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Below you will find links to all of our most recent press releases. You can also access our press release archive (2009 - 2004). Please visit the Press Contacts page if you require more information on any of these stories, or on Sweet & Maxwell's press activities in general.

Latest Press Releases

Legal disputes involving squatters surge due to financial crisis (in .pdf) - May 2010

Number of laws introduced over the last year jumps 21% (in .pdf) - April 2010

Sweet & Maxwell acquires legal publishing arm of Shaw & Sons (in .pdf) - April 2010

Sweet & Maxwell's annual survey of Financial Directors of law Firms (in .pdf) - March 2010

Research suggests 2010 is likely to witness a spike in mergers and team hires amongst top law firms (in .pdf) - March 2010

Downward pressure on fees from clients now seen as biggest threat to commercial law firms (in .pdf) - March 2010

First increase in reported Human Rights cases in seven years (in .pdf) - February 2010

Government refusing ever more Freedom of Information Act requests (in .pdf) - February 2010

Creditor’s applications to the courts to deduct debts from employees’ salaries rises to nearly 45000 in just six months (in .pdf) - January 2010