General Counsel are working on non-legal issues for 62 per cent of their time, according to a report from Freshminds Legal. | 13yrs
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A weekly round-up on in-house legal moves from around the globe. | 13yrs
China is enforcing anti-trust law in general and not focusing just on foreign investors, according to the director general of the Department of Price Supervision. | 13yrs
Legal and other professional services in the UK have experienced their biggest volume increases in nearly six years, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). | 13yrs
Lawyers who specialise in privacy and cyber security are benefiting from a boom in California - with salaries to match. | 13yrs
American Airlines and US Airways are citing daily legal and other professional fees of US$ 500,000 as a reason why court hearings on their proposed merger should be heard as soon as possible. | 13yrs
Latham & Watkins has taken the top slot in the MultiHousing News annual rankings of real estate law firms. | 13yrs
Law graduates with strong grades are struggling to get posts as paralegals in Australia, let alone to get taken on as trainees. | 13yrs
Three UK-based law firms have been named in the British media as being on a list of names held by a private detective who is being investigated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. | 13yrs
Indians are so wary of slow legal proceedings that they fear dying before they get justice in court, according to the Supreme Court in New Delhi. | 13yrs
The Law Association of Zambia is threatening legal action to challenge the position of the country's acting Chief Justice. | 13yrs
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has banned the practice through which judicial aides could be paid by other parties for legal work. | 13yrs
The American Bar Association is to allow US lawyers to share fees with non-lawyers in the UK through so-called ABSs (alternative business structures). | 13yrs
Microsoft's deputy general counsel and vice president John Frank has confirmed that the company is working with US federal authorities over allegations of 'illegal activity' by employees in Russia and Pakistan. | 13yrs
The legal sector is under increasing financial scrutiny, according to the authors of the latest annual Crowe Clark Whitehill survey of the market. | 13yrs
The Argentine Supreme Court decides next week on a long-running dispute between Grupo Clarín, the media group, and President Cristina Fernández and her government. | 13yrs
Xu Xinyu, a divisional head at China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has warned foreign firms - including GE, Samsung and Microsoft - against using lawyers if they are subject to antitrust investigations. | 13yrs
Melbourne-based personal injury plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon has recorded a 67 per cent profit rise after its expansion into the UK. | 13yrs
China's crusade against corruption is impacting on a variety of sectors. Charlotte Mullen looks at what it means for the luxury market. | 13yrs
A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen. | 13yrs