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Francisco Palomo Tejada, who defended former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, was shot at least 12 times while driving in Guatemala City. | 11yrs

Cooley LLP, the Palo Alto law firm that represents Silicon Valley grandees such as Google, eBay, Facebook, and LinkedIn, has advised music startup Jukely on its launch in the UK. | 11yrs

Average income rose 6.3 per cent in the year to April - with the biggest increases coming in domestic firms which were not exposed to flagging EU markets and volatility in foreign jurisdictions further afield. | 11yrs

The office is mentioned in the Knight Frank Global Cities Report top 10 - alongside Google's London office, Microsoft in Amsterdam and Oro Negro in Mexico City. | 11yrs

New York-based Hughes Hubbard & Reed - which lists 370 lawyers and advisers on its website - has now parted company with Jeff Galloway, who was a partner specialising in complex litigation before the scandal broke. | 11yrs

Following the example of Allen & Overy and its Peerpoint initiative, DLA Piper plans to set up a flexible working team - to suit both clients and staff - by the end of the year. | 11yrs

The joint resignation of the two co-chief executives of the German bank has been partly prompted by apparently unsuccessful attempts to get on top of a continuing stream of legal and regulatory problems and fines. | 11yrs

Law firms in England and Wales will be able to diversify their activities, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has recommended. | 11yrs

Allens Accelerate has been priced at a level to attract early-stage businesses - despite the fact that large, international firms would usually be seen as being too pricy for debutant entrepreneurs. | 11yrs

The 750-lawyer, UK-based firm is setting up a consultancy which will focus on spend analysis and six other areas - including legal process analysis and legal risk management. | 11yrs

South Korean law firm Bae, Kim and Lee has set up an office in Hong Kong as part of its expansion plans. | 11yrs

Brown Rudnick has bolstered its Paris team with the hire of partners from French firms De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés and August and Debouzy. | 11yrs

Sweeping powers by the UK government to retain phone and internet data are being challenged in court. | 11yrs

The domestic work generated by Australian law firms has shrunk by a quarter since 2010, according to Nicky Lester, the co-head of Hogan Lovells in the country. | 11yrs

Top payer Kirkland & Ellis is set to lose its sixth partner in six weeks as Ward McKimm, the high-yield specialist, is set to join the Magic Circle firm in London - apparently on a deal that would give him £1m more than the maximum usually given. | 11yrs

Growing calls from politicians and the media to release the full internal investigation report written by Michael J Garcia could see the former US prosecutor's work play a central role in the next stages of the scandal at football's governing body. | 11yrs

An Italian court has banned unlicensed car-sharing services such as those offered by Uber throughout the country, in another setback for the fast-growing US car service. | 11yrs

The chair of the Council of Saudi Chambers has praised women lawyers as being 'excellent' 12 months after the first of them were allowed to set up in practice - but their arrival has complicated arguments over a possible uniform for court lawyers. | 11yrs

Whilst voters may have given the Conservative party a majority in the new UK parliament, a new survey carried just after the Election reveals a pro-regulation tendency that might seem at odds with the Tories' pro-business stance. | 11yrs