In what it says is the first such move by a U.S.-based firm specializing in labor and employment law, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart has announced that it will…
Ordered by the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice last month to put a post on its website explaining that a competitor didn’t copy its iPad design, Apple Inc. tried…
The top 10 law firms in the United Kingdom bring in almost half of the income earned by the country’s 100 largest legal shops, and could get an even bigger…
Continuing economic problems, older lawyers putting off retirement and uncertainty about the U.K.’s new “Tesco Law” are reasons cited for a shrinking partner base.
Ecuador says it will allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces extradition to Sweden, to remain indefinitely under its humanitarian protection.
After a change ushered in with the United Kingdom’s Legal Services Act allowing nonattorneys to have an ownership interest in law firms, a number of insurance companies are planning to…
British bank Standard Chartered has struck a deal to pay $340 million to New York’s top banking regulator to settle claims that it laundered billions of dollars for Iran and…
A well-known commercial law firm headquartered in Scotland has launched a new “firm within a firm” paralegal initiative intended to provide clients with a cost-efficient alternative to using attorneys for…
Unhappy about the prospect of having to post material on its own United Kingdom website and in newspapers there saying that a competitor didn’t copy its iPad design, Apple Inc.…
An unusual attack on a lawyer working at his desk in a British market town left other residents stunned and solicitor James Ward, who was shot in the head and…
Law firm mergers seem to be leveling off among U.S. legal shops but continuing at a steady pace among foreign competitors, according to recent surveys.
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