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.
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Second Aussie firm goes public. Canadian firms . . . not so much
May 04 - Financial Post
What the future may hold for ‘character conversion transactions’
Mar 26 - Financial Post
SNR Denton, Salans and Fraser Milner Casgrain: Mega-merger of lawyers 'is biggest yet'
Mar 24 - Independent
Does Ottawa’s tax change on ‘character conversion’ spell end of some mutual fund offerings?
Mar 23 - Financial Post
ENRC internal inquiry raises suspicions
Mar 15 - Financial Times
Jon Kyl joins Covington & Burling
Mar 07 - Politico
SFO hires Slaughters for Tchenguiz case
Feb 28 - Financial Times
UK groups report rise in whistleblowing
Feb 28 - Financial Times
UK product recall drops from 10-year high
Feb 04 - Financial Times
Feb 01 - Financial Times
Three UK law firms announce job cuts
Jan 26 - Financial Times
Women lawyers' pay lags behind male colleagues
Jan 24 - Independent
Number of bank workers sacked for wrongdoing hits five-year high in Britain after crackdown
Jan 14 - Independent
Quinn Emanuel defies London’s legal gloom
Jan 10 - Financial Times
Silvercorp hit with class-action suit over allegations of financial misconduct in China
Jan 03 - Financial Post
Aviva files lawsuit over Dewey collapse
Dec 19 - Financial Times
Law firms suffer worst quarter since 2010
Dec 14 - Financial Times
Emails released in FedEx charges case
Dec 12 - Financial Times
Norton Rose merger to make it No 3
Nov 15 - Independent
Norton Rose and Fulbright set to merge
Nov 15 - Financial Times
Articles About Law Firm
Ukrainian Billionaire Viktor Pinchuk Sues Business Rivals Over £94m Iron Deal
By IBTimes UK
Industrialist Viktor Pinchuk takes Gennadiy Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky to London’s High Court over iron ore deal. (May 20)
Analysis: Little sign Abe can shake up Japan's inbound FDI
By Reuters
Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. (May 20)
MORE TOPICS: MANUFACTURING, GDP, JAPAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, INVESTMENT
EU bonus cap could hit 10 times as many London bankers
By Reuters UK
European Union officials will next week propose capping financial sector pay above 500,000 euros, accountancy firm PwC said on Friday, suggesting the world's most stringent curbs for the industry will affect far more bankers than previous rules. (May 18)
MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, EUROPEAN UNION, LAWYER, INVESTMENT, LONDON
After Google, Amazon to be grilled on UK tax presence
By Reuters
Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, COURT, RETAIL, TAX POLICY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MANAGEMENT
Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Amanda Berry, Gina de Jesus and Michelle Knight Moving On with Their Lives
By IBTimes AU
A charity was organized to help assist the three women to go on and live their lives (May 17)
HMRC Chief: We Collect Tax Under Duty of Law Not Morals
By IBTimes UK
Lin Homer tells the Public Accounts Committee that HMRC collects taxes under laws set by government, not on morals (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, COURT, INVESTMENT
Motor racing's Ecclestone denies bribery in German case - lawyers
By Reuters UK
Lawyers for Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone reiterated on Wednesday that he had not bribed a German banker during the 2005-2006 sale of a stake in the motor racing business, after a newspaper reported he had been charged by prosecutors. (May 16)
MORE TOPICS: COURT
As Detroit emergency manager readies fix-it plan, hard work ahead
By Reuters
Six weeks into his work as Detroit's emergency manager, former bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr has found the city's finances in worse shape than expected, with long-term debt at $15 billion, $2 billion worse than figures disclosed before he took the job. (May 13)
For banks in cyber heist, how to get their money back?
By Reuters
Because the sums were large and such attacks are relatively new, the two Middle East banks hit in a $45 million ATM heist face an uncertain path in trying to recover their losses, financial, insurance and legal experts say. (May 12)
MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, COURT, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, INDIA, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT
Charts in Focus: Government Regulation is Good for Business
By IBTimes UK
IBTimes UK looks at key charts that show cross-border business is aided by domestic regulation (May 10)
MORE TOPICS: INVESTMENT
