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Profits have risen by an average of six per cent in the Magic Circle law firms in 2013/14, increasing the gap between them and the next tier of law firms. | 12yrs

Two organisations representing lawyers have spent record amounts lobbying against proposals in New York state which could reduce awards in civil cases. | 12yrs

A leading Australian practice, RMB Lawyers, is switching to offer fixed fees across all its services. | 12yrs

Weil Gotshal & Manges leads the Bloomberg H1 private equity tables for this year, followed by Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. | 12yrs

Highly-engaged Australian in-house lawyers earn an average of A$275,000 a year, compared to an average of A$168,000 for those who are not engaged. | 12yrs

The singer was excused early from jury duty because her presence would have been a distraction. | 12yrs

Zicolaw has expanded into Laos by adding a firm in Vientiane to its network. | 12yrs

After merging with Australian outfit Blake Dawson, PEP has grown by 22 per cent. | 12yrs

Medium-sized firms saw revenue growth of six per cent in the UK, double the level of larger firms with 25 partners or more, according to a survey by accounts MHA. | 12yrs

Former White House lawyer John Farren is to be tried in absentia for the alleged attempted murder of Mary Farren, his then wife who had been a lawyer at Skadden, Arps. | 12yrs

US law schools admitted just 39,675 students this year, an 11 per cent fall on the previous year, and the smallest number since the 1970s. | 12yrs

More than 1,000 partners have lost their livelihood in over 12 leading firms which have gone extinct in the last seven years, and the cause could be a faulty brand. | 12yrs

US law firm Buchanan Ingersoll believes it has saved clients thousands of dollars because of a flat-rate fee it has negotiated with its e-discovery provider. | 12yrs

A war of words has broken out between a Kenyan law firm and its client, a Chinese construction company, over the loss of a multi-billion contract to build a pipeline in Kenya. | 12yrs

US law firm Cleary Gottlieb and JP Morgan have found themselves unwittingly caught up in the BNP Paribas debacle although neither have been accused of wrongdoing. | 12yrs

The global firm has been beefing up its coverage in the Latin American marketplace with the latest move giving it a team of 70 lawyers. | 12yrs

DLA Piper is monitoring the billeable hours and expenses of a former Sidley partner who fabricated taxi receipts to the tune of $69,000, | 12yrs

Olakunie Fadipe, a former member of the National Human Rights Commission, was killed by a lone attacker who forced his way into his home in the state of Lagos. | 12yrs

The new head of the US Department of Justice's criminal division is promising to be 'appropriately aggressive' and to bring further 'timely' cases against financial institutions. | 12yrs