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Box and Dropbox are among the sites which had the Heartbleed security flaw and which have proved popular with the legal world. | 12yrs

Project management is one of the most important capabilities in an organisation for generating real business value, according to new research. | 12yrs

Duncan Lewis, the largest legal aid firm in the UK, is due to triple its numbers in its Birmingham office. | 12yrs

Nearly half (18 out of 40) of the Texan law firms promoted no women or just one to partnership level in the last three years, according to a study by Texas Lawbook. | 12yrs

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is to decide whether it will investigate a complaint against Gerrie Nel after he cross-examined athlete Oscar Pistorius and accused him of being a liar. | 12yrs

Catherine D Salucon is asking for protection against threats to her 'life, liberty and security' after a paralegal colleague was shot and killed last month after the two of them attended a hearing together. | 12yrs

The Dutch firm, Van Doorne, plans to relaunch in the city this year despite closing its London offices six years ago. | 12yrs

Latham & Watkins has come top of a revenue ranking from The Lawyer magazine of the top 30 international law firms operating in the UK. | 12yrs

Nearly half the finance directors in the UK top 100 say that the cutting of unprofitable teams is looking likely over the next twelve months. | 12yrs

In the latest ABS development, financial services company, Fairpoint Group, is to buy national law firm, Simpson Millar. | 12yrs

Scottish law firms with five or fewer partners saw profits fall in 2013 while larger practices improved their profitability. | 12yrs

Chicago headquartered legal firm, Winston & Strawn, has now opened a new office in Taipei adding to its existing Asian offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shaghai. | 12yrs

Law firms have been lobbying in Washington DC with the hope of seeing off proposals that could create 'cash-flow nightmares' and other problems for them. | 12yrs

Barrister Rohan Pershad QC was jailed last year for three years for 'deliberately' not paying £600,000 VAT over a 12 year period. | 12yrs

The Law Society of England and Wales has warned lawyers about the ability of intelligence agencies to intercept data held on the cloud. | 12yrs

Clifford Chance is weighing up the option of extending a stress reduction scheme which it has been offering to trainees over the last year to all staff. | 12yrs

California law firm Downey Brand has laid off 17 non-lawyers but says that lawyers remain 'very busy'. | 12yrs

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) recommended that, to avoid corruption, companies should approach third parties with “reasonable due diligence” - but the direction is too vague, says Zimmer Holdings GC Albert Li. | 12yrs

The largest US mediation service, JAMS, has launched a new international mediation service in Ireland to be headed up by high profile media lawyer Paul Tweed. | 12yrs