Latest legal news

Lawyers in the US state of Minnesota are drawing battle lines over a controversial proposal that would legally define marriage as being between heterosexual couples. | 14yrs

Jamaica's Norman Manley Law School is set to more than double its intake of students while a new law school in India faces further delays and legal obstructions. | 14yrs

A complex jurisdictional arrangement may soon see cases sent from Honduras to a court of appeal in Mauritius, and then on to the Privy Council in London. | 14yrs

The California Latino Legislative Caucus is pressing the state's Supreme Court to allow illegal immigrant and law school graduate Sergio Garcia admission to the state bar. | 14yrs

Three former leaders of bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBouef who are being sued by an ex-partner for allegedly lying about the firm's finances have applied for the case to be moved from California state court to federal bankruptcy court. | 14yrs

Law firm starting salaries in the US have nosedived recently -- tumbling by a staggering 35 per cent compared with three years ago. | 14yrs

Experts - and even senior judges - are telling lawyers to overcome concerns about advanced e-disclosure techniques. But, asks Greg Wildisen, will they listen? | 14yrs

Law firm profitability hangs on a precipice as disruptive technologies threaten to wreak chaos on traditional models. George Beaton asks: will margins be large enough in the future for all to survive? | 14yrs

Private equity companies were eyeing up English law practices even before the legislation allowing them to buy-in hit the statute books. Jonathan Ames talks to a prominent business angel boss who's struck early | 14yrs

Details of the Libor scandal make most people's heads spin - but one thing is assumed: bankers as a breed are borderline crooks. Stephen Gilchrist looks at whether any will do time for massaging interest rates | 14yrs

Wealthy Russian individuals and businesses have been rushing to London's commercial court to do battle, but now there is a backlash in Moscow. Is this the beginning of the end? David Allen and Philippa Charles assess the evidence | 14yrs

'Merchant banker' has a rather fruity meaning in modern Cockney rhyming slang - for those unfamiliar with contemporary English argot, a brief visit to any of the major internet search engines should assist. | 14yrs

Switzerland is an arbitration destination of choice for many, regularly modernizing its arbitration framework to remain so. | 14yrs

San Francisco-based law firm Morrison & Foerster has reshuffled its senior leadership, with long-time bankruptcy partner Larren Nashelsky taking over the top job. | 14yrs

A mentoring programme aimed at women solicitors has launched in New South Wales. | 14yrs

Leading Pakistani lawyers are campaigning to boost human rights in Sindh province by launching a group to bolster the legal system. | 14yrs

Likely Republican US presidential nominee Mitt Romney has bagged former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld litigation associate Beth Myers to conduct his search for a running mate. | 14yrs

London magic circle firm Linklaters is considering a joint venture in South Africa, less than two months after cementing an exclusive link-up in Australia with Allens. | 14yrs

A British judge has told Californian electronics giant Apple that it must advertise that rival company Samsung did not copy its iPad tablet device. | 14yrs