Latest legal news

Jacksonville City Council members are set to meet to discuss the removal of general counsel Cindy Laquidara, according to reports. | 13yrs

CIA general counsel Stephen Preston has been chosen by the Obama administration to lead the legal department at the Pentagon. | 13yrs

Global law firm Pinsent Masons has reported a five per cent increase in turnover following its merger with one of Scotland's largest law firms. | 13yrs

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has claimed that an attempt by Libya to prosecute a defence team assigned to Saif Al-Islam Gadaffi would be illegal, adding it has yet to receive any evidence to back up allegations made against the lawyers. | 13yrs

Irish drug company Elan's fate is up in the air as US company Royalty Pharma's hostile bid depends on a legal decision. | 13yrs

The Serious Fraud office (SFO) looks set to prosecute ex-UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes for alleged criminal fraud charges over Libor manipulation in the UK, according to reports. | 13yrs

Lawyers in Islamabad and Lahore observed a token strike yesterday following a series of terror attacks in the province of Balochistan. | 13yrs

British lawyers have played down allegations by insurers that petty claims have added £90 to the average motor insurance quote and sealed Britain's title as the whiplash capital of the world. | 13yrs

Judges have threatened to go back to being practising lawyers after plans emerged to trim their pensions by more than a third. | 13yrs

The representative body of solicitors in England and Wales has warned firms affected by the suspension of unrated Latvian professional indemnity insurer Balva to think carefully before choosing another unrated insurer. | 13yrs

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Amelia Cottrell to a leading position at the agency's New York office. | 13yrs

The Egyptian Government has met with several global law firms as it begins talks with investors in order to settle pending commercial and legal disputes. | 13yrs

Washington lawyer Clifford Sloan has been named by President Barack Obama as the new special envoy tasked with closing down the prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. | 13yrs

New York could be the first city in the US to introduce legislation criminalising the buying of counterfeit goods. | 13yrs

Korea is the latest country to set up an arbitration centre with the launch of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center. | 13yrs

US law firm McGuire Woods has hired an international trade and competition team from the Brussels office of Squire Sanders . | 13yrs

Corporate counsel are looking to create value for their companies with cost cutting and legal fee discounting no longer taking precedence. | 13yrs

Misys general counsel Tom Kilroy is leaving the software company to head up the legal department at biotechnology company Genus. | 13yrs

The Law Society of Kenya is campaigning for higher rates for litigation and conveyancing work. | 13yrs