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Legal query hangs over EU internet proposal
A proposal to separate off EU internet traffic from the US, in order to prevent spying, is being questioned by lawyers and the IT sector.
Lawyers urge end of Nazi murder law
A 1941 Nazi law on murder which is still in force today has worked against battered women and spared violent men, according to lawyers who are urging its repeal.
TwoBirds regulatory expert defects to King & Spalding
The Frankfurt office of King & Spalding has recruited the joint head of Bird & Bird's international food and beverage group.
Deutsche CEO vows to deal with legal costs
Anshu Jain was quizzed over the bank's legal expenditure.
CC defends negligent advice claims
Clifford Chance is stoutly defending itself in a High Court case in which it has been joined as a third party on the grounds that it gave negligent advice.
Deutsche Bank under regulator attack over GC role
Deutsche Bank is under pressure from the German financial regulator to move its general counsel, Richard Walker, a former partner in Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
CC faces £130m negligence claim
Clifford Chance is one of three major law firms - along with Weil Gotshal & Manges and Nabarro - to be fighting substantial negligence claims this year.
Trove of legal questions raised by Nazi art find
Experts are predicting 'a host of legal controversies' to come out of the find of over 1,400 art works in Munich which had been stolen by the Nazis.
Deutsche Bank posts one billion euro legal provision
Deutsche Bank has followed JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Lloyds in posting hefty legal provisions in its latest results.
Hogan Lovell 'bust-up' in Berlin
A bust-up between Hogan Lovell TMT partner Christoph Wagner and the overall firm is said to be a major factor in the transfer of a 30-lawyer team to Berlin last month.
MoFo opens in Berlin as Hogan Lovells team defects
Nine partners and 20 associates and counsel are leaving Hogan Lovells in a surprise move to create a Morrison & Foerster office in Berlin.
Quinn Emanuel opens third German office
Quinn Emanuel is opening its third office in Germany to take advantage of patent work near the Federal Patent Court in Munich.
Deutsche Bank faces €630m increased litigation spend
Deutsche Bank has reported an increase in legal spend in its latest quarterly results.
Top legal team lined up for Ecclestone
German lawyer Sven Thomas of Dusseldorf firm Thomas Deckers Wehnert Elsner has been lined up to defend Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone after German prosecutors charged him over the payment of a $44 million bribe.
Germany and France change counterfeit laws
Germany is upping the stakes on piracy whilst France has changed direction.
Germany queries 'patent box' scheme
The allegations and debates surrounding corporate tax avoidance have flared up once more in the light of German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble's comments on the Patent Box tax break scheme.
ECB responds to court challenge
The European Central Bank has responded to Bundesbank's move to question the legality of the ECB's bond buying plan to save the euro.
German court weighs legality of ECB crisis measure
A German court has questioned a key European Central Bank (ECB) programme which was put together to deal with the European debt crisis.
Latham lands Shearman team ahead of Düsseldorf opening
Los Angeles-headquartered law firm Latham & Watkins has announced the capture of a four-partner team from German office of US rival Shearman & Sterling to spearhead its soon-to-launch Düsseldorf office.
HSF opens two German offices
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has beefed up its European presence with the announcement of two office openings in Germany today.