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The New York university hopes to break new ground in the credibility and quality of online law degrees. | 10yrs

The Oslo District Court ruled in favour of white supremacist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik this week, who claimed he had been subjected to degrading and inhumane treatment in prison. | 10yrs

Antitrust litigator Edward Coulson has rejoined British firm Berwin Leighton Paisner less than 12 months after departing the firm for US rival Hausfeld. | 10yrs

Fees for immigration and asylum cases in the United Kingdom are to be lifted by as much as 500 per cent as the government rules it is 'no longer reasonable' to ask taxpayers to fund them. | 10yrs

Eight City law firms have been recognised in this year's Top 50 Employers for Women league table. | 10yrs

After two years of making the majority of its partner promotions in the Asia-Pacific region, Herbert Smith Freehills has had a more balanced round this year, making up ten lawyers in the UK and EMEA, and ten in Asia-Pacific. | 10yrs

LawGeex uses a mix of crowdsourcing, AI and lawyer expertise to offer free contract reviews and has attracted $2.5m in funding, with plans to grow its offering and tech capabilities. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance has made up 24 new partners, including nine in London in its largest City promotions round for several years. | 10yrs

New York Attorney General Eric Scheiderman has launched an official probe as thousands of New York voters claim they were unable to cast ballots in Tuesday's state primary after their party affiliations were mysteriously switched. | 10yrs

Sydney-based finance co-head Paul Jenkins has been named as the next global managing partner of Ashurst. | 10yrs

Canada's health minister announced at the United Nations this week that the country will move to decriminalise and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana in 2017. | 10yrs

Malaysian Airlines' insurers have been accused of 'taking advantage of Dutch law' to offer minimal compensation to the families of passengers who perished aboard downed flight MH17. | 10yrs

Litigation funder Burford Capital has announced that it has raised £100m on the London Stock Exchange, taking its cumulative investment under management to about US$1bn. | 10yrs

Data from the latest UK Jobs Index from recruitment consultant Robert Walters has shown that the number of jobs advertised for legal professionals has risen by 14 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2015. | 10yrs

It may be true that in-house women are climbing the ranks faster than their law firm counterparts, but new data out of Canada shows there's still a long way to go. | 10yrs

Beijing-based Guantao Law Firm and Shanghai-based Zhongmao Law Firm have publicly confirmed a tie-up. | 10yrs

A group of student activists from Harvard Law School are calling for the abolition of tuition fees. | 10yrs

A new 200-page report from the Treasury has painted a bleak portrait of the UK economic landscape under a 'Vote Leave' scenario, not least for lawyers and other professional services. | 10yrs

A new survey of oil and gas players around the globe has predicted that the industry is moving into a 'perfect storm' of legal risk which very few stand prepared to face. | 10yrs