A raft of regulatory red tape is hindering the flow of credit in the global financial system rather than boosting it, a group of leading lawyers claimed today. | 13yrs
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European parliamentarians recently backed plans to reform regulations aimed at harmonising cross-border litigation in the EU. Daniel Hart argues that despite recent traumas in the eurzone, the moves will be welcomed | 13yrs
A Mexican court has slapped Californian internet company Yahoo with a $2.7 billion damages bill following a contract dispute with former partners in the country. | 13yrs
A convicted sex offender has won an injunction ordering web site Facebook to close a paedophile tracking page, in a move that could have wide implications for social media campaigns and privacy. | 13yrs
A row has broken out over legal profession marketing in New South Wales after two lawyers were hit with significant fines for breaching the Australian state's strict rules. | 13yrs
The boss of Hong Kong's financial watchdog has called for the authorities to take a greater role in global regulatory dialogue to prevent the US and EU from imposing their rules on region. | 13yrs
A British student has dodged facing trial and possibly imprisonment in the US after striking a deal to avoid extradition. | 13yrs
Owners of a British marketing company that overwhelmed the public with millions of unlawful text messages have been fined £440,000 by regulators. | 13yrs
An investigation is to be launched into allegations that ethnic minority lawyers in England are treated less fairly by the profession's regulator than white counterparts. | 13yrs
Australian consumer law actions over privacy breaches will be a bonanza for the country's legal profession, predicts a specialist lawyer who claims the jurisdiction will follow a similar litigation route to that of several US states. | 13yrs
Leading London law firms are increasingly moving towards pure performance and merit-based pay packages for their associates as hard economic conditions continue to impact on the UK capital's legal profession. | 13yrs
Federal government moves to dole out prison sentences at odds with watchdog's leniency programme, say lawyers | 13yrs
A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | 13yrs
The head of the US's financial watchdog is to stand down next month, with speculation over her replacement already mounting. | 13yrs
Two thirds of all FTSE100 British High Court cases this year involved the financial services sector, with the 'big four' high street banks accounting for nearly half of all trials, according to research released yesterday. | 13yrs
Indian lawyers practising overseas increased pressure on professional regulators back home yesterday to loosen strict protectionist rules preventing foreign law firms from operating in the country. | 13yrs
British regulators today slapped Switzerland's biggest bank with a £30 million fine following the fraud conviction of a rogue trader last week. | 13yrs
Courts are not looking kindly on companies unable to locate important data | 13yrs
The story of a successful campaign for racial equality in the employment practices at the top level of US football -- and the crucial role played by two lawyers | 13yrs
Nationality should not be a factor in selecting members for Hong Kong's top court, a leading local former judge has said in an attempt to head off pressure from mainland China. | 13yrs