It is a sign of a healthy democracy that the exercise of governmental power can be challenged properly through the courts. 3 Nov: Government defeated in Brexit legal challenge and poised to go to Supreme Court
K&L Gates has made a gift of $10m (£8.07m) to longstanding client Carnegie Mellon University, to study the ethical issues posed by artificial intelligence (AI).
Clifford Chance Australia co-founder Mark Pistilli and DLA Piper’s former Australia chief are among six new partners to join PwC Legal in Sydney and Melbourne.
The UK Government has been defeated in the landmark Brexit High Court challenge over whether Article 50 can lawfully be triggered without a vote by Parliament.
A total of 52 towns and cities are represented in The Lawyer UK 200: The Independents report this year, five fewer than last year’s 57.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is set to lose further lawyers to White & Case’s new offices in Australia.
Norton Rose Fulbright was hit with a personal injury lawsuit by one of its own London associates earlier this year, The Lawyer can reveal.
Insurance giant RSA is in the midst of a far-reaching panel review to overhaul all of its external claims advisors, The Lawyer has learned. The new panel will include between four and six core firms acting across all of RSA’s claims work as well as an undisclosed number firms acting on niche lots. The new line-up […]
KWM’s recapitalisation plan was seen by many in the market as a last resort for a firm rocked by merger integration issues, partner exits and low morale. But further exits have forced the firm to put it on hold. What happens next? Read the inside track here.
Norton Rose Fulbright will open a European shipping and finance base in Monaco early next year, the firm revealed today.
SuperGroup general counsel Lindsay Beardsell will join newly-merged Ladbrokes Coral in 2017 as the company’s top lawyer.
The Lawyer’s figures on shared parental leave released on Monday (31 October) expose two disappointing truths.