Jerome Abelman, global GC of British American Tobacco (BAT), is kicking off the first review of the FTSE 5 company's external legal advisers since he was appointed to the role in May. | 8yrs

Police have searched the Kobe headquarters of the Yamaken-gumi. It is the yakuza group's first police raid since it was ousted from the Yamaguchi-gumi, in a rupture of Japan's largest crime syndicate. | 8yrs

Lawyers using Chichester Combined Court have pleaded with Lord Chancellor Michael Gove to reconsider the decision to close it. | 8yrs

The Supreme Court of India has said that the mental and physical fitness of lawyers should be put to the test to prove they are able to conduct trials in criminal cases and ensure that litigants don't suffer on account of their competence. | 8yrs

Japanese prosecutors have charged the head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox with embezzlement, amid allegations of fraud relating to the disappearance of hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars with of the virtual currency. | 8yrs

Several families of those who lost loved ones and a number of those who were seriously injured in the beach gun attack in Tunisia in June have begun legal action against Thomson, the tour operator who provided their holidays. | 8yrs

International law firm Linklaters is giving clients the opportunity to sign legal documents electronically, directly from their smartphone, tablet or desktop. | 8yrs

Lawyers in New South Wales will now be able to make requests and seek preliminary orders such as adjournments and hearing dates online. | 8yrs

Centurion Law Group continues it pan-African expansion with the opening of an office in Douala this month. It is the first move by an international law firm into Cameroon and is fuelled by a resurgent oil and gas industry. | 8yrs

A NSW solicitor who fraudulently charged Legal Aid A$30,000 has been stripped of his right to practice law. | 8yrs

Hogan Lovells has made an application to the High Court on behalf of its client, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), to resolve the issue of authority over management of the country's assets in the UK. | 8yrs

Top UK pharmaceutical companies set aside a massive £1.46bn this year to fund tax litigation, according to a report by Thompson Reuters. | 8yrs

Research from marketing collective First4Lawyers has found that claimant lawyers are spending £208,000 per day on marketing, with the internet the fastest-growing marketing channel. | 8yrs

Ke Jie Law Office, based in Beijing, has formed a global legal network service with thirteen foreign firms. | 8yrs

11KBW silk Sean Jones has begun an appeal on Just Giving requesting lawyers donate a billable hour to support Save the Children's work for refugees. | 8yrs

In a survey by Crown Records Management, 70 percent of IT decision makers in the legal industry said their company have lost important data. | 8yrs

A Tennessee lawyer has been suspended after billing a client US$5,000 for research that turned out to be the watching of true crime programmes. | 8yrs

Hogan Lovells has announced Oliver J. Armas as the new managing partner of its New York office, while finance lawyer Rober Masman is to join the firm's global finance practice as a partner in the Amsterdam office. | 8yrs

Clifford Chance has announced that Jessica Gladstone is to join its London office as a partner. Ms Gladstone specialises in public and private international law, advising multinationals, financial institutions, foreign investors and sovereign states. | 8yrs

Lawyers for three former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders accused of fraud have told a judge that they won't call any witnesses to bolster their defence and plan to rest their case when the jury returns on Tuesday. | 8yrs