South Korean technology giant Samsung has suffered an embarrassing blow in its high-profile patent showdown with Californian rival Apple, after one of its lawyers admitted she did not have the required advocacy rights paperwork for the court. | 14yrs
Ethical disclosure of client information in US partner lateral moves and law firm merger talks has been given a provisional green light by the American Bar Association. | 14yrs
US District Judge William Alsup's eyebrow-raising decision ordering technology rivals Oracle and Google to reveal any financial relationships with bloggers and journalists is causing many lawyers in the field to question the bench's motives. | 14yrs
The world's first publicly listed law firm is embroiled in a scandal that could rock Australia's government and trade union elite. | 14yrs
Researchers find multiple hurdles still block the path of femal practitioners | 14yrs
Australia is missing out on the global renewable energy boom because the Canberra government has not developed a plan diverse enough to meet its own targets, charges a leading international specialist lawyer. | 14yrs
The recent flurry of Australian mergers with global law firms has seen more than half of local legal practices increase hiring compared to 2011, a report released this week confirms. | 14yrs
A tribunal has granted a leading South African judge a fortnight to pay outstanding legal fees before an investigation of complaints against him resumes. | 14yrs
Spanish law firm Gómez-Acebo Pombo is to open its first office outside Europe, launching in New York at the end of November. | 14yrs
Swaziland's lawyers have blocked a parliamentary attempt to investigate the legal profession and prevent it from self-regulating. | 14yrs
A multi-million pound technology programme designed to streamline the on-line registration of English solicitors is to be jettisoned as regulatory officials embarrassingly return to traditional paper methods. | 14yrs
A London jury has cleared a well respected barrister of charges of possessing images of 'extreme' homosexual pornography in a case that could profoundly affect recently passed British criminal legislation. | 14yrs
Technology giant Apple has dropped the latest bombshell in the on-going patent trial against its South Korean rivals by releasing a 132-page internal Samsung report, which, claim the Californians, reveals Samsung's fixation with the iPhone device. | 14yrs
One of the US's largest pharmaceutical companies has agreed to a $60 million settlement over charges that it bribed doctors overseas. | 14yrs
US law firms continue to rack up significant fees in bankruptcy work despite a 14 per cent drop in business filings, recently published research has revealed. | 14yrs
Standard Chartered is weighing up a counterclaim against the New York authorities that have charged the British global bank with sanctions-busting and laundering money for Iran. | 14yrs
The US's largest legal profession trade union is in disarray over the contentious issue of non-lawyer ownership of law firms, with its senior figures unable to agree a policy. | 14yrs
London-based magic circle firm Slaughter and May and New York white shoe practice Sullivan & Cromwell have become the latest lawyers to profit from the recent string of banking scandals. | 14yrs
Introduction of US-style deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in England could fail because of jurisdictional 'blind spots', leading lawyers said today, as the plan's consultation period nears conclusion. | 14yrs
A US District Court Judge has demanded that battling technology giants Google and Oracle give up the names of journalists and bloggers who were paid to comment on the recent Java patent lawsuit. | 14yrs