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LegalZoom, which proclaims itself to be the most recognised legal brand in the US, has acquired a Yorkshire law firm through which it plans to expand its small business and family law brand next year. | 10yrs

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D.California) of the Senate Intelligence Committee is now pushing for a renewed raft of legislation that would tighten scrutiny of social media platforms to alert law enforcement to online extremist activity. | 10yrs

Law enforcement officials in France are reportedly considering proposals to restrict the use of public wi-fi and access to the Dark Net (Tor) networks during potential future crises. | 10yrs

In accordance with growth plans set a year ago, Axess Law, which operates from ten locations in Walmart stores in and around Toronto, is planning to open in Ottowa in early 2016 and hopes to have as many as 18 outlets within 12 months. | 10yrs

Jones Day pulled ahead of its rival by earning $1.1 billion in 2014, according to a global top 50 ranking from The Lawyer. | 10yrs

Stanley Chesley, who at the height of his career was one of America's top tort lawyers, was attacked along with his wife, judge Susan Dlott, in a robbery at their home over the weekend. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance is transferring 400 back office staff from its main Canary Wharf office to a lower cost building five minutes away. | 10yrs

Baker & McKenzie is putting into effect a growth plan for its North American presence, recognising that only 8 of its 77 offices are located in the US. | 10yrs

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) hosted a major conference focused on sexual offences on Friday 4 December. | 10yrs

The High Court will today judge whether to grant permission for a review of the government's tender for new legal aid contracts. | 10yrs

An assistant district attorney has disclosed that plans are afoot to retry a case against Dewey & LeBoeuf's ex-chair Steven Davis and one two senior ex-colleagues, after a partial victory by the three in court and the dismissal of a deadlocked jury. | 10yrs

ELLINT, the Employment & Labor Law Lawyers International group, has recruited Brussels- and Namur-based specialist Sotra. | 10yrs

The Law Society of Scotland is operating from its Victorian townhouse offices in Drumsheugh Gardens for the last time today. | 10yrs

Lord Chancellor Michael Gove has announced that the controversial criminal courts charge for convicted defendants is to be scrapped from 24 December. | 10yrs

Lawyers from across the US yesterday descended on a courthouse in New Orleans to vie for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the huge consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over it emissions scandal. | 10yrs

Watson Farley & Williams says its investment in lateral hires has seen revenues increase, as the firm posted five per cent growth in half-year revenues for the period to 31 October. | 10yrs

City litigators have warned that government investment in London's commercial legal infrastructure is not enough to maintain its reputation as the go-to location for global business disputes. | 10yrs

Mayer Brown has announced that two prominent partners from Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC — Charles Salem Hallab and Tahan Thraya — have joined the firm as corporate and securities partners. | 10yrs

Linklaters CFO Peter Hickman is among a group of former Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBoS) executives who may face a fresh probe by the financial and regulatory authorities over the bank's collapse. | 10yrs