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
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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
Delays in passing a new property tax have meant that Hong Kong law firms have been accumulating huge amounts of unpaid property taxes on behalf of clients since February 2013. | 12yrs
The 1,500-lawyer newly merged Squire Patton Boggs has tied up with five-partner Tokyo-based Mamiya Law Offices. | 12yrs
Arthur Liman's River House penthouse is selling in Manhattan for $15 million. | 12yrs
No IT system is ever 100 per cent secure, according to 'Black Dragon', an ex-hacker who reveals the dark side of the web. | 12yrs
Cypriot property investors alleging they were mis-sold Swiss franc mortgages have been advised not to accept discounted mortgage settlements by their lawyers. | 12yrs
A managing partner at a law firm has lost his case claiming the fixed age to retire at 65 is discriminatory but law firms cannot take comfort from the ruling. | 12yrs
Three trends - including glass-walled interiors - are showing themselves in the new designs of leading law firms, according to an analysis in the ABA Journal. | 12yrs
The malpractice insurance sector for law firms may have seen a post-recession dip in the volume of claims but the number of large claims, over US$50m, is still rising. | 12yrs
The Criminal Trial Lawyers Association has said that the increasing use of direct indictment, dispensing with preliminary court inquiries, could lead to longer delays rather than saving time. | 12yrs
The Compass alliance of 12 law firms in mainland China has extended its reach by bringing in Sincere Partners & Attornerys, based in Hong Kong. | 12yrs
Australian lawyers are angry over the withdrawal of funding for law or policy reform work from Community Legal Centres. | 12yrs
The London-based firm has also reported an increase in bonuses and PEP. | 12yrs
Thierry Herzog, the personal lawyer of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, has also been questioned in the corruption investigation into Mr Sarkozy. | 12yrs
There have been 39 law firm combinations announced in H1 of 2014, about the same volume as there was in the first half of 2013, according to Altman Weil. | 12yrs
A new multi-disciplinary partnership alliance has been launched between leading three law firms and an accountancy practice to advise professional practices. | 12yrs
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that bankrupt law firms cannot claw back unfinished-business profits on hourly fee matters as and when the lawyers take the matters to other practices. | 12yrs
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer leads by deal value, and King & Wood Mallesons by deal number, in the Mergermarket data for H1 in 2014. | 12yrs
BTS & Partners, a three-partner firm in Istanbul, has signed a co-operation agreement with Bird & Bird. | 12yrs