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A target of 20 lawyers by 2020 in Fortune 500 companies is the aim. | 11yrs

The Financial Times has pointed out various cultural and administrative difficulties facing what will become the world's largest law firm - highlighting the amount of time it is taking to seal the combination that was announced in January. | 11yrs

The 2,000-lawyer international law firm has been losing some of its stars, including those tipped to lead the practice in future, according to observers. | 11yrs

Signs that the accountancy profession is beginning to edge into the provision of legal services in new areas have been picked up in the latest research from the Commonwealth Bank. | 11yrs

The UK-based international firm has taken a majority stake in Cerico, a cloud-based seller of e-training and compliance products, and will move the business into its offices on August 1. | 11yrs

Property law firms are turning out to be a particular target for fraudsters in the UK because of their access to the bank account details of clients and because time pressure in property transactions often provides opportunities for fraud. | 11yrs

Litigation funder Burford Capital has made a $36 million in profit on one of its cases, its largest recovery to date. | 11yrs

Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has made the shocking statement that 30 per cent of all lawyers in India hold fraudulent law degrees. | 11yrs

A Bar Council report on the experience of female barristers has found that many feel the bar has changed for the better, but also feel pushed toward traditional 'women's practice areas' such as family and sex crime. | 11yrs

Leading law firms have become 'less anxious' about the possibility of raids on their key lawyers, according to the chair of Paul Hastings, Seth Zachary. | 11yrs

A team led by partner Irving Picard has been working since 2008 on the liquidation of assets of Bernard Madoff, convicted of using Ponzi scheme arrangement in his investment business. | 11yrs

The Indian government is hoping to pass an amendment this session which would allow foreign lawyers to come to India and represent their clients in arbitrations. | 11yrs

A potential collision at Warsaw airport, averted by a 100m gap between a Lufthansa plane and a drone, has led to a warning that lawyers will be launching multiple PI lawsuits unless effective regulation comes in to tackle illegal use of drones. | 11yrs

Christian Louboutin has headed up a cast of luxury winners at the Luxury Law Awards, sponsored by Georg Jensen. | 11yrs

Most UK law firms will be managed by non-lawyers in the next five to ten years, a leading consultant says. | 11yrs

Only months after the Coalition Government raised some civil court fees by 600 per cent, justice minister Shailesh Vara MP has announced that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has begun another consultation to increase court fees afresh. | 11yrs

Indian law firms are looking out for new opportunities to expand, with some attracted to the prospect of linking up with a global law firm. | 11yrs

On July 20 2015, the EEOC issued a statement announcing the federal appeals court's decision to dismiss Abercrombie & Fitch's appeal of the EEOC's religious discrimination case. | 11yrs

Charles Russell Speechlys has reported increased revenues and profits during it first year of merger. | 11yrs