The Indian government has taken steps to beef up the telecom sector by increasing the limits for foreign investment, says Rahan Matthan of Trilegal. | 12yrs
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An assistant general counsel has put pen to paper and produced a novel set in the legal world with 'naked personal ambition' at the centre of the plot. | 12yrs
George Jreij, who has just been elected as the new head of the Beirut Bar Association, has declared that he will work for the whole of the bar, regardless of political affiliation. | 12yrs
Sri Lanka is planning to tackle the problem of older judges with new restrictions on age. | 12yrs
Human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) is calling for the introduction of transparency in the appointment and promotion of judges. | 12yrs
The legal sector creates more wealth for the city of Philadephia than previously thought. | 12yrs
The Chicago Bar has come up with an innovative way to help law graduates and those seeking legal advice who cannot afford lawyers. | 12yrs
Indonesian firm Melli Darsa & Co has joined forces with US firm Squire Sanders to offer an international service to local clients. | 12yrs
The current block on the US$450m industry in India may be lifted in a few months as the government plans to make changes and clarifications to the existing tight rules. | 12yrs
Dentons and McKenna Long & Aldridge expect to conclude the merger discussions which could make them a 3,100-lawyer firm by 1 January. | 12yrs
John Briton, Legal Services Commissioner in Queensland, believes that the state is suffering from 'apparently systemic billing malpractices'. | 12yrs
Patton Boggs, the Washington law firm which is in merger talks with Locke Lord, is seeking to save US$5.5m in salary costs by laying off another 10 partners and 36 employees. | 12yrs
Global chair Robert Dell will step down from the job after four successive terms as head of the firm. | 12yrs
Over half of private client lawyers fear that the next generation of wealthy families are 'not well-prepared' to manage the funds they will inherit. | 12yrs
Stephen Mullens, lawyer in the Formula 1 empire, was the victim of a 'horrific' robbery at the time of Bernie Ecclestone's divorce, and considered fleeing the country as a result, the London High Court has heard. | 12yrs
In the last quarter Australian firms have taken a tougher approach to saying good-bye to under performing equity partners, especially in M&A. | 12yrs
The proposed US Airways-American Airlines merger has cleared another hurdle despite considerable concern that the US Department of Justice would block the proposed US$11b deal. | 12yrs
The arrest this week of the lawyer to jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has made it less likely that the country will sign trade and political co-operation deals with the EU. | 12yrs
Nearly half of the biggest 200 law firms in the UK have won new contracts through their engagement in LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media. | 12yrs
A Wells Fargo survey of US law firms shows a potentially damaging tendency to protect unproductive partners even if the practices are losing out as a result. | 12yrs