Lawyers in Kathmandu have claimed that the lack of judges in Nepal's highest court is hurting the legal profession and the public, while law students are already beginning to fear for their futures. | 13yrs
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Australian corporations will continue to impose effective hiring freezes on their legal departments throughout this year, one of the region's leading recruitment specialists forecasts. | 13yrs
Cost-cutting measures and increased reliance on in-house counsel are putting private practice lawyers under pressure to work for lower fees, a leading general counsel claimed earlier this week. | 13yrs
Long-serving Barclays' group general counsel Mark Harding is to retire from the bank at the same time as finance chief Chris Lucas, it was announced this week. | 13yrs
Two US universities shuffle their in-house teams, while a California technoloyg business also appoints a new general counsel | 13yrs
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