Amnesty International has urged European ministers to protect the integrity and authority of the European Court of Human Rights. | 14yrs
Latest legal news
The American Bar Association Commission of Ethics 20/20 has decided to shelve plans for developing a proposal on whether non-lawyers should be allowed limited ownership in US law firms. | 14yrs
Ex-Coca Cola European general counsel Christopher Barnard gives his views on how legal departments assess the value proposition. | 14yrs
Eight more partners have left New York-based law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf -- including a five-strong infrastructure team -- taking the overall 2012 partner loss to more than 60, according the US website the Am Law Daily. | 14yrs
Europe's controversial anti-money laundering rules are under the spotlight again as Brussels launches a consultation on amendments to the most recent directive. | 14yrs
Russia has become the latest member of a leading international anti-bribery club - a move that will elicit some scepticism and bemusement from many global lawyers practising in the jurisdiction. | 14yrs
The eurozone's debt crisis has forced bondholders to reach for their lawyers following various haircuts, writes Steven Friel, and the search for legal remedies will only increase as developments in Spain, Italy and possibly France worsen | 14yrs
Months of speculation ended today when Europe's biggest law school announced it is to be sold to a UK private equity house in a deal worth more than £200 million. | 14yrs
Many legal profession traditionalists have reacted to the recent launch of a new breed of legal disciplinary partnership and fee structure with open hostility. But, argues Karl Chapman, the old guard will be left drowning in the wake of modernisation | 14yrs
Economists may have been pointing over the last few days to China's worst growth figures for three years, but the analysts at one global law firm are bucking that view and remaining positive about the far eastern giant. | 14yrs
Leading law firm partners answer the big questions | 14yrs
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Global general counsel answer our big question | 14yrs
Holiday Law: the law relating to travel and tourism, 5th Ed Published by: Sweet & Maxwell Authors: David Grant, Stephen Mason March 2012 P/B £39.95 ISBN: 9780414046122 | 14yrs
Islamic Finance: law and practice Published by: Oxford University Press Authors: Various Edited by: Craig R Nethercott and David M Eisenberg March 2012 H/B £155 ISBN: 9780199566945 | 14yrs
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A wander through the global legal profession blogosphere | 14yrs
Our round up of senior moves and appointments around the globe | 14yrs
Civil rights activists in the US are pressing a leading equality body to clarify the rules under which lawyers at federal agencies involve themselves in discrimination complaint processes. | 14yrs
Lee Theng Kiat has joined state-owned Singapore investment vehicle Temasek Holdings as president and general counsel, according to Singapore newspaper The Straits Times. | 14yrs
American financial services corporation Citigroup has lured Rohan Weerasinge from New York-based law firm Shearman & Sterling, reports ALM's Law.com. | 14yrs