General counsel must get to grips with their business roles and responsiblities in a globalised world. | 12yrs
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Not only are Australian lawyers facing bullying allegations but its BigLaw firms are seen as male-dominated. | 12yrs
Sydney-based Spruson & Ferguson believes it has become the first Australian IP firm to open up in China through its late January launch in Shanghai. | 12yrs
A tantalising offer to work for one week from anywhere in the world has been offered to top billers. | 12yrs
Newark-based McCarter & English has recruited 14 lawyers from the energy-specialist practice of Miller Balis & O'Neil in Washington DC. | 12yrs
Hogan Lovells is planning to launch a 20-strong low-cost base in Johannesburg in Q2 2014, with plans to grow the team over time. | 12yrs
Sir Nigel Knowles, joint global chief of DLA Piper, has predicted that only the 'truly global or super niche' will thrive in a future which looks likely to be changed by market consolidation. | 12yrs
The Maitland Group, administrators of £200b of assets, has turned its UK legal arm into an Alternative Business Structure (ABS). | 12yrs
A UK court has ruled that White & Case cannot represent Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk in the next round of litigation with two other millionaires because of a conflict of interest. | 12yrs
The chief justice of Pakistan has said that the current litigation infrastructure is inadequate and that 90 per cent of cases in district courts are pending. | 12yrs
Mexican lawyers Layda Negrete and Roberto Hermandez have made a film to prove how an innocent man was convicted of murder. | 12yrs
The Court of Appeal has found in favour of FAGE in the landmark extended passing off case concerning the use of the term 'Greek Yoghurt', against defendants Chobani. | 12yrs
The Frankfurt office of King & Spalding has recruited the joint head of Bird & Bird's international food and beverage group. | 12yrs
Linklaters has launched a new Operational Intelligence Group to offer advice on global risk and regulatory change. | 12yrs
Accountancy giant PwC will be able to offer legal services under Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licences in the Middle East and the UK from 3 April. | 12yrs
Lloyds has become the latest UK bank to make another substantial provision to cover legal, regulatory and compensation costs. | 12yrs
The head of an Australian lawyers association has apologised to Attorney-General John Elferink for letting an article about him be superimposed on an image of saluting Nazis. | 12yrs
The Age of The Jetsons is Dawning: Drones will become part of everyday life -- the question is only when, asks Komal K Jain. | 12yrs
Yet another lawyer, employment specialist Tim Lawson, has left the Canadian law firm Heenan Blaikie, the latest in a wave of over 30 partner departures since 2012. | 12yrs
Telecoms companies in India face the prospect of being audited by a government body. Rahul Matthan of Trilegal discusses the implications. | 12yrs