A top judge in the United Kingdom is calling for courts to consider whether oral testimony is becoming obsolete as the younger generation increasingly relies on the Internet to communicate.
A former deputy head of the legal department defrauded the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi out of some $12 million (7.4 million in British pounds, at the current exchange rate) by conning…
An initial public offering for the Burford Capital litigation-financing fund has raised $130 million through the sale of 80 million shares on London’s junior exchange.
It may not be the best choice for those seeking winter resort reading. But a challenging novel about a 16th-century lawyer who served as a top advisor to Henry VIII…
It’s going to cost $500,000 annually for five years. But DLA Piper expects to save $1 million a year in travel expenses and lost productivity by upgrading from videoconferencing to…
A planned 2010 merger of London-based Norton Rose with Australia’s Deacons law firm is giving their competitors on both continents considerable food for thought.
Together, the Norton Rose-Deacons combination will…
In what reportedly is the first such use of the Internet authorized by any court in the country, the United Kingdom’s High Court has permitted an injunction on an anonymous…
One of the top 10 law firms based in the United Kingdom is mulling a fourth round of layoffs that could result in 22 attorneys and 95 secretaries getting the…
Seven doctors and nurses who apparently didn’t have enough to do while working overnight in a hospital emergency department last month reportedly decided to play a popular Facebook game.
A number of British law firms have recently added up the numbers for fiscal years that run from 2008 to 2009 and, after a year of economic turmoil that has…