A US court has convicted a woman who posed as an estate lawyer for a decade but never qualified or even attended a law school. | 10yrs
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Indian officials have confirmed that they will challenge a new British law which could see Tier 2 working visa holders deported if they earn less than £35k per year. | 10yrs
London-based Atkins Thomson Solicitors is suing Michael Jackson's estate for an alleged $200,000 of unpaid fees. | 10yrs
French firm Veil Jourde has launched an office in Brussels, its first outside of Paris. | 10yrs
A Jamaican-born model who brought a lawsuit against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's modelling agency has had her case dismissed by a US court. | 10yrs
The firm has elected two new global banking co-heads to replace Stephen Kensell and Andrew Trahair as they enter the final month of their second four-year term. | 10yrs
Just days before graduating, New York law student Leodegario Salvador was informed that he would not be receiving his degree because his admission to an LLM program was the result of an administrative error. | 10yrs
The executive vice chairman of the Alibaba Group - often referred to as the Chinese Amazon -has donated $30m to his alma mater. | 10yrs
Recent alerts from the FBI and Microsoft warn of a new ransomware family, Samas, which can encrypt an entire network and is of particular concern for law firms and legal departments. | 10yrs
The Solicitors Regulation Authority intends to significantly reduce the size of its handbook from its current 600 pages to nearer 50. | 10yrs
King & Wood Mallesons has announced that it will axe at least 23 partner positions from its practices across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. | 10yrs
IPO activity is in a worldwide slump, but new research from accounting giant EY has shown that the Asia-Pacific region is still dominating in public listings. | 10yrs
Mr Justice Peter Smith has been accused of 'apparent bias' in a November ruling which awarded £20m to the 'secret wife' of the late Saudi Arabian King Fahd. | 10yrs
The Scottish Parliament has passed a new law which will allow judges to address 'unenlightened' and 'ill-informed' views among jurors in sex crime cases. | 10yrs
The world's leading luxury lawyers are set to discuss future challenges and opportunities in the fast-growing luxury sector at the Global Luxury Law Summit. | 10yrs
Dentons, Eversheds, K&L Gates and Reed Smith are to be included in a seven-firm global panel created by US car rental giant Avis. | 10yrs
According to data from Thomson Reuters , US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has acted on M&A deals worth more than any other firm so far this year, with 26 transactions valued at more than $112bn. | 10yrs
Pharmaceutical lawyers in India have secured a momentary respite from a pending ban on combination drug products, though the proposal will come before a judge again early next week. | 10yrs
JustKapital Litigation Partners and Woodsford Litigation Funding have joined forces to fund proceedings against embattled Australian law firm Slater and Gordon. | 10yrs
Corporate partner Aedamar Comiskey has entered the race to lead international firm Linklaters as senior partner. | 10yrs