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Cravath, Swaine & Moore loses dealmaking royalty to rival firm
Renowned Wall Street M&A lawyer Scott Barshay is stepping out on Cravath to become global head of mergers and acquisitions for rival firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Apple now considering legal action against FBI
Oh, how the tables have turned.
Refugees file lawsuit against Hollywood screenplay
A group of Sudanese refugees are alleging breach of copyright over the use of their personal testimonies in the script development for the Reese Witherspoon film The Good Lie.
Disgruntled law school grad loses case
A law school graduate who sued her alma mater after failing to find work as a lawyer has been defeated in her long-running legal battle.
Woman convicted for posing as a lawyer
A US court has convicted a woman who posed as an estate lawyer for a decade but never qualified or even attended a law school.
Law student admitted 'by mistake' will miss out on LLM, court rules
Just days before graduating, New York law student Leodegario Salvador was informed that he would not be receiving his degree because his admission to an LLM program was the result of an administrative error.
Alibaba executive gives $30M to Yale Law School
The executive vice chairman of the Alibaba Group - often referred to as the Chinese Amazon -has donated $30m to his alma mater.
Class action spending is back on the up after four years of decline
In-house spending on class action defence has rebounded after four years of steady slump, with around 7 per cent more US companies fending off at least one class action lawsuit last year than in 2014.
Cup half empty: Starbucks faces lawsuit over latte portions
A pair of Californian coffee sticklers have accused caffeine giant Starbucks of ripping off its customers by deliberately under-filling their morning lattes.
Supreme Court in first even split since death of Scalia
The US Supreme Court has divided 4-4 in a case for the first time since the death last month of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Full-time female lawyers earn 77 percent of male lawyer pay
Data for 2014 released earlier this month by the US Census Bureau shows that the median pay for full-time female lawyers was 77.4 per cent that earned by their male counterparts.
Prosecutor known for fighting prostitution is himself charged with paying for sex
A Michigan prosecutor who took a hard-line approach to prostitution has been accused of paying women for sex hundreds of times between 2010 and 2015, including a woman seeking his aid in a child custody dispute.
President Obama picks Supreme Court nominee
After weeks of speculation, US President Barack Obama has finally chosen Merrick Garland as his best bet for having a new Supreme Court justice approved before the end of his term.
Cases pile up in US federal courts as judicial vacancies climb
Latest figures show that the number of new lawsuits filed with federal courts in the US slumped six per cent in the last financial year—though you wouldn't know it from the waiting times.
Anbang calls in Skaddens for history-making Starwood Hotels bid
The Chinese insurance giant has enlisted Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom to advise on its latest $12.8bn play to wrangle Starwood Hotels and Resorts from the grip of rival suitor Marriott International.
Former VW employee sues over deleted data
A former employee of Volkswagen's US subsidiary has claimed that evidence was destroyed after the US announced that the company had installed illegal devices to cheat emissions tests on hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
Barrister disbarred after faking age and experience to secure pupillage
A barrister who forged documents and lied about her age and experience in order to secure a pupillage has been handed a $5,000 fine and disbarred in New York.
Sticky legal squabble over Post-It invention
A 67-year-old inventor is seeking $400m in damages from the company which made Post-It Notes a global success, claiming that he himself invented the adhesive-backed note squares.
Snoozy lawyer napped through client's trial, appeals court hears
A man handed 30 years' imprisonment for conspiracy and racketeering has had his sentence vacated after a court heard that his lawyer slept through sizeable chunks of his trial.
Survey: lawyer earnings second only to doctors in US
A survey by company-rating and recruitment website Glassdoor has shown that lawyers in the US last year had a median base salary of $144,500.