Practice areas

The litigation-only US firm Quinn Emanuel has set up a Brussels office with particular emphasis on competition. | 12yrs

Chinese regulators have given more details of the mysterious investigations which have been made into US chip-maker Qualcomm and which could lead to a US$1b record fine. | 12yrs

The failure of law firms to pay their debts, despite increased action from creditors, has emerged as the most common factor in law practice insolvencies in the UK. | 12yrs

The EU and US have protested at moves by the Turkish parliament to increase central government control over the judiciary. | 12yrs

While litigation appears to be booming globally, one Australian firm, Piper Alderman, has laid off four lawyers from its team in Adelaide. | 12yrs

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, a US plaintiffs firm, is merging with Leopold Law of Florida in a move that brings together two specialists in complex litigation. | 12yrs

Three litigation and three leveraged finance partners, including one global co-head, are moving in New York from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to Shearman & Sterling. | 12yrs

Mortgage banking-specialist Butler & Hosch is to acquire the loan default practice of McCurdy & Candler in Atlanta. | 12yrs

Italian law firm NCTM is launching a luxury and fashion department. | 12yrs

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and Gowlings have both increased their lawyer numbers by recruiting from the lawyers pool at the now-defunct firm of Heenan Blaikie. | 12yrs

Australian firm Slater & Gordon has posted a 21pc H1 profit rise after announcing five UK acquisitions in that time. | 12yrs

Boca Raton-based law firm Kenny Leigh and Associates is doing so well with its rule on serving male clients only that it is considering opening more offices in Florida. | 12yrs

Cleary Gottlieb is seeking US$3m in damages over a power loss suffered because of Hurricane Sandy which it says generated that amount in loss of business. | 12yrs

Three US state attorney generals and three GCs have met at a round table discussion and agreed on the extent and importance of the patent troll problem. | 12yrs

Miami-based law firm is opening up in Chicago, bringing its network of offices to 20. | 12yrs

The ex-head of restructuring and insolvency, Ben Larkin, has left Berwin Leighton Paisner to join two former colleagues at Jones Day in London. | 12yrs

Lawyer Timothy Griffin has been indicted on charges that he took nearly US$2m from the United Hebrew Cemetery on Staten Island between 2012 and last month. | 12yrs

The divorce capital of the world, London is expected to take a big step nearer to recommending the recognition of pre-nuptial agreements this month. | 12yrs

Apple has faced 92 lawsuits in three years brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs), law firms and other entities that buy patents solely in order to earn money from alleged infringers - and is urging reform of the sector. | 12yrs