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Faster rates of ageing and a greater likelihood of heart attacks and strokes are among the dangers facing lawyers who are frequently in the air and staying at hotels, according to University of Sussex research and legal consultant Philip Gleed. | 11yrs

Allen & Overy and Squire Patton Boggs are two of the firms to fall off the panel at the National Grid, leaving space for new entrants including Herbert Smith Freehills and Addleshaw Goddard. | 11yrs

Firms need to share legal knowledge or risk losing the trust of their clients, according to Ugur Nedim, principlal at boutique practice Sydney Criminal Lawyers. | 11yrs

The Western Michigan University Thomas M Cooley Law School has seen enrolments fall from 4,000 five years ago to 1,880 this year - an example of widespread falls in numbers across the US. | 11yrs

Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest state to decide to introduce rules stopping the free flight of drones - as a matter of urgency in response to a surge in their use. | 11yrs

Chicago lawyer John L Steele has been charged with eight counts of fraud, dishonesty and improper use of the courts system after allegedly systematically pursuing illegal downloaders of porn, threatening them and then settling cases. | 11yrs

One of the many challenges facing the legal profession is 'death from above' through the drive to maximise partner profits, according to University of Tennessee law professor Benjamin Barton. | 11yrs

Who's Who Legal has mentioned 76 law firms in the seventh edition of its Nigerian listing, highlighting five practices as stand-out firms. | 11yrs

China's economic problems are likely to weed out the weaker local businesses, meaning that foreign investors have to be more careful to chose smart local entities to partner with, according to the China Law Blog. | 11yrs

Litigation is described as an 'arms race' of 'dubious necessity' carried out by lawyers who are usually accused of being greedy but who are often 'unhappy and overworked', in an article in The New Yorker magazine. | 11yrs

Clay Long, a founder of McKenna Long & Aldridge, has cited conflict of interests with some of his existing clients and will continue to serve long-standing clients which bottle Coca-Cola in new practice CC Long Law. | 11yrs

Some £72m has been saved by CMS in the UK through moves including its transfer to a state-of-the-art building in London and an outsourcing agreement with Integreon. | 11yrs

When the two new partners arrive, Morgan Lewis & Bockius will have recruited five partners from K&L Gates to staff its London structured finance group. | 11yrs

A 4% decline in revenues, taking Baker & McKenzie to US$2.43b globally, relates to currency devaluation issues which turned an increase into a fall, according to the firm's chair. | 11yrs

The woman who stabbed 30-year old IP lawyer David Messerschmitt to death in a hotel bedroom has been sentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. | 11yrs

Lawyers think the leak of 37m names from the membership list of the Ashley Madison database, an online club aimed at unfaithful spouses, is going to create a boom in divorces this autumn - a 'Christmas in September', according to one practitioner. | 11yrs

Haiwen, the only top rank Chinese firm to adopt a lock-step remuneration system for partners, has introduced a system which will reward younger lawyers who are in danger of being recruited by rivals. | 11yrs

Finding new customer is such a challenge for law firms that many have decided to expand their geographic network, according to a research report on Australia and New Zealand. | 11yrs

The total is expected to reach 300,000 by the end of 2015 - but the government says that present levels of professionalism are not high enough. | 11yrs