Telecommunication in Brazil is well-established, but is due for some major changes before the Olympic games. | 12yrs
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Both the Law Council of Australia and the American Bar Association have accepted that spying by government authorities on lawyer-client relationships is inevitable. | 12yrs
The Turkish president has signed and given effect to the controversial law which increases government control over the judiciary. | 12yrs
Big European telecoms, including Orange and Deutsche Telekom, are fighting a proposed European law to enforce net neutrality. | 12yrs
Reed Elsevier, owner of LexisNexis legal, predicts growth in its legal markets long-term but says that its legal business grew just one per cent last year. | 12yrs
The European Commission has objected to Telefonica's offer to buy E-Plus, KPN's German mobile unit on competition grounds. | 12yrs
The Canadian Bar Association has estimated that 95 per cent of litigants in family cases are representing themselves because they are unable to afford a lawyer. | 12yrs
There were 549 cases last year of bogus law firms being used to attempt to defraud the public in the UK last year, according to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA). | 12yrs
Michael Vukcevic, the former chief executive of Baldwins in New Zealand, has admitted that he does not have a law degree. | 12yrs
The Law Commission is recommending that England and Wales allow pre-nuptial agreements, mirroring the US and Germany. | 12yrs
A number of high profile Indian lawyers will have to resign from boards following a cap on the number of directorships an individual can hold. | 12yrs
Squire Sanders, with its 1,300 lawyers, is in merger negotiations with Patton Boggs, the prestigious Washington DC firm which saw its revenue slide 12 per cent last year. | 12yrs
Law firms which advised the former Antigua-based billionaire could be sued by investors in his Ponzi schemes after the Supreme Court gave them the green light. | 12yrs
The UK tax authority has given guidance on its new LLP tax rules But, says George Bull, it has not heeded all calls. | 12yrs
Law firms which prioritise partner profits over turnover growth are following a strategy which is 'fraught with danger', according to a consultant. | 12yrs
Arseniy Yatseniuk, the 39-year old lawyer who was nominated to become prime minister last night, was greeted by boos in Independence Square when his name was announced. | 12yrs
Dick Walker had been the subject of media reports which the bank said were untrue. | 12yrs
US health insurer Wellpoint has fired general counsel John Cannon “without cause” | 12yrs
Legal departments are facing the biggest GC leadership change in 13 years. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs