Former partners of now-defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have been handed an extra week to agree to a settlement that would absolve them of liability from the firm's estate. | 14yrs
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A leading academic is to investigate allegations of 'institutional racism' at the body that regulates England's 115,000 practising solicitors. | 14yrs
Two leading American Antitrust Institute lawyers are bailing out from the non-profit organisation to join the Federal Trade Commission, the group announced at the end of last week. | 14yrs
The general counsel of micro-blogging web site Twitter has issued an embarrassing apology after the social media network drew heavy criticism for banning a journalist's account. | 14yrs
A bill introduced by two US congressmen could enable small technology companies and their legal departments to fight 'patent trolls' rather than being forced by high litigation costs to settle legal battles. | 14yrs
In-house developments at Virgin Media and the Power Corporation of Canada | 14yrs
Guangzhou-based Guangda Law Firm has cut a non-exclusive alliance with New Delhi's Singh & Associates in the first Sino-Indian legal sector deal of its kind. | 14yrs
The Shanghai and Shenzhen branches of China's main arbitration body have been suspended in an on-going dispute between rival factions, casting worrying doubt over existing investor contracts. | 14yrs
US legal education regulators have rejected proposals to accredit foreign law schools in a move that will stoke continued debate over protectionism in the American legal profession. | 14yrs
Washington DC-based law firm Patton Boggs has joined several major US legal practices in turning to outside service providers tracking news and internet chatter to up their service game to clients. | 14yrs
A third of English solicitors say they are struggling to overcome career roadblocks at their law firms -- with a significant number blaming partners for clinging on to positions instead of retiring, a survey released today maintains. | 14yrs
Companies advertising on Facebook may be forced to moderate posted user comments after an Australian court ruled that the remarks should be treated as advertisements themselves. | 14yrs
Simon and Garfunkel said it was the same old story - but not many law firms know it. Robert Gogel looks at keeping the customers satisfied | 14yrs
The curriculum in US law schools has changed dramatically since 2004, with skills instruction taking a much higher precedence, according to a recent survey. | 14yrs
Sydney-based law firm Freehills led Australia's top 35 law firms to a bumper financial year as combined revenues hit AU$5.77 billion (£3.91 bn). | 14yrs
A federal judge has sanctioned Miami-based law firm Greenberg Traurig and client TD Bank after 'wilfully' mishandling evidence in a Ponzi scheme case earlier this year. | 14yrs
London-based international law firm Eversheds is considering giving all non-partner legal and support staff stakes in the firm. | 14yrs
A host of international firms is eyeing up possible moves into Israel following liberalisation of the country's legal market earlier this year. | 14yrs
It was an 'isle of joy' to song-writing duo Rodgers and Hart -- and nearly 90 years after they penned that immortal ode to New York, Manhattan is still the most profitable, if not always joyful, place to be a lawyer in the US. | 14yrs
Bankrupt New York-based Dewey & LeBoeuf paid two key executives bonuses of more than a million dollars each on the eve of the global law firm's collapse, court papers filed in the US have revealed. | 14yrs