MI6, the UK's external security body, has given details of its written policy which covers how staff should deal with material covered by legal privilege - including exchanges between lawyers and their clients. | 11yrs
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Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, an expert in civil liberties and blasphemy laws, has predicted that a widespread hostility to depiction of the prophet among Muslims will reduce despite the concerns expressed over French magazine Charlie Hebdo. | 11yrs
Jon A Baughman, 72, credited with guiding the US Top 100 firm 'into calm waters during a period of turmoil' has died of dementia in his home near the firm's head office in Philadelphia. | 11yrs
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Mootis is an outlet for verbose lawyers who find twitter's 140 characters too restrictive. | 11yrs
Californian lawyer bloggers will come under scrutiny from the Bar if they use their blogs to advertise their wares. | 11yrs
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JP Morgan has warned its investors to expect even more legal expenses to hit its profit and loss account despite announcing legal costs that are just under $1b. | 11yrs
The former head of construction at Holding Redlich has left the firm, taking eight lawyers with him, in order to set up a boutique practice. | 11yrs
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Partner charge out rates on the East coast of the US have been rising fastest in Philadelphia over the last three years, according to research from LexisNexis. | 11yrs
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Australian legal students, when asked to identify why they are twice as likely to develop mental health problems than medical counterparts, have cited the kind of personality likely to be drawn to the law as a major cause. | 11yrs
The leading US and EU banks have paid out US$230b in litigation costs and could end up disbursing another $70b by 2016, according to Morgan Stanley. | 11yrs
The former Middle East managing partner of DLA Piper and Covington & Burling's EU litigation chief have become the latest lawyers to leave large firms to set up their own practices. | 11yrs
A former Sidley Austin partner who was found to have faked US$69,000 of cab fares faces the possibility of a one-year suspension and a year's psychiatric treatment. | 11yrs