Latest legal news

Former prime minister's wife latest to jump into England's legal sector revolution | 13yrs

A majority of smaller law firms in the UK claims to anticipate a boost to their business fortunes this year, despite increasing competition from alternative business structures (ABSs). | 13yrs

New York-based law firm Skadden has topped a global mergers and acquisitions ranking for announced and completed deals, as worldwide business last year crept up 2 per cent to hit $2.6 trillion. | 13yrs

Federal authorities reeled in a record breaking $9 billion in corporate settlements last year, figures released today in Washington reveal. | 13yrs

Three big-hitters have launched a Benelux corporate law boutique following the disintegration a year ago of global firm Herbert Smith's European alliance. | 13yrs

A 51-year-old Los Angeles lawyer has moved back in with his parents to offer his own home to a homeless woman and her children. | 13yrs

Britain's in-house lawyers have seen their pay increases running below inflation over the last year, effectively lowering wages, research released yesterday revealed. | 13yrs

Californian technology giant Google has been forced to change the way it presents results, but cleared of allegations over bias in its search function, following a two-year investigation by a US watchdog. | 13yrs

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean will pay $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the US Department of Justice announced yesterday. | 13yrs

Jousting between Sri Lankan politicians and judges cranked up a notch yesterday when the country's supreme court ruled that parliament does not have legal authority to investigate misconduct accusations levelled at senior judicial figures. | 13yrs

Wegelin & Company -- Switzerland's oldest private bank -- is to shut its doors after executives put up their hands to charges of assisting Americans avoid US tax. | 13yrs

A Barbie loving blonde branded an 'airhead' by bullies has hit back by earning a law degree to go with her masters in fashion marketing. | 13yrs

The turning of the year is an ideal time for individuals -- and professions as a whole -- to ruminate on their future. Richard Susskind calls for some hard thinking after his latest session with a crystal ball | 13yrs

Discrimination claims arising from inappropriate banter between colleagues could cost UK businesses close to £300 billion, magic circle law firm Allen & Overy has warned. | 13yrs

One of China's biggest and most visited illegal content search engines has been shut down, just weeks after being added to a US blacklist of major copyright offenders. | 13yrs

London law firm SJ Berwin has opened in Luxembourg, expanding to a jurisdiction it says is increasingly important to its clients. | 13yrs

Britain's financial watchdog dished out a record-breaking £312 million in fines last year, fulfilling a promise to hit hard on big name companies for several high-profile scandals and compliance failings. | 13yrs

In the realm of understatement, the suggestion that 2012 was a troublesome year for former US law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is king. | 13yrs

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