Latest legal news

Pinsents heads for the French capital following German move | 14yrs

Nigerian lawyers need to wipe out corruption and up professional standards. | 14yrs

Northern Ireland's lack of female judges is a concern, says the Lord Chief Justice. | 14yrs

The Chinese police have agreed to allow lawyers and suspects in detention centres to use the phone or internet to make appointments. | 14yrs

The UK's gambling regulatory authority has launched a tender for the provision of legal services worth up to £5 million, should its proposed merger with the national Lottery Commission (NLC) proceed. | 14yrs

Kim Dotcom, the controversial owner of online file-sharing web site Megaupload, has been granted access to his assets by New Zealand's High Court in order to fund his legal costs and living expenses while fighting extradition to the US. | 14yrs

A former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner is seeking to stop Citibank getting a summary judgment against him by claiming that the bank helped the firm 'lure' laterals. | 14yrs

Global law firms DLA Piper and Jones Day are among 23 foreign firms reported to have bid for licenses in Singapore, as the city-state continues to open up its legal market. | 14yrs

Houston-headquartered law firm Baker Botts has extended the reach of its antitrust and competition offering with the opening of an office in Brussels. | 14yrs

Deutsche Bank has snapped up Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partner Christof von Dryander as its general counsel for Germany and Central & Eastern Europe. | 14yrs

Female in-house counsel in Canada are making less money than their male colleagues and receiving lower salary increases, according to the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association. | 14yrs

The general counsel of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has called for improvements in global co-operation to fight piracy. | 14yrs

Legal risk management is the number one challenge for companies, according to a survey of Australian corporate counsel. | 14yrs

California's state bar exam violates the US constitution, four lawyers and two citizens have claimed after disagreeing with the requirement that lawyers from other states must pass an exam. | 14yrs

A UK pilot version of a US lawyer-rating service is in the early stages of creation, with the aim of becoming a consumer-facing alternative to the Chambers directory. | 14yrs

London-based magic circle firm Slaughter and May has been busy advising Arsenal Football Club on a raft of deals in the transfer market, according to Legal Week. | 14yrs

Herbert Smith has lost a leading financial services expert to rival London law firm Linklaters. | 14yrs

The number of reported defamation court cases in the UK plummeted 15 per cent last year, according to a study released yesterday. | 14yrs

Indians are keen to become motorists, but the road to business success for GM the country is far from smooth. Jonathan Ames speaks to the company's general counsel about departmental structure and corporate liability | 14yrs