Several leading Chinese rights lawyers were reportedly beaten and detained when they attempted to visit an unofficial detention centre, known as a 'black jail' earlier this week. | 13yrs
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Law firms' ruthless focus on profits and logging hours is breaking the spirits of young lawyers, author Steven Harper has claimed in his new book 'The Lawyer Bubble'. | 13yrs
A Nigerian state governor has charged members of the country's legal profession with the task of fixing the 'culture of impunity' within the country. | 13yrs
Consumers of legal services in the UK disagree with Government plans to introduce US-style collective action lawsuits, a study by the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has found. | 13yrs
Around a quarter of jurors misunderstand the contempt rule in relation to internet use during a trial, research published today has revealed. | 13yrs
A weekly round-up of in-house legal moves from around the globe. | 13yrs
The former general counsel for USAir has chastised the federal government for not forcing stronger regulations upon big business and allowing wrongdoing to be met with minimal punishment. | 13yrs
Ted Ullyot, the general counsel of Facebook, is to leave the company a year after helping to guide the social networking platform through its initial public offering. | 13yrs
Around a quarter of legal departments in the EMEA region have ignited expansion plans this year while a further 40 per cent expect to add to their team over the next 12 months, research this week has found. | 13yrs
Iberian law firm Garrigues has decided to leave the Latin American alliance it founded in 2004 in order to launch its own offices on the continent. | 13yrs
A former New Zealand district mayor and lawyer has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors after he admitted using client funds to pay off debts owed by his company. | 13yrs
Close to 3,500 UK lawyers have had their licences to practice revoked because they could not afford to renew practising certificates, a report has revealed. | 13yrs
Two of Australia's richest and most influential women have teamed up to win a £130 million court ruling against British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. | 13yrs
Proposals by US tech giant Google aimed to settle EU anti-trust fears have been branded by rivals as too weak to even out the heavy imbalance in the search engine market. | 13yrs
A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | 13yrs
Donald Trump has cranked up his legal challenge to the Scottish Government's support for an offshore wind farm to be built near his luxury golf course by vowing to take Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond 'to hell'. | 13yrs
Community legal centres in Australia have claimed that close to AU$50m in extra funding is needed to assist with legal issues such as debt, workplace bullying, family violence and tenancy disputes. | 13yrs
London fixed-price legal practice Riverview Law has signed a strategic alliance with South-East commercial law firm DMH Stallard designed to 'satisfy the changing legal needs of business customers'. | 13yrs
The US State Department has ordered the removal of free blueprint files that would allow Internet users to 'print' a gun, as lawmakers call for a wider ban on printable weapons. | 13yrs
German high-performance headphone manufacturer Sennheiser is using anti-counterfeit technologies in an effort to tackle fake products. | 13yrs