Latest legal news

A bust-up between Hogan Lovell TMT partner Christoph Wagner and the overall firm is said to be a major factor in the transfer of a 30-lawyer team to Berlin last month. | 12yrs

Dentons is in a new set of merger talks with US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge, which would make it the world's third biggest legal practice if the merger goes ahead. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up on in-house moves from around the globe. | 12yrs

Google looks set to avoid a long legal battle with the EU as it comes closer to an agreement with the EU Commission on its search procedures. | 12yrs

The role of General Counsel has been transformed in the last decade and will change further with education a main issue, according to a leading Canadian in-house lawyer. | 12yrs

Eversheds is launching a new Africa strategy which will include establishing offices in Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya. | 12yrs

JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are being held up as organisations which have wisely split the role of General Counsel into two posts. | 12yrs

Turkey's telecoms market is a complicated one at the moment - but it is only a matter of time before it flourishes again. | 12yrs

BT is considering its legal outsourcing arrangements and has launched a review of its current suppliers. | 12yrs

The School of Law at the University of Dayton is launching a Cyber Law Center under the leadership of Professor Susan Brenner. | 12yrs

Canada's largest telecoms company, BCE, is seeking to take the government to judicial review over measures the Ottowa parliament has taken to encourage new players. | 12yrs

Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has launched a consultation on the proposed takeover of OpenNet, a licence-holder to run a new broadband network. | 12yrs

Entity-based regulation means stormy weather ahead for law firms, says George Bull of Baker Tilly | 12yrs

The largest Finnish law firm merger in several years has taken place to create Juridia Butzow. | 12yrs

The new American Bar Association (ABA) president has said that the US is 'years away' from copying the UK by introducing ABAs (Alternative Business Structures) which allow non-lawyers to enter the legal market. | 12yrs

Freshfields has been replaced by Linklaters as advisor to Lloyds Bank in one of the most damaging scandals, the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI), that the bank has faced in the UK. | 12yrs

Canadian law firm insurer LawPRO is limiting payouts related to cybercrime to Can $250,000 in 201 | 12yrs

Singapore's attractiveness through its legal rules continues to grow - with the latest addition being the announcement of business-friendly proposals on data protection. | 12yrs

The Judicial Appointments Commission in Malaysia appears to have appointed seven new judges without consulting the Bar Council. | 12yrs