Germany's largest bank has rejected the chance to resolve a 10-year dispute with the heirs of defunct media giant Kirch, after balking at the cost of the proposed €800 million out-of-court settlement. | 14yrs
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Germany's highest court has ruled against plans to give emergency fast-track powers to a special parliamentary panel, which would have allowed it to make snap decisions regarding the eurozone rescue fund. | 14yrs
The row over privacy injunctions takes off afresh as a London law firm puts MPs and Peers on notice. | 14yrs
Prime Minister David Cameron has recommended that ministers ignore legal advice that negatively impacts economic growth, as figures show the British government is failing to remove red tape that is slowing economic recovery. | 14yrs
Europe's biggest law school, the College of Law of England and Wales, has played down reports of an imminent sale to a private equity firm as 'speculation', according to the Law Society Gazette. | 14yrs
Lord Charles Henry Plumb, former President of the European Parliament and current member of the UK's House of Lords, is to head Alber & Geiger's new London base. | 14yrs
New York Knicks basketball pinup Jeremy Lin has become the latest western sports star to fall into trademark troubles with China. | 14yrs
Six of the UK's leading law firms would be included in the FTSE100 if they publicly traded their shares, according to a study from a group of corporate financiers. | 14yrs
Anglo-US global law firm Hogan Lovells has confirmed that it is to launch in South America later this year with an office in Rio de Janeiro. | 14yrs
Law firms have been dismissive at best and downright rude at worst about 'sourcing managers', but, warns Silvia Hodges, they had better swallow their pride and get to know them | 14yrs
Two US lawyers could send shock waves through the legal publishing industry if a copyright action they are bringing succeeds. | 14yrs
Survivors of the early 20th-century Armenian genocide took a legal hit last week when a California court threw out their damages claim on the grounds that local state legislation was pipped by US federal law. | 14yrs
The Obama administration today released draft legislation putting US internet privacy rights on a collision course with its European legal counterpart. | 14yrs
The head of the US's financial watchdog has defended its record of settling fraud cases with Wall Street banks, claiming the investigators' methods provide a suitable deterrent. | 14yrs
Choosing a law firm is like choosing a garage, says Shell's new legal director - and that's meant to be a complement to both lawyers and motor mechanics. It's all about the service, he tells Jonathan Ames | 14yrs
Foreign lawyers will be able to advise on international law and take part in global arbitration while in India on a 'fly in, fly out' bases, the Madras High Court ruled yesterday. | 14yrs
Britain's Serious Fraud Office suffered a major setback in its investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers and will now face a judicial review following errors made in the case, it has been announced today. | 14yrs
Redundant courts across England and Wales are being maintained by the British government to the tune of £2.5 million a year. | 14yrs
The EU has delayed making a decision on a controversial anti-piracy agreement after internet opposition campaigners suggested the law will be akin to censorship. | 14yrs
Kim Dotcom - original name Kim Schmitz - the founder of file sharing site Megaupload, was granted bail by a New Zealand court yesterday after spending a month in custody on copyright infringement charges. | 14yrs