GCs could be in 'real trouble' if they leave all the e-discovery expertise to outsiders and do not have some familiarity with the systems themselves. | 9yrs
GCs could be in 'real trouble' if they leave all the e-discovery expertise to outsiders and do not have some familiarity with the systems themselves. | 9yrs
The former Jones Day partner who is the emergency manager of Detroit has defended the charging practices of his ex-colleagues who are now advising him, saying that he would need 'six to eight additional firms' if he were without Jones Day. | 9yrs
Renaud Laplanch, the French former securities lawyer, is the brains behind Lending Club and its much anticipated float on the New York Stock Exchange next week. | 9yrs
Ghanaian Joshua Siaw has become the youngest ever partner at White & Case and the youngest partner among all the leading international law firms in the City of London. | 9yrs
The data protection authority in Ireland is concerned about potential widespread illicit use of private detectives and is to carry out spot checks on law firms, banks and insurers in the New Year. | 9yrs
Five lawyers, including two partners, have left Bingham McCutchen in Washington DC to join Clifford Chance. | 9yrs
The city of New York spent 40% more on settlements and other legal costs in the last fiscal year, with a big increase coming under new mayor Bill de Blasio. | 9yrs
Banks are hoping to cut down on growing fines and legal fees, caused by non-compliant employees, by using state of the art technology. | 9yrs
Commercial litigation partner Antonio Suarez-Martinez, co-chair of the firm's pro bono committee, is joining the stream of lawyers leaving the London office. | 9yrs
Nearly 60% of solicitors find it difficult to 'do the right thing', according to a survey of 1,000 people carried out by Birmingham University's Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues. | 9yrs
A San Francisco judge is allowing a case on the ownership of unfinished work in the bankrupt Howrey law firm to skip an appeal tier and be heard next in the Ninth Circuit. | 9yrs
A multinational company, thought to be Microsoft, has been fined US$140m by the Chinese tax authorities in a rare case of enforcement action over transfer pricing. | 9yrs
The Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK is highlighting the role that lawyers can play in detecting terrorist plots in its terrorism awareness week. | 9yrs
Microsoft has filed a freedom of information action with the aim of discovering more about the relationship between the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and an external adviser, Quinn Emanuel. | 9yrs
A former office head at Dinsmore & Shohl who asked the state supreme court to suspend him was let off by the judges in a case involving a sexual relationship with a former client. | 9yrs
A Manhattan Court has rubber-stamped an agreement for the company to pay $400m to 20 million consumers and $50 million to lawyers involved in the case. | 9yrs
Beijing has criticised the response of judges abroad to some of its co-operation requests regarding the tracking down of Chinese citizens accused of corruption. | 9yrs
As several law firms consider taking action against supermarket chain Tesco, the UK-based litigation-only law firm Stewarts Law has announced its decision to go ahead on behalf of 300 investors. | 9yrs
Simmons & Simmons has recruited a five-lawyer team - by recruiting from Linklaters and other firms - to set up the new office early next year. | 9yrs
The 800-lawyer firm King & Spalding has recruited two partners to its London office to anchor a European capital markets practice. | 9yrs