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Legal frontiers: Building the first pan-Baltic law firm

Aku Sorainen shares his experiences in building the first pan-Baltic law firm in the chaos that ensued following the fall of the Iron Curtain

Law Society accused of 'abject surrender' on criminal legal aid

Parry has signatures he needs to call extraordinary general meeting

Litmus test: How law firms compare to other PSFs in client focus

James Edsberg considers how law firms compare to other professional service firms in shaping organisational strategy to client needs

Will shareholders actualy exercise their new powers on directors' pay?

The new rules requiring shareholder approval to executives' pay could be ineffective ?but lawyers should nonetheless advise directors and companies to take them seriously, ?says Jonathan Silverman

Environmental law update

Sustainable development entered our legal lexicon as an inchoate concept in 2012; it's now being given increasing weight by the courts, says Paul Stookes

Tablets and other placebos

Using personal devices in the workplace could be risky business if your firm doesn't have an up-to-date policy in place, says Mick Jones

Construction law update

Indemnity insurers - rather than construction industry stakeholders or their lawyers - could be the ones determining the wording of collateral warranties after an unexpected High Court ruling earlier this summer, says Chris Holwell

Peace be with them

Why do some lawyers feel they have to send a deluge of emails, 'asks Catherine Burtinshaw