Heather Innes, a senior lawyer at General Motors, says that competition for GC posts is increasing as the role itself becomes broader and more complicated. | 12yrs
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Juan Pablo Cappello, a senior shareholder in the Greenberg Traurig Latin America Practice is combining forces with three other lawyers to set up a Miami-based international boutique. | 12yrs
The Grand Bahama Port Authority has dismissed Tyrone Fitzgerald, its GC, after a Supreme Court judgment against him for 'misappropriating' £82,141. | 12yrs
The city of Jacksonville is moving to challenge the role of one of its former lawyers in a legal suit against the city. | 12yrs
The litigation-only US firm Quinn Emanuel has set up a Brussels office with particular emphasis on competition. | 12yrs
Chinese regulators have given more details of the mysterious investigations which have been made into US chip-maker Qualcomm and which could lead to a US$1b record fine. | 12yrs
Despite the well-publicised end of legal practice Manches, law firms in general had a better profile in 2013 with lenders than any year since 2009. | 12yrs
UK law graduates are shying away from applying to the top five law firms if they feel they do not have the right academic background. | 12yrs
The failure of law firms to pay their debts, despite increased action from creditors, has emerged as the most common factor in law practice insolvencies in the UK. | 12yrs
German firm Luther has advised on the financing and exit of a start-up company. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up of in-house moves around the globe. | 12yrs
Stress-counselling companies in France and the UK are seeing a rise in calls for help in their teams which deal with law firms, bankers, IT specialists and civil servants. | 12yrs
The French firm has moved to boost its disputes team with the hire of Patrick Ouart. | 12yrs
Baker & McKenzie's office in Yangon will be its 16th in the Asia Pacific and its 75th in the world. | 12yrs
Hispanic business leaders are not finding the legal advice they need in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a situation which may apply in other parts of the US. | 12yrs
Legal entrepreneurs have seen half a billion dollars invested in start-ups in the past year. | 12yrs
A US law firm representing the Indonesian government appears to have been put under surveillance by the Australian security authorities for a period. | 12yrs
Lawyers on both sides and on the regulatory authorities are sorting out potential conflicts of interest and lining up their teams as the US$45b proposed union begins its anti-trust scrutiny. | 12yrs
The EU and US have protested at moves by the Turkish parliament to increase central government control over the judiciary. | 12yrs
While litigation appears to be booming globally, one Australian firm, Piper Alderman, has laid off four lawyers from its team in Adelaide. | 12yrs