Latest legal news

BP's Macondo well team leader has testified that he was not responsible for the explosion which sent millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after lawyers claimed that he cut corners. | 13yrs

Lawyers representing controversial entrepreneur Kim Dotcom have agreed to postpone legal action against New Zealand police over a raid on his home which was deemed to be illegal. | 13yrs

A New York law firm representing the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against Citigroup is requesting a cut of almost $100 million from a proposed settlement, raising doubts over methods used to calculate legal fees. | 13yrs

New York-headquartered law firm Sidley Austin has announced that Larry Barden has been elected as vice chair of the firm's management committee and that he will succeed Charles Douglas as chair in April 2014. | 13yrs

The Jackson reforms will see personal injury lawyers with high levels of expertise and client care rise to the top as the profession turns away from a 'volume process driven approach', a personal injury consulting law firm has predicted. | 13yrs

Claims for unfair dismissal in the UK have risen by 44 per cent as sacked employees rush to bring claims before Government measures aimed at making it easier for companies to dismiss underperforming workers come into force. | 13yrs

An Edinburgh solicitor has gone on trial after allegedly smuggling mobile phones and drugs into a prison. | 13yrs

US business magnate Donald Trump has withdrawn a $5 million lawsuit against TV host Bill Maher after the comedian joked he would give money to charity if Mr Trump could prove he was not the son of an orangutan. | 13yrs

A new civil law code in the Czech Repubic which comes into effect next year will have a major impact on business life and requires 'urgent action' from investors, according to lawyers in the jurisdiction. | 13yrs

Leading Singapore firm Drew & Napier has recruited the city-state's former deputy prime minister Shunmugam Jayakumar following his retirement from a long poltical career. | 13yrs

The Australian lawyer who was accused of double-billing survivors of the HMAS Voyager disaster has lost an appeal to retain his practising certificate after evidence revealed he made 'threatening' comments to a member of the Legal Services Board. | 13yrs

FTSE 100 mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation has parted ways with Philadelphia law firm Dechert as it continues to battle allegations of corruption. | 13yrs

The UK's consumer protection watchdog has launched an investigation into so-called 'free apps' and games which encourage users to make expensive in-app purchases. | 13yrs

London law firm Pinsent Masons is to cut around 13 lawyers from its employment law team in response to 'market changes'. | 13yrs

Chandigarh-born lawyer Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan is poised to become the first South Asian judge in a US appeals court, according to media reports today. | 13yrs

Property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz has been hit with £300,000 claim by an intelligence agency he used as part his £300m battle against the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO). | 13yrs

Pittsburgh-headquartered global law firm Reed Smith has announced the opening of a competition practice in Paris with the appointment of Michel Debroux to its partnership. | 13yrs

The UK watchdog overseeing data protection is, and will continue to be, 'ineffective' unless the government takes action, research by an academic at the University of East Anglia has claimed. | 13yrs

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen................ | 13yrs