Virgin Trains has instructed London-based global law firm Herbert Smith to challenge the UK government in court following minsters' decision to award the West Coast main line franchise to rival operator FirstGroup, the company announced yesterday. | 14yrs
Delegates at this week's Republican Party convention have fiercely criticised a Washington DC-based lawyer for pushing through rule changes that would benefit presidential candidate Mitt Romney if he ousted Barack Obama and sought re-election. | 14yrs
International law firm Holland & Knight has agreed to pay £25 million to settle a claim from investors who lost money through convicted Ponzi scheme runner Arthur Nadal. | 14yrs
London-headquartered Addleshaw Goddard has confirmed it is to cut 24 fee-earner positions following the second round of redundancies at the law firm in little more than a year. | 14yrs
A former client of New York-based Wilk Auslander is suing the law firm in federal court for malpractice, citing a 'massive overbilling for needless work' stemming from the defence of several securities class actions. | 14yrs
Two leading legal sector continuing education players have cut a deal for the provision of on-line services to lawyers, it was announced this week. | 14yrs
Indonesia's deputy law and human rights minister has apologised to the legal profession after a Twitter message in which he likened lawyers who defend those accused of corruption with corruption itself. | 14yrs
The system of educating and training English lawyers needs reforming to give students the skills to survive in an evolving legal marketplace, an on-going review suggests this week. | 14yrs
The number of internet domain name dispute cases handled by international adjudicators has rocketed over the last year, according to recent data. | 14yrs
Chicago-headquartered global law firm Baker & McKenzie has announced a record worldwide fee income of $2.3 billion, an increase of 2.1 per cent for the 2011-12 financial year. | 14yrs
Michael Dillon is to become the new general counsel at US software developer Adobe, taking the reins from long-time GC Karen Cottle. | 14yrs
A California court has ruled in favour of the 'Big Pharma' companies in a competition action brought by 15 retail pharmacies in the state. | 14yrs
Bupa Group's employment law team has launched its second-ever review of outside counsel in a move expected to create three spaces for law firms. | 14yrs
US regulators have doled out the first whistleblower payments under new regulations brought about by the Dodd-Frank reforms. | 14yrs
Anglo-US global giant DLA Piper is looking to boost its presence in the French capital through a merger with a corporate Paris boutique law firm. | 14yrs
Maria Lourdes Punzalan Aranal-Sereno was appointed over the weekend as the new chief justice of the Philippines in a move local commentators predict will focus attention on a judicial reform agenda in the country. | 14yrs
The chairman of the Malaysian Bar Council has accused at least one London law firm of breaking the law, along with two practices from Singapore. | 14yrs
A former US government prosecutor who faces conspiracy to murder charges and a range of corruption allegations has accused the federal authorities handling his case of encouraging witnesses to lie under oath. | 14yrs
Queensland's lawyers have backed away from scuppering nationwide reforms to the regulatory structure of Australia's legal profession, it emerged at the end of last week. | 14yrs
Apple's victory over Samsung overshadows second important win against another rival technology company | 14yrs