It’s a relatively common practice in the United States for trial lawyers to seek help from jury consultants when preparing arguments and selecting jurors. But the idea is still a…
Privacy advocates, rev your engines: Microsoft is developing what a British newspaper describes as “Big Brother” software that will allow employers remotely to monitor their workers’ productivity, competence and physical…
Retiring at age 40-something probably isn’t a realistic goal for most lawyers. But in a move that may be viewed with envy by partners at some U.S. firms, one of…
An Oxford University don has sued the renowned British institution for employment discrimination, contending that she was excluded from a staff soccer team that is considered a department of the…
A British peer has brought to the attention of his colleagues the case of two twins, separated at birth, who he says later met and married, unaware of their biological…
A lawyer at a well-known British firm says a wave of lawsuits being filed over subprime mortgage issues could eventually exceed the scope of the litigation over the infamous Enron…
An international law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh reportedly may be seeking to strengthen its New York presence and insurance coverage practice by merging with a New York City-based boutique.
As many lawyers in London began a new year of work this week, leading practitioners predicted that a troubled global economy would have little impact on the legal services market…
In many ways, it looked like a standard bar association meeting. But the woman clad in an orange tutu and thigh-high black stockings offered one clue that the attorneys attending…
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