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A legalistic approach taken by travel company Thomas Cook after two children died on holiday in Corfu has been blamed for a serious mishandling of the issue - leading to a public outcry, an apparent boycott of the company and a social media petition. | 11yrs

A murky picture of Wall St and the City of London emerges from a Labaton Sucharow report which suggests that the more people earn the more sceptical they get - and that a third of UK individuals would do insider trading if they could go undetected. | 11yrs

Leading Scottish law firm Harper Macleod is to treble the physical size of its Edinburgh operations next month when it moves to new offices in the city. | 11yrs

The top 50 law firms in the US took 61% of specialist patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets disputes in 2014 - up from 36% in 2011, according to research from LexisNexis/CounselLink. | 11yrs

Charlie Wilson - an M&A and private equity specialist who has been with White & Case for six years - will be joining the Singapore office of Sidley Austin. | 11yrs

Luxury brands should stop moaning about copyright infringement in China and simply ensure they do not drop a stitch when protecting their products, a leading lawyer said at the Luxury Law Summit. | 11yrs

Law firms could expose themselves to new dangers - over-expansion and having to wash their dirty linen in public - if they take the route that Gateley is considering by listing on a stock market. | 11yrs

The CEO of Facebook in Israel has urged the Tel Aviv District Court to stop Guy Ophir, a lawyer who has acted for clients alleging bullying by the internet giant, from publishing her home address, private telephone numbers and other details. | 11yrs

Former Boies Schiller associate and leading author, Elizabeth Wurtzel, claims that large law firms are so deeply inefficient that they appear incapable of change. | 11yrs

The number of defaults and corporate failures is on the increase in the People's Republic - and foreign investors and traders are being warned that some court decisions could appear inconsistent. | 11yrs

The majority of security breach cases are caused by employee negligence (36%) or insider theft (16%), according to an analysis of the matters it advised on in 2014, according to BakerHostetler. | 11yrs

A law firm based in Colorado is funding a chair in marijuana law at the University of Denver - a sponsorship which is believed to mark a first in the sector. | 11yrs

Having made its first lateral hire in 125 years at the start of last year, Slaughter and May has said that it might make other such appointments to build strength in particularly competitive markets. | 11yrs

With 350 fee earners, Brodies is the largest Scottish law firm - 10 % larger than Pinsent Masons, and 36% larger than the third largest practice, Maclay Murray & Spens. | 11yrs

The New York City Bar is among the opponents of a bill which would mean that foreign businesses operating in New York could be sued in the jurisdiction for acts that are carried out elsewhere. | 11yrs

The two Louisiana firms have not admitted liability but have agreed to pay at least $1m each to settle claims that their conduct helped jailed former billionaire Allen Stanford operate a gigantic Ponzi scheme. | 11yrs

Some large law firms in Canada and the US are 'addressing lawyers' requests for work-life balance' by offering new non-partnership track roles - but the price appears to be that they get half the usual salary, says recruiter Robert Half Legal. | 11yrs

The increasing focus on data security and privacy, which permeates all levels of the business community, is starting to force the pace of change in the legal profession. | 11yrs

Without the decision of banking partner Bruno Soares to remain with Allen & Overy, the firm would have been left with just two associates in Brazil's biggest city. | 11yrs