Steve Wardlaw has moved back to head up Baker Bott's London office after eight years in Moscow. A number of challenges await him.

Not all federal agencies deserve unconditional cooperation, says Kevin Evans. The SEC is a case in point.

Economic forces globally are driving conformity in a wide range of practices, says Reuben Guttman.

Eleven ruffled online retailers have come together to send a letter to the leading European antitrust official about Google.

As multinationals move around the globe, legal systems are cross-pollinated. China is a case in point, says Reuben Guttman who has just returned from an event in Shanghai dealing with securities dereliction.

Nick Rowles-Davies, a solicitor and consultant with litigation funder Vannin Capital, looks at the arrival of DBAs next month following their recent parliamentary approval.

Kevin Evans argues the case for giving aid to worthy causes such as Nepal and not spending it in the wrong places.

For general counsel to fly high in organizations, they have to embrace the commercial realities as well as do the day job, says Julia Chain

On International Women's Day, Suzanne Foster analyses the reasons why females are getting abigger slice of the equity pie in law firms

John Kettle's arrival in Australia from Europe has thrown up some rather unnerving questions-namely what is everything so expensive and why is there so little choice?

It's only about five weeks until compliance officers the world over are bracing themselves for an impossible task, says Nigel Cannings

Steven Friel berates the FSA for its poor handling of swap mis-selling and warns SMEs that waiting for the FSA scheme could be an expensive mistake.

The Lance Armstrong sage takes a new twist with the Department of Justice now involved. Reuben Guttman discusses the implications.

The good times are over and only the adaptable will survive, says George Beaton.

Anglo-Irish bank is dead and the Irish rugby team have not fared much better, muses Lorcan Tiernan of Dublin firm Dillon Eustace

Foreign companies operating in Argentina should be aware of new teleworker regulations.

Women often find it difficult to sell their achievements in the workplace, says performance coach Joella Bruckshaw

Reuben Guttman discusses how tax authorities globally are increasingly focusing on the intercompany transactions of corporates in a bid to up revenues.

Corporate self-reporting of overseas corruption could be going out of fashion in the UK, as deferred prosecution agreements are lined up to fill the gap