A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service provided by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent their clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.
Lawsuits pile up over Facebook IPO
May 23 - France24
May 18 - Financial Times
SNC-Lavalin hit with $1.5-billion class-action suit in alleged Libyan bribery case
May 09 - Financial Post
Air Canada sued for $20M over jet plunge
May 07 - CBC
Big Law Firms Still Rake It in, but Growth May Be Slowing
May 01 - Business Week
Dewey & LeBoeuf merger talks called off
Apr 29 - Financial Times
RIM hires law firm to handle restructuring
Apr 22 - Financial Post
Apr 19 - Business Week
Class action considered against Bankwest
Apr 10 - News.com.au
Citigroup changes general counsel
Apr 04 - Financial Times
NY bar vetoes outside investors in law firms
Mar 21 - Financial Times
Mar 02 - CBC
Firm to offer fixed-price legal services
Feb 19 - Financial Times
Madoff Trustee Picard Seeks Fees to Bring Total to $273 Million
Feb 18 - Business Week
McDermott to Open Seoul Law Practice Following Trade Agreement
Feb 14 - Business Week
Samsung boss sued by brother for inheritance
Feb 14 - France24
Deregulation to shake up legal market
Feb 12 - Financial Times
U.S. Antitrust Enforcers Add Litigators to Bolster Odds at Trial
Feb 07 - Business Week
Firms flock to take up ‘Tesco Law’ status
Feb 06 - Financial Times
By Reuters UK
A former top enforcement official in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Texas office has been barred from appearing before the agency for one year for violating conflict-of-interest rules. (11:49 pm)
MORE TOPICS: SEC, SECURITIES LAW, SETTLEMENT
By Reuters UK
Michael Woodford, the ousted Olympus <7733.T> CEO, will next Monday bring his lawsuit for unfair dismissal for whistleblowing and discrimination against his former Japanese employer, in a case that could yield a record payout. (5:35 pm)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, MANAGEMENT, LAWSUIT, SETTLEMENT, LONDON
By Reuters
An arbitrator ruled Kuwait's state-run chemical company must pay Dow Chemical Co $2.16 billion for wrongly canceling a planned plastics joint venture in 2008, Dow said on Thursday. (5:00 pm)
MORE TOPICS: COURT, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT
By Reuters
Kuwait's state-run chemical company must pay Dow Chemical Co $2.16 billion under an arbitrator's ruling for wrongly cancelling a planned plastics joint venture in 2008, Dow said on Thursday. (3:07 pm)
By Reuters
Facebook Inc and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering. (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, MARK ZUCKERBERG, CALIFORNIA, FACEBOOK, COURT, NEW YORK
By IBTimes
Among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday are: Ares Capital Corp, Alcatel Lucent, FreightCar America, Jive Software, Dell Inc, Renren Inc, BlackRock, Alcoa and Facebook Inc. (May 23)
MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, FACEBOOK, DELL, LAWSUIT, LOS ANGELES
By IBTimes
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday to restructure $3.1 billion in debt and reduce annual interest costs by around $250 million. (May 21)
By Reuters
Ailing law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is considering a bankruptcy filing as new debtholders take a more aggressive track, shifting away from earlier attempts at an out-of-court liquidation, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. (May 19)
MORE TOPICS: JPMORGAN CHASE, COURT, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT, LAWYER
By Reuters UK
By Martin Coyle LONDON, May 17 - Counter-money laundering officials have welcomed a British court decision that saw wealthy Zimbabwean businessman Jayesh Shah fail in his $300 million (189.9 million pounds) suit against HSBC Private Bank. (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: HSBC, COURT, ZIMBABWE, LAWYER, INVESTMENT, LONDON
By Reuters UK
For Dewey & LeBoeuf, the time may have come for last rights. In recent days, Dewey has laid off hundreds of employees, been hit with new lawsuits for not paying its bills and continued to shed partners, including the last member of its top management team. (May 16)
MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, COURT, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT, LAWYER, LONDON
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