A former client has accused Anglo-US law firm SNR Denton of a serious filing slip up, potentially making the firm liable for a $7 million mortgage-backed securities deal that turned sour. | 13yrs
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Almost all law students who spent their summers working at major US firms were rewarded with offers of full-time employment, recent research has found. | 13yrs
Newly-qualified lawyers in Canada are being encouraged to beef up their aboriginal law knowledge following a dictat from legal profession regulators. | 13yrs
Federal regulators have given in-house lawyers at Illinois-based Discover Financial Services 60 days to overhaul the company's compliance regime following a finding that it used deceptive telemarketing and sales practices. | 13yrs
The vast majority of Australian law firms employ head-hunters as the primary method for senior level recruitment, a survey revealed today. | 13yrs
London 2012 in-house team members on the market for next gig | 13yrs
A US county school system is to ditch all of its in-house legal counsel positions in favour of external advice, in a move that could set a trend across the country. | 13yrs
Yahoo, Vodafone and Lloyds are among a string of big businesses set to offer work experience in their legal departments under a social mobility scheme. | 13yrs
US state-owned mortgage provider Fannie Mae bags a new top lawyer, as does Spanish banking giant Santander and UK property developer Capco. Also, there's a new lawyer playing games at King.com | 13yrs
Small English law firms are struggling more than ever to meet the rising cost of professional indemnity insurance, according to a leading market funder in the run up to the deadline for cover to be in place. | 13yrs
More than 500 lawyers packed a Singapore Law Society extraordinary general meeting earlier this week to resolve a long running dispute between the organisation's president and one of its members. | 13yrs
London-based franchised legal and tax services firm CMS has today announced the opening of a Beijing office, which will initially focus on the life sciences sector. | 13yrs
A Delaware law firm and its Pennsylvania co-counsel are set to pick up one of the largest legal fee awards ever for a securities class action. | 13yrs
The number of law firm partner positions across the UK fell for the first time since the depth of the recession amid poor financial performances and widespread uncertainty over the introduction of alternative business structures. | 13yrs
A leading Persian Gulf-based lawyer has been appointed to a top job at the World Bank, according to local media reports today. | 13yrs
English magic circle firm Slaughter and May is considering launching a US law offering in Hong Kong, media reports from London suggest today. | 13yrs
A judge has lambasted a senior in-house US power company lawyer over behaviour in a long-running law suit regarding the departure of a group of company's engineers to a rival business. | 13yrs
At least three US states are gearing up to launch a legal challenge to landmark financial services regulation designed to remedy the disease that brought on the 2008 banking crisis. | 13yrs
The global legal sector loves league tables, and one of the most recent -- an assessment of mid-tier associates at the larger US law firms -- provides a mixed bag of results for some major global players. | 13yrs
A Tanzanian government minister has criticised the legal profession for not providing services in poorer areas of the country. | 13yrs