Latest legal news

The biggest multi-party legal action in British history is gathering pace in Liverpool as more than 10,000 potential claimants are reported to be gearing up to sue a woodchip factory. | 14yrs

The number of bankruptcy filings in the US has dropped for the first time since the economic downturn kicked off in 2007, with boutique bankruptcy practices forced to live off of existing cases. | 14yrs

Published by: New York University Press Author: Daniel Medwed April 2012 P/B $39 ISBN: 978-0814796245 | 14yrs

Published by: Linde Prague Authors: John Diblík, François Veit December 2011 P/B CZK432 (£14) ISBN: 978-80-7201-863-5 | 14yrs

Dwarfs can relax in Sunshine State; Austrians go cliché crazy; global law firm gets the girls cooking; Aussie charges over penguin abduction; and a legal wrangle in a haunted house | 14yrs

A wander through the global legal profession blogosphere | 14yrs

Our round up of senior moves and appointments around the globe | 14yrs

Anna Tolley is to move to the top legal department slot at the UK and Ireland offices of US brewers Anheuser-Busch InBev. | 14yrs

UK law firms are being invited to pitch for a lucrative spot on Transport for London's legal panel, with the public body carrying out its first review in five years. | 14yrs

Catherine Dixon, the former general counsel at a leading British children's charity, has moved to head the body that deals with litigation for the country's health service. | 14yrs

US insurance company WR Berkley has announced the line-up of its first-ever UK claims panel as six firms take their places on the team. | 14yrs

Ruling gives green light to UK athletes with past bans and triggers potential rift with world anti-doping authorities | 14yrs

Mexican legislators will vote today on whether to end the 500-year-old tradition of bullfighting in the country's capital. | 14yrs

Superpower relations tense as drama threatens to overshadow Hillary Clinton's Beijing visit next week | 14yrs

London-based magic circle firm Clifford Chance has made up 27 lawyers to its global partnership - an increase from last year's figure of 23 and four more than the practice's nearest magic circle rivals. | 14yrs

No matter how much social media -- and all the hyperbole around it -- might irritate and sometimes infuriate, lawyers need to get involved. | 14yrs

Global general counsel answer our big question | 14yrs

Leading law firm partners answer the big questions | 14yrs

A leading Egyptian actor could be gaoled after being found guilty of insulting Islam in several of his highest-profile films, prompting top film industry members to threaten a strike if the sentence is confirmed. | 14yrs