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Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates

Japan's Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation's international legal community by declaring that…

Law Firm Simmons & Simmons will reduce it's global presence by cutting of its two Portuguese offices, which go under…

The ABA Journal reports that more lawyers are dressing up for work, ditching their causal wear to impress superiors and…

Kilpatrick Stockton has added Michelle Graham to its New York office. Graham will serve as Counsel in the Intellectual Property…

Clifford Chance LLP LLP will cut 20% of its lawyer head count in its Moscow office in the current financial…

Nixon Peabody has launched an Israeli business practice group, to counsel companies in the Jewish State and those doing business…

Just a week after announcing mass layoffs, Linklaters is launching a formal redundancy consultation, with up to 120 lawyers and…

London's Eversheds is opening of a new office in Singapore, and beginning work on developing a presence in Hong Kong.…

Despite the global economic meltdown's effects in Mexico, New York's White & Case is growing strongly in the country and…

HR Bhardwaj, India’s justice minister, says his government has circulated draft regulations on allowing foreign law firms to practice in…

The American Lawyer has an interview with Venable partner James Hanks Jr., who was on board US Airways Flight 1549…

London's Linklaters , the world's second largest law firm by revenue, will eliminate 70 partners and 10% of associates. The…