Outsourcing to China looks set to become slightly less enticing this month as an amendment to the Labour Contract Law reduces room for manoeuvre for employers. | 12yrs
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A High Court judge in London has upheld one of four negligence claims made against Withers and ordered the practice to pay £1.6m to its former client, the executive search company Wellesley Partners. | 12yrs
Different kinds of legal claim - relating to bankruptcy and fraud as well as product liability - are being prepared by lawyers in response to the recall of 1.6m vehicles by General Motors. | 12yrs
Freshfields has followed a current trend in appointing a litigator to a senior management role though its naming of Adam Siegel from the New York office as the next US managing partner. | 12yrs
German law firm Noerr has expanded its European presence by launching a Brussels office. | 12yrs
Attacks on government systems have prompted action by the Japanese to up the ante on online threats. | 12yrs
A survey of 3,801 lawyers has found that 50% of women and 10% of men feel they have been discriminated against because of their gender. | 12yrs
Some 300 organisations have set themselves up under the Alternative Business Structure (ABS) rules in the UK, and the scheme is increasingly being seen as a success. | 12yrs
Allen & Overy is expected to find out next week if it will be referred to the UK Attorney General for further investigations over its conduct relating to a bribery trial. | 12yrs
Finance partners Chris Moraitis and Astrid Berman have switched from Baker & McKenzie back to Werksmans where they were partners in 2011. | 12yrs
The President of the Florida Bar has drawn up an action plan to solve problems in legal education, bar admissions, technology, and legal aid. | 12yrs
Leading Russian law firm Capital Legal Services has launched an office in Finland, the first Russian firm to do so. | 12yrs
A small number of law firms are getting disproportionate amounts of criminal Legal Aid work through their close relationships with the police, according to MPs on a parliamentary committee. | 12yrs
Far from the legal sector going downhill, it is 'moving statistically into the direction of almost guaranteed legal employment for all law school graduates', according to law professor Rene Reich-Graefe. | 12yrs
The removal of stenographers in the Bahamas Magistrate's Court, with a gap before their replacement by digital recording, looks set to lead to legal action by the Criminal Bar Association. | 12yrs
Berwin Leighton Paisner is setting up a non-exclusive arrangement with Yangon-based Legal Network Consultants. | 12yrs
A London High Court judge is being asked to rule on whether Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld should pay the legal costs of a defendant after an Akin partner refused to testify and the case fell apart. | 12yrs
Financial expertise is the most valued skill when recruiting potential board members, new research reveals. | 12yrs
After a spate of allegations, the company has taken steps to deal with corruption concerns. | 12yrs
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