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In their new book The Future of the Professions, Daniel Susskind and Professor Richard Susskind argue that technology may play a larger part in professions such as law than is generally acknowledged, and what's more that this should be embraced. | 10yrs

Four former drivers who delivered goods as part of Amazon's Prime Now service have sued the company and its contractor in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Amazon is achieving speed and affordability only by cheating workers. | 10yrs

Many law firms are being more creative than before and even locating themselves on the edges of traditional city locations as a means to keep costs down, but also to be able to develop for future demand, according to a report from JLL. | 10yrs

The Revenue Share Scheme is open to all partners and all employees, including business services staff. | 10yrs

The new office, which opens in 'early 2016', will be home to arbitration and disputes partner Thomas Weimann. He joins Herbert Smith Freehills from Clifford Chance. | 10yrs

Tunisia's investment minister has said the country intends to double annual inflows of foreign investment over the next five years, to $2.5bn, by pushing through legal reforms and reducing industrial unrest. | 10yrs

The lawyer whose questioning over the Watergate scandal uncovered the secret recording equipment used by President Richard Nixon has died of lymphoma at the age of 73. | 10yrs

Quindell, the listed company that sold off its legal services arm this year after a rocky experience in the sector, is to return 90 pence per share to shareholders by the close of 2015. | 10yrs

The New York State Unified Court System is proposing to amend the Rules of the Court of Appeals to allow foreign lawyers to register as in-house counsel. | 10yrs

A study on gender bias in the legal industry by recruiter Cogence Search has found that lawyers are against the introduction of quotas as a means to solve the problem. | 10yrs

French law firm Jeantet is believed to be taking on a large part of the Gide Loyrette Nouel teams in Kiev and Budapest through the move, which was due to take place yesterday. | 10yrs

The executive committee of Eversheds is moving to execute a decision voted on by the whole partnership to merge with a US practice, with Global 100 practice Foley & Lardner now being seen as one of two favourites. | 10yrs

International litigation specialist Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton is to have a presence in Dallas, Texas, through a merger today with 21-lawyer practice Crouch & Ramey. It will become the 18th office in its network. | 10yrs

Charles Bennett, 57, has pleaded guilty to putting the money of family and friends into a Ponzi investment scheme, which he now describes as a 'fiction of my crazed imagination'. | 10yrs

Law firms are being warned to be careful about signing up to cloud service contracts that exclude the provider from liability in case of damage to the data. | 10yrs

Boutiques are starting to fight for the same work as national firms, positioning nationals as their major threat, according to Ted Dwyer of Dwyer Consulting. | 10yrs

Law firms in Australia that have difficulty in moving over to innovative practices are at risk of being left in the margins, according to the Innovation Inertia: 2015 LexisNexis Roadshow Report. | 10yrs

Clyde & Co has recruited ten lawyers, including five partners, to its Cape Town and Johannesburg offices, bringing its headcount of lawyers in the country to 30. | 10yrs

Russia and Ukraine are vowing to fight one another in a London court, in a dispute that will test the limits of sovereign-debt litigation and that could have far reaching implications for government bailouts. | 10yrs