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The Attorney General of Ohio, Mike DeWine, has been attacked for seeking to bypass competition rules in the appointment of 63 law firms to state agencies and boards during 2014/15. | 12yrs

An annual study of directors and general counsel reveals gaps in boardroom thinking on social media. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs

Over two-thirds of company executives responding to an Economist Intelligence Unit study for Clifford Chance expect that risk management will grow in importance by 2016. | 12yrs

Two senior Patton Boggs partners, the chair and managing partner, contributed US$3.5m to keep the practice going after lenders refused to renew revolving credit to the firm for this year. | 12yrs

Courts in Austria have been unable to deal with a flow of cases that sprang out of the 2008 downturn, leaving thousands of civil cases and even some criminal cases unresolved. | 12yrs

This month's guilty plea from Credit Suisse over helping US tax evaders is leading US investigators to believe that they will be able to track down other wrong-doing Americans throughout the world. | 12yrs

Two lawyers accused of a conflict of interest when dealing with Hollinger Inc have been vindicated and awarded costs from the Law Society. | 12yrs

The 1,600-lawyer new law firm of Squire Patton Boggs is hoping to be seen as the 'go-to firm for public policy work', according to Jim Maiwurm, chair and global chief executive of Squire Sanders. | 12yrs

P3, the US organisation for pricing and project management in law firms, has seen its membership rise from five to 300 in the last three years. | 12yrs

Houston-based Jason Leif, the first president of the US's Energy Bar Association to come from outside the north-east, says the energy boom is bringing much new work with it for lawyers. | 12yrs

Firms including Fox Rothschild and Duane Morris in the US are changing their approach to research in order to create well-used business and competitive intelligence teams. | 12yrs

The average size of a large global construction dispute rose from $31.7m to $32.7m in 2013, partly as a result of an increase in joint ventures, according to the latest research from engineering consultancy Arcadis. | 12yrs

As European elections get underway, a leading businessman has called for the new EU leadership to put business at the heart of its activities. | 12yrs

The Global Legal Post launched the first luxury legal awards last night at the Luxury Law Summit 2014. | 12yrs

The coveted title of oldest law firm in the US has had its share of challengers but looks set to be claimed by Philadelphia firm Rawle & Henderson, 231 years after it opened its doors. | 12yrs

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that a Fasken Martineau partner can be forced to retire at 65 is being followed by many other LLPs as it is expected to apply to them as well. | 12yrs

GM is said to be overhauling its legal department and its culture in response to the deepening controversy relating to a product recall of millions of cars and a defect linked to 13 deaths. | 12yrs

David Haigh, the former general counsel of Gulf House Finance (GHF) has been arrested and held in custody in Dubai in relation to the GHF's ownership and sale of Leeds United Football Club. | 12yrs