On the heels of reports that the surge in law firm mergers that marked 2011 would continue in 2012, McKenna Long & Aldridge has announced it will merge with Luce Forward, and British firm Herbert Smith is reportedly in tie-up talks with leading Australian firm Freehills.

A federal judge has sentenced a Canadian national in a foreign corruption case involving British chemical company Innospec to 30 months in prison, rejecting the DOJ’s request for more than seven years.

A week after DLA Piper boosted its London litigation practice by hiring three partners from a British firm, the world’s largest law firm finds itself on the receiving end of a suit that may well be tied to former global litigation co-head Neil Gerrard’s delayed departure for Dechert.

A week after DLA Piper boosted its London litigation practice by hiring three partners from a British firm, the world’s largest law firm finds itself on the receiving end of a suit that may well be tied to former global litigation co-head Neil Gerrard’s delayed departure for Dechert.

Fourteen years after Hong Kong formally reverted to Chinese rule, U.K. law firms rank among the largest in town, with several boasting more than 100 lawyers. But the growth of leading U.S.