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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been accused of being 'dishonest' by a whistleblower before MPs last week in relation to its role as adviser to ScottishPower, which is embroiled in a £75m 'cashback guarantee' scandal. | 10yrs

The latest episode in a legal battle over Led Zeppelin's anthem 'Stairway to Heaven' has seen the surviving members of the band deposed and a request for more time to investigate its finances. | 10yrs

A new survey funded by the American Bar Association has revealed that substance abuse and depression are far more common among lawyers than other professionals. | 10yrs

A UN panel will rule that the WikiLeaks founder is being 'arbitrarily detained' in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but UK and Swedish authorities aren't having a bar of it. | 10yrs

King & Spalding makes history after becoming the first Atlanta-based law firm to report annual turnover in excess of $1bn. | 10yrs

A report published today by the Centre for Policy Studies argues that the hourly rates charged by top London corporate law firms are so high that they risk restricting access to justice. | 10yrs

White & Case has announced it has entered into a new association in Saudi Arabia with Zeyad AlSalloum and Yazeed AlToaimi. | 10yrs

All five Magic Circle firms have landed places on JPMorgan Chase's reviewed roster for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. | 10yrs

Leading City real estate practice Berwin Leighton Paisner is in early negotiations for a £1bn merger with Miami megafirm Greenberg Traurig. | 10yrs

Further details have emerged about the London-based firm Blavo & Co Solicitors, which was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority last October after the Legal Aid Agency referred concerns about the firm to the Metropolitan Police. | 10yrs

A fired Yahoo! employee has launched a legal challenge against the company's quarterly performance reviews, arguing that employee ratings are manipulated to justify layoffs and that Yahoo! managers prioritise the advancement of women. | 10yrs

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Davis Polk & Wardwell are among the firms to have won key advisory roles on China National Chemical Corporation's (ChemChina) $43bn acquisition of Syngenta, the largest foreign takeover by a Chinese firm to date. | 10yrs

The latest report from the Legal Services Consumer Panel has argued that law firms and other legal services providers should be obliged to clearly communicate information about litigation outcomes, success rates and average fees to consumers. | 10yrs

Africa's largest mobile phone operator MTN Group has enlisted former US Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) to help fortify its defence against against a massive fine from the Nigerian Communications Commission. | 10yrs

City lawyers have warned that the newly-struck EU-US transatlantic data transfer deal, named Privacy Shield, will most likely be heading to court. | 10yrs

The Financial Conduct Authority will deliberate as to whether in-house lawyers will be subject to the watchdog's new pre-approval process for senior managers. | 10yrs

Negotiators from the European Commission and US State Department have ended ongoing regulatory uncertainty and clinched a new agreement for transatlantic data transfers, winning praise from business figures but scepticism from privacy advocates. | 10yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs

The Chief Legal Officers 2016 Survey from the Association of Corporate Counsel has found that while most in-house departments are expanding, CLOs in the oil and gas sector have been making dramatic cuts. | 10yrs