Forget cash flow. Equity is where it’s at, as far as the law firm of the future is concerned, predicts a well-known lawyer who is now venturing out to stake…
Megafirm Clifford Chance edged out Linklaters as the United Kingdom’s top-grossing law firm in 2009, reporting about $1.8 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that ended April 30, 2010.…
The British law firm Halliwells had record profits during good economic times, but now it has filed for administration and is in negotiations to sell its assets to rival Hill…
A London lawyer who headed the legal department at insurance giant Zurich UK Services claims in a lawsuit that bullying from an underling led to her mental breakdown and firing.
Saying that it was crippled by a lack of cash flow from unpaid government-funded representations, the United Kingdom’s biggest immigration law firm has failed, leaving some 10,000 cases in limbo.
A magistrate judge and a court clerk were shot to death today in Belgium as they were in a courtroom working on a civil case near the Palais de Justice…
As a result of the plan for Times Online to move to subscription-only access in June, its popular legal humor blog, BabyBarista, which had been hosted by…
In an effort to squeeze innovative business development ideas from its lawyers and staff, London-based Eversheds is offering a cash prize of around $700 for each month’s best idea—and a…
An executive of NeuTec Pharma had such a “passion” for his company that he told friends and family members “I work for the most amazing company that will save many…
A laid-off Eversheds associate who says he should have been rated higher than a colleague on maternity leave has won a bias judgment against the British law firm.
Kenneth Clarke says he was surprised when he learned he was being appointed as Justice Secretary in the new coalition government of incoming prime minster David Cameron.
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