Latest legal news

The Federal Trade Commission in the US is beginning an investigation into patent trolls and could proceed to introduce new regulations or tougher enforcement. | 13yrs

Leading Australian law firms which have recently frozen their pay are likely to unfreeze it under the new government, according to a consultant. | 13yrs

The Irish Supreme Court has trespassed into the area of law-making, according to a book published this month by a well-known Dublin solicitor. | 13yrs

Former Jones Day partner Kevyn Orr, now the emergency manager of the bankrupt city of Detroit, has been accused of making 'lucrative contract amendments' to the deal with Jones Day without disclosing them to the City Clerk. | 13yrs

A World Trade Organisation and World Bank collaboration is behind a new project which will provide a Swiss-Indian link-up to train LLM students on trade and and investment. | 13yrs

High net worth individuals continue to see offshore trusts as one of the best ways of holding their assets. | 13yrs

Clifford Chance is to offer what it says will be Magic Circle standards of training to associates in local African firms with which it has a relationship. | 13yrs

JP Morgan's General Counsel Stephen Cutler and Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell have made up a trio with chief executive Jamie Dimon in talks to agree a settlement on the bank's regulatory fines. | 13yrs

Another six or so people may face charges in the UK in October on the Libor-fixing scandal, according to lawyers close to the case. | 13yrs

Ashurst in Australia and Ashurst LLP are to start operating from a single profit pool as of 1 November. | 13yrs

Wilson Sonsini is cutting about 35 secretarial positions, mostly in its Silicon Valley office at Palo Alto. | 13yrs

General counsel need to find ways of assessing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to help them measure what they do and what value they create. | 13yrs

Foreigners make up the majority of parties to cases in London's Commercial Court, according to Hogan Lovells. | 13yrs

The Philadelphia Bar Association has ruled that a law firm can look at the emails sent to an ex-partner. | 13yrs

Just over half (51 per cent) of private client lawyers expect to see more use of corporate structures in future, as an alternative to traditional trusts. | 13yrs

Small and medium-sized UK, Australian and New Zealand law firms are being offered pricing data which will show them what their competitors are charging. | 13yrs

Frantisek Korbel, co-author of the Czech Civil Code and a Deputy Justice Minister, is to join top Czech-Slovak law firm Havel, Holasek & Partners. | 13yrs

US firm Dorsey & Whitney is shutting down its Sydney office and withdrawing from Australia in December. | 13yrs

Embattled US bank JP Morgan is expected to reveal that legal fees and regulatory costs have amounted to US$1.5 billion when it unveils its Q3 earnings on October 11. | 13yrs