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
A group of lawyers has called on the government in Thailand to repeal the state of emergency that was imposed this week. | 12yrs
US law firm Proskauer Rose has recruited two partners - from Fried, Frank and Dechert - to push ahead in the UK and Asia. | 12yrs
Three expert lawyers have suggested ways for an independent Scotland to join the EU as a new state, after a period interim arrangements - a scenario they view as most likely if Scotland leaves the UK. | 12yrs
The dozen authors who constitute the Volokh Conspiracy, the blog home founded by UCLA professor Eugene Volokh, are to move behind the Washington Post paywall. | 12yrs
Claims against oil company BP are one of the factors causing a surge in loans to law firms. | 12yrs
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Brad Smith has called for the establishment of an international convention to monitor new rules on surveillance. | 12yrs
Mayer Brown has had harsh words from a New York judge who refused to award costs to the firm after finding that the items billed for, and the time spent on them, was 'incredible'. | 12yrs
Norton Rose Fulbright is in pole position with the McLaren Group, having nabbed the client from long-term adviser Baker & McKenzie. | 12yrs
As apprenticeships become more popular in the UK legal profession, a law professor says debt and divorce are ideal training grounds. | 12yrs
A survey has found that the 'law cloud is poised for mass adoption' with 72 per cent of lawyers in independent law firms more likely to use it than they were a year ago. | 12yrs
US mining company Newmont is considering legal action over the imposition of a new tax on the export of copper concentrate. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up on in-house moves from around the globe | 12yrs
Members of the public have been asked to consider serving on a task force run by the State Bar of California to discuss the provision of civil legal aid to lower and middle-income Californians. | 12yrs
Litigation specialist has expanded its UK and Latin American coverage to open an office in New York. | 12yrs
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published the names of 146 law firm which did not manage to put insurance cover in place at the end of last year and which were then required to close. | 12yrs
Michael Fleisher, GC of Gold Fields, has been accused of no wrong-doing but his resignation during the progress of an inquiry by the US's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leaves some questions unanswered. | 12yrs