Bridging the gap between a fictional 3D world on the Internet known as “Second Life” and real life, a United Kingdom law firm reportedly has opened an office there not…
For potential clients who need a personal injury lawyer, setting an appointment and going to an attorney’s office for an initial consultation can be a daunting process.
A newspaper in the U.K. has thrown down the glove in an international challenge over the relative ridiculousness of specific British and American laws.
As the subprime mortgage meltdown and a resulting global credit crunch have created a surge of litigation against lenders, some of the world’s major law firms are caught in a…
The London office of Hogan & Hartson reportedly has been stunned by the news that the head of its city corporate team—a partner it stole from rival Shearman & Sterling’s…
A lawyer based in Allen & Overy’s London office is chair of the ABA’s Section of International Law and Practice. He is the first lawyer outside the United States to…
A Spanish court has convicted 21 people in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Seven others, including an alleged mastermind, were acquitted.
Although class actions have long been unique to America, that is starting to change—and fast, one major U.S. law firm is predicting. It is basing this projection, in part, on…
Camera-shy individuals apparently were daunted by a swarm of journalists on day one of what was billed as the world’s first-ever divorce fair on Saturday.
Billed as the world’s first divorce fair, a two-day event in Austria this weekend will offer participants one-stop shopping for a vast array of services targeted to spouses in an…
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