A group of government lawyers in the US, called 'Team Telecom', is setting up a network of detailed agreements with fibre optics companies to ensure that the US can continue its global surveillance operations. | 13yrs
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Eversheds has seen 45 of its partners leave in the last 18 months despite a three per cent revenue increase. | 13yrs
Two of the world's largest energy traders have fallen foul of regulations in Tanzania which prohibited them from collaborating while bidding separately for an oil import contract. | 13yrs
Russia still has some way to go before successfully integrating into global markets, says IBA Secretary General Martin Solc. | 13yrs
Field Fisher Waterhouse has tied the knot with a 14 lawyer Chinese law firm. | 13yrs
The Philippines is expected to pave the way for more liberal employment laws later this month. | 13yrs
Ireland is moving towards the establishment of a specialist family law court system. | 13yrs
The Privy Council is not losing its touch, says Davenport Lyons lawyer Theo Solley. | 13yrs
BP will today seek to persuade a federal appeals court to limit the way compensation is calculated for companies affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. | 13yrs
The US Supreme Court has leaned consistently to the right and supported big business over the last year, according to legal scholars. | 13yrs
Global law firms have come under fire from Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner Philip Kapp at a video panel discussion on the 'Globalisation of the Profession'. | 13yrs
Italian lawyers are set to go on strike next week to block a move by the government to fast-track civil trials. | 13yrs
Privacy enforcers across Europe have told US tech giant Google to rewrite its 2012 privacy policy or face legal action. | 13yrs
Turnover has increased at many of the UK's leading law firms despite pessimistic predictions throughout the profession, with magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer posting a stand-out increase of 7.2 per cent. | 13yrs
High street law firms have been urged to merge to cope with legal aid cuts by the UK government. | 13yrs
The case against Bernard Madoff has hit a brick wall after Peter Madoff, younger brother of the jailed Ponzi scheme fraudster, refused multiple questions yesterday in London's High Court. | 13yrs
Three members of the Tokyo based Olympus Corp have been found guilty for their role in an extensive fraudulent scheme, which has shell-shocked corporate Japan. | 13yrs
A Supreme Court ruling in a case involving Virgin Atlantic Airways has overturned a century-old legal principle of patent-holders having a right to damages for infringed patents notwithstanding later amendment to the patent. | 13yrs
The Law Society of England and Wales has taken steps to help small law firms finding difficulty getting professional indemnity insurance (PII). | 13yrs
The Barclay brothers left a London court yesterday with a win under their belt following another bout with an Irish businessman over three of London's most prominent hotels. | 13yrs