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Compliance fatigue is setting in around the globe as companies face a tougher approach and record financial penalties from regulators, according to research from EY, the Big Four accountancy firm. | 12yrs

The gloves are off in Queensland over the appointment of a new Chief Justice as the legal establishment rallies against the front-runner. | 12yrs

The Supreme Court has supported a decision of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals by ruling that interim compensation payments will be made over the 2010 oil leak while a BP appeal goes ahead. | 12yrs

Texan law firms are prohibited from using titles such as CEO, according to a court opinion. | 12yrs

Linkaters has announced it is aiming for 30 per cent female membership on its executive committee and international board by 2018, making it the first magic circle firm to set gender diversity targets. | 12yrs

A total of 23 Nevada lawyers were convicted in federal courts in the three years to 2013, nearly six times the number of lawyers who were similarly convicted in the previous three years. | 12yrs

Mergers with foreign law firms have pushed up the total numbers of working in the top 350 US firms by nearly four per cent, according to the the NLJ 350 survey report for 2013. | 12yrs

The law firm has apologised to lorry drivers for a full-page advertisement it ran which included the description 'serial killer' under the picture of a truck cabin. | 12yrs

Seikaly & Stewart is suing the Rainmaker Institute, its former SEO provider, for allegedly using 'spammy' methods to set up links which breached the Google guidelines. | 12yrs

William Naunton, head of the global property team, is setting up a boutique practice with colleague and tax partner Clive Jones after they both serve out a 12-month notice period in January. | 12yrs

Robert Cagen, one of the leading regulatory lawyers investigating an explosion which killed eight people in California, has been fired after asking the gas company about the testing of its pipelines. | 12yrs

A Seattle lawyer, following the example of UK e-lawyers and others in the US, has opened what is believed to be 'Washington State's first dedicated online family law firm'. | 12yrs

The total of criminal penalties given to corporates in the US rose 647 per cent between 2001 and 2012, according to figures complied by Brandon Garrett, law school professor at the University of Virginia. | 12yrs

Lawyers are told to balance the interests of their clients with the African continent which is suffering from money illegally leaving the country. | 12yrs

The UK government is cracking down on a culture of ambulance-chasing by barring lawyers from offering iPads, money and other deals to victims of accidents. | 12yrs

Flawed data is the reason behind the vilification of international financial centres, two top professors find. | 12yrs

Deloitte is following its Big Four accountant rivals by formally focusing on the development of a global legal arm and has appointed Amsterdam-based Piet Hein Meeter to drive it forward. | 12yrs

Lawyers are favouring Apple over Blackberry which has seen its usage halved in the legal market in the past year. | 12yrs

The White House has appointed a lawyer to the post which has been unfilled for 18 months. | 12yrs