers' annual earnings to justify legal aid cuts. | 12yrs
Hopes that the UK Chancellor would postpone tax changes to the LLP structure were dashed when he avoided the subject in his Budget in the House of Commons yesterday. | 12yrs
Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to pay US$1.2b to the US government - fines which the US Attorney General says represent the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on a motor company. | 12yrs
Two practice heads, from Hogan Lovells and Simmons & Simmons, are jumping ship to become partners in the Tokyo practice of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. | 12yrs
The contraction of Spanish banking lending has seen direct lending increase as an alternative option, says Ander Valverde of Pérez-Llorca. | 12yrs
Lawyers at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Summit said companies should develop a protocol for revealing cybersecurity threats. | 12yrs
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Opposition is mounting towards the anti-trust bill which the Mexican Congress debates this week - as legal experts fear it could reduce competition and punish innovative companies. | 12yrs