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The European Court has approved the patenting of embryonic stem cell technologies using unfertilised human ova. | 11yrs

Two UK human rights law firms have been criticised by the military and the defence secretary for wasting time and public finances in their support of largely unsubstantiated allegations of torture by British soldiers. | 11yrs

Jonathan Blackman, lawyer to the state of Argentina in its battle with hedge funds, has come 4th - just ahead of the hairdresser to Korean leader Kim Jong Un - in a 2014 listing of the ten worst jobs in global politics. | 11yrs

Norton Rose Fulbright is to develop its strategy of growing outside London by a range of measures including the development of greater Indian links and expertise. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs

Quindell, the troubled law practice which is listed in the UK, now looks likely to be on the receiving end of a class action from Your Legal Friend.com. | 11yrs

A judge compared former Justice of the Peace Eric Lyle Williams to serial killers Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer as he sentenced him to death. | 11yrs

Michael J Garcia, the US lawyer who resigned yesterday from the football body's ethics committee, said that the Fifa executive committee tried to begin disciplinary proceedings against him two months ago. | 11yrs

An Atlanta court is warning users of its electronic filing system that a pop-up which claims to be a bankruptcy survey linked to its site is actually a virus. | 11yrs

Lawyers who are engaged to work as the only legal specialist in an organisation tend to see their workload as the most surprising aspect of their role. | 11yrs

At a difficult time in the legal sector, in-house lawyers are being urged to hone their emotional intelligence in order to help them communicate better with their corporate clients and also to aid them survive. | 11yrs

Law departments are upping their analytical skills in response to continuing financial issues. | 11yrs

A recently retired German partner in Bird & Bird and a lawyer in the firm have refused to answer questions in relation to a head of a client business who is on trial on embezzlement charges of €147m. | 11yrs

The dispute between Fifa ethics investigator Michael Garcia and his colleague Hans-Joachim Eckert, chair of the ethics adjudicatory committee, looks set to be resolved at the football body's Morocco meeting later this week. | 11yrs

At least twenty experienced lawyers have left large practices and set up their own niche firms in the last couple of years, according to the Economic Times. | 11yrs

Michael Lynn left Ireland at the start of the country's property crash and was reported to be living in Brazil as a teacher. | 11yrs

A recent decision on counterfeit goods in London will have implications outside the UK. | 11yrs

Demand for luxury may be slowing but online is still growing, according to management consultants Bain & Co. | 11yrs

The 38-year old barrister Katrina Dawson, of 8 Selborne Chambers, died on her way to hospital after the coffee bar siege and was said to have been protecting a pregnant colleague from gunfire when she was hit. | 11yrs