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The two online legal services companies, Clio and Fastcase, have set up a partnership which will let lawyers research cases and automatically allocate the time spent to a client. | 12yrs

LGBT parents face a unique set of challenges which a new network is looking to address. P3 will launch in London on 25 September. | 12yrs

The legal process outsourcing provider has created cloud-based low-cost software for both legal departments and law firms. | 12yrs

Immunity for those who admit to cartel involvement has seen a sharp rise in the number reporting cartels. | 12yrs

Clyde & Co has been given the go-ahead by the Saudi authorities to open up an office in Riyadh which will be fully integrated into the firm's international network. | 12yrs

Lawyers might have received more work if last week's independence vote had gone the other way - but they still expect an increase after the Scots voted to stay in the UK. | 12yrs

Amounts spent on legal costs rose 22.15 per cent in 2013/14, according to an analysis of the BSE, Bombay Stock Exchange. | 12yrs

Regulators around the world are taking 'a tougher stance' on finance wrong-doers, according to The Financial Times. | 12yrs

'Red circle' practice Commerce & Finance has told The Lawyer magazine that it would 'be happy to see' a deal with an international law firm. | 12yrs

Whilst economic changes contributed to the demise of some firms, David Parnell will tell The Future of Law Summit that issues around strategy, firm culture and financial management were far more detrimental. | 12yrs

Italian corporate boutique Gattai Minoli & Partners has picked up a finance team from Latham & Watkins. | 12yrs

Consumers are unable to receive cheap legal advice due to costly regulation of the legal profession, say academics. | 12yrs

The 13-office, international firm Watson, Farley & Williams, known traditionally for its shipping practice, is opening its 14th office in Dubai. | 12yrs

A rise in the value of sterling has hit the UK top ten law firms, giving them an average revenue fall of 2.7 per cent for the first quarter of the current financial year. | 12yrs

With applications to law schools declining by more than 37 per cent since 2010, they need to rethink their approach to legal education. | 12yrs

One of the law firms representing BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 has provoked a reprimand by the presiding judge who said that the oli company used a tactic that 'would not be appropriate for a college term paper'. | 12yrs

Leaders in law firms need to be supremely effective politicians if they are to succeed, Professor Laura Empson will tell lawyers at the Future of Law Summit. | 12yrs

Of the top 15 places, the US takes 6, followed by Australia (5) and the UK (4) - with the next countries, France and New Zealand, appearing in 18th and 19th places respectively. | 12yrs

Nearly a fifth of UK law firms have confessed to providing a substandard service at some stage in the last year. | 12yrs