Lawyers are urging a boycott of November's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka because of a lack of judicial independence in the country. | 13yrs
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Jones Day is on its way to creating a template for municipal bankruptcy in the US. | 13yrs
Paul Hastings is the best firm to work for in the US, according to Vault.com. | 13yrs
UK lawyers have just three weeks to respond to a UK government review which may see major changes to the tax advantages of limited liability partnerships. | 13yrs
Law graduates earn an average one million dollars more in their life than those with just a bachelor's degree, according to two American academics. | 13yrs
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has lashed out at UK firm Russells after the firm admitted responsibility for a leak over her new novel. | 13yrs
US financial services company Standard & Poor finds itself facing a $5 billion civil fraud lawsuit after the US government was given the go-ahead by a federal ruling to pursue the case, despite S&P's attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed. | 13yrs
Italian luxury retailer Loro Piana, which has more than 130 boutiques worldwide, has just sold an 80 per cent stake for $2.6 billion. | 13yrs
German lawyer Sven Thomas of Dusseldorf firm Thomas Deckers Wehnert Elsner has been lined up to defend Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone after German prosecutors charged him over the payment of a $44 million bribe. | 13yrs
Spanish law firm Broseta has announced plans to form and head a strategic alliance with law firms in South America. | 13yrs
The International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) has this week written to US President Barack Obama in an appeal for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba after Muslim prisoners were force-fed during the Ramadan fasting period. | 13yrs
Pharma company GlaxoSmithKline is sending lawyers out to China as part of a team to get to the bottom of the corruption allegations made by the Chinese authorities. | 13yrs
A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen. | 13yrs
A class action against LegalZoom over its charges for a trademark application cannot go ahead, according to a Texan court. | 13yrs
International law firm Eversheds has been quick to denounce a proposed UK law to punish directors of failed businesses under a new law that would see them being held responsible for the failings of the company. | 13yrs
Black male prisoners spend more time behind bars than white male prisoners even though they are being locked up for similar crimes, a US Sentencing Commission report has revealed. | 13yrs
Law schools across the US are shedding staff as the numbers enrolling shrink dramatically. | 13yrs
Allen & Overy has topped the latest capital markets league table for the first half of 2013. | 13yrs
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is set to restructure its partnership to become an all-capital partner system. | 13yrs
Law firms need to re-evaluate how they work and the way they charge for it if they are to develop modes that balance their clients' needs with their own need to make a profit. | 13yrs