Latest legal news

Leading UK personal injury firm Hampson Hughes is raising the cash incentive it gives some clients from £1,500 to £2,000. | 12yrs

The acquisition of a document review company is a 'serious noise' about the intentions of accountancy firms, according to an industry analyst. | 12yrs

Lawyers do not get protection under the law for secretly recording phone calls when gathering evidence in lawsuits, according to the Washington Appeals Court. | 12yrs

The recruitment of pricing directors continues apace as firms get to grips with new market conditions. | 12yrs

A 55-year old divorced White & Case partner has listed his assets as US$800 in cash, $900 in clothes and a broken Concord watch in his bankruptcy filing. | 12yrs

A newly-appointed partner in Hunt & Hunt in Australia says that traditional partner remuneration schemes threaten to undermine client service by rewarding big billers. | 12yrs

Forthcoming regulation for the charities sector in Ireland could lead to some uncomfortable scrutiny for charities set up by lawyers for their clients. | 12yrs

Securities lawsuits are on the rise with settlements nearly doubling to $6.5 billion last year. | 12yrs

The Chinese human rights lawyer who has acted in the baby powder scandal and urged the rule of law, Xu Zhiyong, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court. | 12yrs

Lawyer Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the opposition leader who has been offered the role of prime minister, is one of the main people negotiating for fresh elections in Ukraine. | 12yrs

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK is arguing that Allen & Overy pay part of the costs for a trial which had to be delayed when the firm pulled out from representing the accused a few days before the trial date. | 12yrs

Becoming a lawyer is no longer the stellar career move it once was, according to new research. | 12yrs

A new regulatory regime is being proposed in Singapore for local and foreign law firms. | 12yrs

Lawyers rank fourth in the US amongst those most likely to take their own lives - and concerns are rising in other countries. | 12yrs

The US's first libel court case involving Twitter has been won by singer Courtney Love when a jury decided her tweet had not been defamatory. | 12yrs

Burberry's issues over its tartan trademark in China are a warning to other companies which could face similar challenges. The full facts about the Burberry situation are not known but other companies need to take note of Chinese trademark laws. | 12yrs

Five firms - in Rwanda, the Seychelles, Benin, Comoros and Malawi - have joined the Eversheds Africa Law Institute, taking the total membership up to 23. | 12yrs

A top city lawyer, who faked his resume and claimed he had degrees from Harvard and Oxford, has been struck off as a barrister. | 12yrs

Law firm Assistenza Legale has opened a new office in Palermo, Sicily. | 12yrs