Staggering about
There’s no doubt that there was a hardening of the professional indemnity (PI) insurance market in the past year for…
Leading ladies
Positive discrimination for men? Only in Turkey. Legal Business analyses a legal market where female commercial lawyers almost always top…
Time for change
With some of the cornerstones of Swiss identity – banking and secrecy – under threat, the country’s law firms are…
Piece of the action
The legal sector has been warily assessing the possibility of outsourcing some services for several years. But with Slaughters now…
Over a barrel
A recent victory in The Hague has green-lit a record-breaking $100bn claim by Yukos’ majority shareholders against the Russian Federation.…
Flying colours
Responding to the relentless negative publicity directed at offshore territories, the International Financial Centres Forum was formally launched in London…
Breaking convention
Despite the lip service paid to renewables, fossil fuels are far and away the leading source of global energy consumption.…