The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is investigating Credit Suisse's role in helping clients evade state taxes and whether the Swiss bank misled regulators about practices within the New York branch. | 12yrs
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Barclays agreed to restructure the £70m debt owed by the Guardian Care Homes owner in exchange for Graiseley Properties dropping their interest rate swap case against the bank. | 12yrs
Wall Street is setting a new precedent that investor claims disputes need to go to court instead of arbitration through the Financial Industrial Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as the on-going Goldman Sachs and Citigroup cases show. | 12yrs
Some Ukrainian law firms could find themselves releasing half their lawyers to serve in the armed forces if there is a formal conflict with Russia. | 12yrs
Three Chinese lawyers have given details of torture that was inflicted upon them over two weeks as they sought to protect clients within the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. | 12yrs
New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was beaten only by local firm Kim & Chang in the Bloomberg M&A advisory Q1 league tables for 2014. | 12yrs
Boston- and Chicago-based Edwards Wildman is laying off 10 lawyers and 42 administrative staff in ten of its 16 offices. | 12yrs
The Big Four accountancy giant plans to earn 15 to 20 per cent of its income in Asia, with a doubling of staff numbers in the area, in the next five years. | 12yrs
Fennemore Craig, a Western US law firm, is using unreleased Google Glass technology to help injured clients explain and illustrate their daily life to the practice's personal injury lawyers. | 12yrs
Leading Irish law firm Matheson is buying the Irish funds and debt securities listing business of Investec as a way of offering a full range of services to international clients. | 12yrs
A new 80-partner firm, Thomson Geer, has been created with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide through the merger of Thomson Lawyers and Herbert Geer. | 12yrs
US law firms are merging at an unprecedented rate with smaller law firms now leading the way, according to the latest research. | 12yrs
New tribunal laws in the UK mean that the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) will now be the first stop for unhappy employees. | 12yrs
US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has recruited restructuring expert Andrew Wilkinson in London to beef up its corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice. | 12yrs
Schemes from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU to encourage whistleblowers are likely to deter some frauds and speed up the detection of others, according to specialist lawyers. | 12yrs
Many of India's largest companies look set to escape compliance requirements as India relaxes its laws on private companies. | 12yrs
Cravath Swaine is working with a new lobbying group - including Apple, Ford and Pfizer - which is trying to stop new controls on patent trolls backfiring on companies which rely on patents. | 12yrs
The Malaysian government is to examine the legal implications of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. | 12yrs
Three in four law firms have invested in marketing and business development to grow their businesses. | 12yrs
The Constitutional Court objected to parts of Armenia's new law for pension reform, deeming them unconstitutional. | 12yrs