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Litigation focus | Keeping it in proportion: Accepting the repercussions of the new costs regime

The new costs regime may not appeal to everyone but, as Iain Stark explains, it's on its way and for clients, it can't come soon enough

Litigation focus | Russian backlash: foreign nationals and English courts' jurisdiction

Will Russian parties be forced home to resolve their legal disputes, ask David Allen, Philippa Charles and ?Julie Bowring

Make or buy: How to choose a KM system for your firm

Stephanie Barnes explores the key considerations in choosing between a custom and off-the-shelf KM system

Desperately seeking cover: PII renewal in times of crisis

The demise of the assigned risks pool could not only force dozens of firms to close down, it could also be a honey trap for insurers tempted to compete on price at the lower end of the market. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Are bankruptcy proceedings becoming too easy?

A paper-only procedure and the possibility of petitioning online are doing little to dispel the growing impression that bankruptcy proceedings are becoming too easy, says Harold Godwin

Update | IP/IT: trademarks infringements

Susan Singleton considers the challenge to the Digital Economy Act, trademark cases 'pitting Red Bull against a German drink producer and Apple against Samsung, 'and the latest ICO decisions

Great expectations: Bradbury v Taylor

Leslie Blohm QC reports on the Court of Appeal case of ?Bradbury v Taylor

No one size fits all: not-for-profit legal services providers cannot be treated like law firms

The requirement in the Legal Services Act for university-based law clinics to become ?alternative business structures will jeopardise their very existence, says Elaine Campbell