While the last legal bills for the financial crisis are being submitted to banks, the peak has been reached on litigation and the sector is likely to make progress in 2014, according to the Financial Times. | 12yrs
Latest legal news
A trial scheme will start on 6 January allowing parties to family law cases to hire lawyers for limited parts of proceedings. | 12yrs
A quarter of family law judges should be replaced in the 2 million population area that makes up Las Vegas and its surrounding county, according to a poll of lawyers. | 12yrs
Top Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who acted for whistleblower Edward Snowden, has warned the parliament against introducing the death penalty for terrorists. | 12yrs
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is struggling to have the resources necessary to handle investigations, according to lawyers. | 12yrs
The Ohio Supreme Court is taking comments from the public on whether it should allow the training time to be cut from seven years to six. | 12yrs
The 67-year old former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Kenji Utsunomiya, has announced that he will run in the February 9 elections to become mayor of Tokyo. | 12yrs
Lawyers are among the businesses which are looking beyond the security risk to take advantage of the opportunities in Iraq. | 12yrs
Three law firms have been accused of being 'copyright trolls' for trying to collect money from a man who had downloaded pornography. | 12yrs
Two US judges have given judgements this month on the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA's) bulk collection of phone call data - the first saying it was legal and the second giving the opposite view. | 12yrs
A group of 90 plane passengers who kept in touch through a Facebook page has sued Virgin Atlantic over a 26-hour flight delay in October 2012. | 12yrs
Family lawyers in the UK are prepared for a 10% rise in instructions in January and a 25% increase in enquiries as many clients decide that the New Year is the most convenient time to make the break. | 12yrs
The two US law firms are said to have been having discussions for over two months and would become the 33rd largest practice if they agreed to combine. | 12yrs
Bank of America will soon be told by a New York federal judge how much it will pay regarding Countrywide, the troubled mortgage lender which it acquired in 2008. | 12yrs
Adulterers who text their lovers are at high risk during Christmas season family reunions, according to family lawyers. | 12yrs
The poor and ruined businesspeople are being sentenced to jail illegally because of unpaid court fees and fines, according to human rights campaigners. | 12yrs
William Maastop of British Columbia has been convicted of helping an organised crime gang, 'the Greeks', to trace an informant. | 12yrs
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has won control of its legal arm which, until now, has been reporting to the Ministry of Law. | 12yrs
Ahmed El-Gizawy is to be given 50 lashes in a Saudi Arabian square on 25 January, the third anniversary of the public uprising which saw Hosni Mubarak toppled after 30 years. | 12yrs
BP is appealing against a Christmas Eve court decision which requires it to pay compensation over the Deepwater Horizon oil leak even to businesses and people who have suffered no loss as a result of the spill. | 12yrs