Latest legal news

A host of black-owned South African law firms are fighting for survival as clients - including the government and state-owned enterprises -- balk at paying fees. | 14yrs

With discovery being a major component of litigation in many jurisdictions, the efficient conduct of document retrieval can help litigants avoid a judicial drubbing - and achieve significant savings, counsels Adrian White | 14yrs

UK-based banking and financial services company Virgin Money has brought in a new deputy company secretary following the departure of director of legal and company secretary Jason Fitzpatrick. | 14yrs

Royal Dutch Shell has snapped up Richard Hill from Houston-based law firm Fulbright & Jaworski for the role of associate general counsel in the company's newly launched global disputes group. | 14yrs

Global legal process outsourcing company Clutch Group has appointed Brian Flack to take over the reigns as general counsel and vice president of client services at the firm's Washington DC office. | 14yrs

Thomas Sager has spent 36 years putting DuPont's legal team at the forefront of in-house strategy. He talks to Jonathan Ames about his evolving approach towards external counsel and a changing business sector | 14yrs

A furore over human rights in Ukraine is gathering pace in the run-up to the kick-off to Europe's showpiece football competition. But, says Wolfram Rehbock, the campaigners should let the players get on with their job and leave the political debate | 14yrs

Are force majeure clauses a clever route out of contracts that have gone sour in the financial crisis? Mateusz Drozdz and Robert Rajczewski assess the jurisdictional possibilities | 14yrs

International law firm Salans advised French real estate company ORCO Property Group on the sale by its subsidiary of the Radio Free Europe/Hagibor Office Building in Prague to a subsidiary of American owned business L88 Companies. | 14yrs

German business law firm Marcuss Partners advised French commercial real estate player Cofitem-Cofimur on the sale of two office buildings in Berlin. | 14yrs

International law firm Mayer Brown advised leading retail restructuring specialist GA Europe on its investment into Somerset-based footwear chain Shoon, which went into administration last February. | 14yrs

Cameco - one of the world's largest publicly traded uranium companies - has signed a reported $135 million agreement with private equity firm Advent International to purchase Germany's NUKEM Energy, a leading trader of nuclear fuel products. | 14yrs

Dutch law firm AKD has assisted mobile telephone texting service provider ClubMessage purchase Netherlands-based GSM Information Network unit from NASDAQ-listed Motricity. | 14yrs

DLA Piper acted for American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, a long-standing client, on a 10-year lease and associated service agreements for high temperature incinerator and solvent handling facility and waste disposal agent Augean Treatment. | 14yrs

Top German independent legal practice Hengeler Mueller is advising Hesse-based medical equipment company Fresenius SE & Co on its recently announced capital increase. | 14yrs

Magic Circle firm Linklaters advised Californian private equity firm Triton on a £550million deal that is expected to be one of the largest leveraged sales in the Nordic region so far this year. | 14yrs

The Radio Africa Group is to challenge the powers of Kenya's media watchdog in court following a decision to suspend a Sh800,000 (£5,950) fine imposed on the group last month. | 14yrs

Boston-based law firm Ropes & Gray has bagged two partners for its Hong Kong office, reportedly in preparation for full-scale Hong Kong law practice launch. | 14yrs

Melbourne-founded law firm Herbert Geer has introduced a partnership board structure following the announcement of the departure of managing partner Bill Fazio earlier this year. | 14yrs