Kim Dotcom, the German-born founder of Megaupload, has begun representing himself, claiming that a battle with the US legal authorities has drained him of resources including the money to pay his legal team. | 11yrs
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Leading law reform and human rights charity JUSTICE has launched a series of events with leading figures in the arts to discuss the rule of law today. Next Thursday's event features author Robert Harris at Lincoln's Inn. | 11yrs
Nearly 60% of solicitors find it difficult to 'do the right thing', according to a survey of 1,000 people carried out by Birmingham University's Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues. | 11yrs
Many senior lawyers are so disillusioned with the state of the UK legal profession that they are planning to stand down in the next few years. | 11yrs
A San Francisco judge is allowing a case on the ownership of unfinished work in the bankrupt Howrey law firm to skip an appeal tier and be heard next in the Ninth Circuit. | 11yrs
A multinational company, thought to be Microsoft, has been fined US$140m by the Chinese tax authorities in a rare case of enforcement action over transfer pricing. | 11yrs
The Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK is highlighting the role that lawyers can play in detecting terrorist plots in its terrorism awareness week. | 11yrs
Microsoft has filed a freedom of information action with the aim of discovering more about the relationship between the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and an external adviser, Quinn Emanuel. | 11yrs
A mutual accreditation system is to be set up in the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ) to allow local and foreign lawyers to co-operate with each other on international cases. | 11yrs
A former office head at Dinsmore & Shohl who asked the state supreme court to suspend him was let off by the judges in a case involving a sexual relationship with a former client. | 11yrs
Non-lawyers are increasingly being given roles within senior management within law firms - to the benefit of the practices, says an expert on professional services. | 11yrs
A Manhattan Court has rubber-stamped an agreement for the company to pay $400m to 20 million consumers and $50 million to lawyers involved in the case. | 11yrs
Beijing has criticised the response of judges abroad to some of its co-operation requests regarding the tracking down of Chinese citizens accused of corruption. | 11yrs
The Singapore government is looking to find ways to help small and medium sized law firms and to make sure they are not left behind as the legal sector opens up to more international work. | 11yrs
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A network of lawyers developing apps for use in the law has risen to nearly 1,800 - mainly based on the east and west coasts of the US but also in Stockholm. | 11yrs
Paul Vickers, who led the newspaper group's response to the phone-hacking scandal, will leave the company as part of a restructuring. | 11yrs
As several law firms consider taking action against supermarket chain Tesco, the UK-based litigation-only law firm Stewarts Law has announced its decision to go ahead on behalf of 300 investors. | 11yrs
Salaries have gone up by around three per cent with cash bonuses increasing it to five per cent. | 11yrs
At least four US law firms are to pay bonuses to associates of between US$15,000 and $100,000 this winter. | 11yrs