The London office of US firm Mayer Brown has offered its trainees £10,000 to defer their contracts for a year. Only three of the 47 trainees across four intakes agreed to defer, with the remaining 44 beginning their contracts as normal. | 14yrs
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Lynette Rowe -- who was born without arms and legs -- has been offered more than AU$1 million by multi-national corporation Diageo as compensation for the effects of thalidomide. | 14yrs
Singapore's stock exchange is firming up its procedures for companies aiming to list on its main market, following a wave of accounting scandals involving small, listed Chinese firms. | 14yrs
A group of former UK partners from bankrupt New York-based law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf are set to rebuff a settlement plan proposed by the firm's wind-down committee last week. | 14yrs
A New Zealand district court judge has stepped down from the extradition case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom after jokingly referring to the US as 'the enemy'. | 14yrs
Football's governing body FIFA has appointed Michael Garcia - a partner at Chicago-based firm Kirkland & Ellis and a former US government attorney - as lead prosecutor to investigate allegations of corruption at the organisation. | 14yrs
Major law firms are moving into smaller offices and utilising space in more flexible ways to cut costs, as the harsh economic environment sounds the death knell for traditional ostentatious, wood-panelled walls and large leather chairs. | 14yrs
Leading New York lawyers will soon launch an investigation into the current grim employment market afflicting law graduates in the US. | 14yrs
A scheme aimed at promoting lawyer pro bono work across the Asia-Pacific region launched yesterday in Australia. | 14yrs
A host of law firms unveiled last year's financial performance figures over the last few days as the English reporting round continued with most claiming year-on-year gains. | 14yrs
Global recruitment at law firms and in-house legal departments has surged at a time when staff are looking for fresh opportunities, according to recent research. | 14yrs
Fewer than half of consumers seek professional advice for legal problems because they perceive services as being too costly. | 14yrs
US regulators have triggered waves of privacy policies that are now washing over developers of applications used on mobile devices, a recent study has found. | 14yrs
In-house lawyer pay rates have dropped over the last year, putting the brakes on significant recent increases, research released in the last few days claims. | 14yrs
Top lawyers from the US Food and Drug Administration are preparing to face tough questions from Congress after allegedly authorising the surveillance of agency scientists who had expressed concerns over the safety of medical products. | 14yrs
A round-up of general counsel appointments and panel reviews | 14yrs
Andrew Munro and Jane Pearce of Ogier Fund Services in Guernsey and Jersey explain how the fund administrator's role has evolved and the international legislation facing the industry. | 14yrs
The US military lawyer who represented high-profile Guantanamo detainee David Hicks has moved to Australia to work as a civilian lawyer. | 14yrs
Retention rates for newly qualified solicitors at a cross-section of leading English law firms are increasing, but graduate vacancies are waning, providing a mixed outlook for new lawyers. | 14yrs
The office of the late Johnnie Cochran -- the lawyer famous for successfully defending OJ Simpson -- has been placed under receivership following a dispute between partners. | 14yrs