Marketing the Law Firm's annual MLF 50 survey ranks the 50 most innovative business development programs at law firms nationwide.

The proposal is contained in Letter No. 14-0/10/2-2202 of the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (the “Labour Ministry”) dated 8 October 2012, published on 12 October 2012 in official government publication Rossiiskaya Gazeta.

McNair Law Firm, P.A. celebrates being named to the 2013 edition of “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers, receiving Metropolitan First-Tier rankings in 17 practice areas across multiple office locations in South Carolina, and being placed in national rankings for its practice in Environmental Litigation.

TerraLex Member Firm Troutman Sanders LLP represented a major client on a litigation matter across several jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov has won the Acquisition International 2012 legal award - Bulgarian Competition Law Firm of the Year.

The Lawyer, the authoritative international legal publication, has ranked Pepeliaev Group as 2012 Best Russian Law Firm.

In the current economic situation in Russia, when the state is actively involved in regulating the economy and robustly uses its administrative resources to regulate business processes, liaising with the state and local administration becomes an important component of a successful business.

The announcement was made during the TerraLex Global Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, October 12th.

In this article we would like to draw attention to the main HR trends from the standpoint of labour lawyers. This includes changes or proposed changes to labour and employment laws, as well as HR practices which are raising important legal questions.

The IPLT newsletter features articles from almost all parts of the world, in particular Asia, Europe and USA. As in the past, the 21st edition of our IPLT newsletter covers patents, trademarks and copyrights, but also data protection and data transfer and even social media topics such as facebook’s “sponsored stories.”