The US Department of Justice is understood to be investigating matters related to store openings in Mexico - and the probe may also reach India, China and Brazil. | 12yrs
Practice areas
As banks rush to sign up to a voluntary code of conduct in the UK, City of London lawyers have warned that there is 'great concern' over new powers to name and shame those that do not sign up. | 12yrs
Kevyn Orr, now manager of Detroit city, has won a crucial ruling in the court when a judge agreed with the former Jones Day partner's view that the city was bankrupt and eligible for Chapter 11 protection. | 12yrs
IBM has become the latest western multinational to become embroiled in a dispute with the Indian authorities over the amount it owes them. | 12yrs
A team of 13 fee earners has left Herbert Geer and started work at the Brisbane office of Colin Biggers & Paisley this week. | 12yrs
The Dewey & LeBoeuf saga continues as the bankruptcy trustee sues the former executive director and CFO. | 12yrs
Regulators in the US are increasing their surveillance of private equity firms and other players in the alternative investment sector, according to specialist lawyers. | 12yrs
The Australian listed firm is upping the stakes in the UK. | 12yrs
Law firms jockeying for position to win the position of lead counsel in the Brent crude case in New York have poured cold water on attempts by Kirby McInerney to lead the claimants' case. | 12yrs
An Indian version of the Apple-Samsung patent wars appears to be breaking out through the intense competition between Ericsson and Micromax, culminating for the moment in the competition inquiry. | 12yrs
A former politician has attacked promised legal reforms for being slow and subject to the intervention of vested interests. | 12yrs
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been given powers to appoint and sack regional prosecutors. | 12yrs
Lawyers found guilty of sexual discrimination will be barred from entering court premises for up to a year under a new committee. | 12yrs
The mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities looks set to cost US banks over one hundred billion dollars. | 12yrs
The return of Jeffrey S Chiesa to Wolff & Samson means that the firm has had three partners who each at one stage held the position of Attorney General of New Jersey. | 12yrs
Income in American banks has fallen for the first time in four years, brought down by mounting legal costs at JP Morgan. | 12yrs
Stephen Cutler, the top lawyer at JP Morgan, has questioned the heavy-fining policy of regulators. | 12yrs
The Saudi government is claiming the the implementation of its 'Nitaqat' scheme over the last six months has been a success with 1.4m Indian workers regularising their immigration position. | 12yrs
Asset protection comes a clear first when private client lawyers are asked about the biggest issues facing their high net worth clients over the next five years. | 12yrs
The Financial Services Ombudsman in Dublin is warning that the position of his office is facing 'serious threat' from rulings which could force him to accept oral hearings on many more cases. | 12yrs