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• Legal aid budget is disappointingly low, says Australian Law Council

  May 15 2012 Funding for legal aid services in Australia is disappointingly low, according to the Law Council of Australia after the release of the Australian government’s 2012-13... more

• Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg hires two top lawyers from Hunton & Williams

  Apr 18 2012 Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg has hired leading litigation lawyers Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess of Hunton & Williams along with a number of associates.   “We are... more

• Top indian law firms compared: Amarchand & Mangaldas and AZB & Partners

  Mar 15 2012 Here is an interesting article that makes an account of differences between India's top two corporate law firms: Amarchand & Mangaldas and AZB & Partners. Via these... more

• Senate and Congress approve deep cuts to legal Aid in the US

  Nov 22 2011 The US is set to cut funding from Legal Services Corp, the nation’s largest funding source for civil legal aid to the poor, after the House and Senate agreed to slash... more

• UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch in Washington DC

  Jun 30 2011 UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch of an office in Washington DC, which will be headed up by US banking head David Slade. The firm has also hired a trio of lawyers... more

• Comment: Lobbying is an indispensable part of pluralistic democracy that needs to be shunned

  Feb 15 2011 Lobbying and the individuals, some self-professed and others who have famously or notoriously earned the title of lobbyists, have recently been scorned at in India.... more

• Writ Petition questions the legality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board

  Jan 28 2011 A writ petition has been filed before the Madras High Court, challenging the legality of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), a specialized Intellectual... more

• Karnataka government curbs illegal mining

  Jan 25 2011 The Karnataka state government in June 2010 had issued two orders in a bid to curb illegal mining in the state. The government had banned the export of iron ores and... more

• Indian Supreme Court: Black Money is theft of national money

  Jan 25 2011 The Supreme Court is taking no excuse for stashing black money abroad and wants answers from the Government. A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices B.... more

• Indian cabinet reshuffles: Law Minister Veerappa Moily retained

  Jan 25 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scheduled the first reshuffle of the Cabinet of the 19 month old UPA Government in the wake of inducting in new faces and directing... more

• Bloomberg gears up for the legal research market

  Nov 23 2010 Bloomberg has hired nearly 500 lawyers over the past year, making it the largest source of new legal jobs in New York. The company is looking to make its play on... more

• WilmerHale appoints new co-managing partners

  Nov 23 2010 WilmerHale has announced that its current co-managing partners, Bill Lee and Bill Perlstein, will step aside to make way for new leadership. From 1 January 2012 Susan... more

• National Company Law Tribunal: Government asked to amend laws

  May 12 2010 A constitutional bench of 5 judges led by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and comprising Justices R.V. Raveendran, J.M. Panchal, D.K. Jain and P. Sathasivam yesterday... more

• Linklaters advises UK Government on £16bn asset sale

  Oct 13 2009 Linklaters is advising the UK Government on the planned sale of £16bn worth of assets over the next two years in a bid to reduce the UK's budget deficit. more

• $30bn bailout money doesn’t stop AIG from suing the U.S.

  Mar 03 2009 The AIG is suing the U.S. over a disputed $306 million in taxes, interest and penalties, despite the government has decided to inject the troubled insurer with an... more

• Weil Gotshal advises Kaupthing in suit against UK Government

  Jan 08 2009 Weil Gotshal & Manges has landed a leading role advising Kaupthing after the Icelandic bank decided to bring a suit against the UK Government. more

• Freshfields advises German Government on rescue fund

  Oct 25 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the German Government on the set-up of a €500bn rescue fund, established earlier this week. The magic circle firm’s team was led... more

• Magic circle firms head up £37bn bank bailout

  Oct 14 2008 Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the top City firms winning roles on the UK Government’s £37bn bailout of three of the... more

• Robert Burton joins Venable law firm

  Sep 10 2008 Venable LLP announced that Robert Burton, the nation's top career federal procurement official, has joined the firm as a partner in its Government Contracts Group.... more

• M&P Bernitsas advises Greek Government on Deutsche Telekom bid

  May 18 2008 Greek firm M&P Bernitsas Law Offices has continued a strong surge in local M&A over the last month, this time advising the Government on Deutsche Telekom’s (DT’s)... more

• Mothers of Iraq victims take case for inquiry to law lords

  Feb 15 2008 The “overwhelming” body of legal advice received by the Government in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was that it would be unlawful without a proper... more

• Legal Expert Connections Projects Top 10 Law Firm Practice Areas of Media Interest in 2008

  Jan 02 2008 The top 10 law firm practice areas of interest to the media, based on current news events, are projected to be real estate, government, intellectual property,... more