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Herbert Smith Freehills is opening an office in Johannesburg which will be used as a base to reach both anglophone and francophones parts of the African continent. | 11yrs

Lawyers chasing $17bn in losses for former clients of the ponzi schemes run by Bernard Madoff could see their fees top $1bn, according to BakerHostetler. | 11yrs

While some specialists were predicting a year ago that high-profile banking litigation would decline about now, Who's Who Legal has found evidence to suggest that the current momentum will continue into next year. | 11yrs

The jury was dismissed in the case of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives after jury members told acting Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz that they were 'hopelessly deadlocked' after three weeks of deliberation. | 11yrs

The signatures of about 29,000 people who are demanding the release of 230 lawyers in China have been handed in to the Chinese ambassador in London in anticipation of the visit this week of the President of the People's Republic. | 11yrs

Pepeliaev Group LLC, one of the biggest legal practices in Russia, has announced that it will open offices in the People's Republic. | 11yrs

US law firm Day Pitney is to expand into Florida by absorbing the seven-lawyer trusts, estates and corporate firm Chapin, Ballerano & Cheslack, having announced another deal just two weeks ago. | 11yrs

Dentons, the world's largest law firm, says that it has decided to lay off some individuals in a 'very small number of administrative positions' after its July merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge. | 11yrs

The US Justice Department is alleging in a protective order that Sidley Austin lawyers are abusing the discovery system and that one questioned an FBI agent 'in a manner designed to annoy, embarrass and harass'. | 11yrs

Peter Gray was awarded £108,000 of costs after a private prosecution of him was dismissed in a court in West London. | 11yrs

The Metropolitan police in London is being accused of paying a mole who gave them witness statements and other information which was covered by legal privilege and which, in one case, enabled the police to change its evidence. | 11yrs

White & Case is to promote 31 people to the partnership at the start of 2016, down from the total of 37 lawyers who made the move at the beginning of this year. | 11yrs

Insurance-specialist international firm Ince is moving into new City of London offices in which it will have 35,000 square feet - just 55 per cent of its current premises. | 11yrs

The lawyers have left the Mississippi firm which used to be called Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy to join Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson of Delaware. | 11yrs

The gun sector is the 'only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability', according to lawyer Hillary Clinton, the leading contender to be the Democratic candidate in the US presidential elections next year. | 11yrs

The Japanese government and manufacturers are setting their sights on 'complete driverless driving', which would eliminate accidents caused by human error and ease traffic congestion. | 11yrs

GT Law, one of Slater & Gordon's major rivals in the UK personal injury space, has gone into administration. | 11yrs

Multi-millionaire property tycoons the Chow brothers are launching Tempest, a no-win, no-fee litigation start-up that promises to help 'the little guy'. | 11yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed up 50 law firms have been victim to cyberattacks, as criminals find increasingly sophisticated ways to target the legal sector. | 11yrs