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Dentons has taken on Jean Chretien amidst the demise of Heenan Blaikie. | 12yrs

Cleary Gottlieb is seeking US$3m in damages over a power loss suffered because of Hurricane Sandy which it says generated that amount in loss of business. | 12yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) saw a steep increase in dishonesty cases in 2013, with its resulting interventions increasing from nine cases to 21 in comparison with 2012. | 12yrs

Problems over succession could see more law firms follow in the footsteps of Heenan Blaikie, the leading Canadian practice which folded last week, according to Daniel Desjardins of Bombardier. | 12yrs

Lawyers who help out on an ad hoc basis are filling a gap in India where company start-up is a complicated procedure and where most small businesses cannot afford to hire a lawyer full-time. | 12yrs

Three US state attorney generals and three GCs have met at a round table discussion and agreed on the extent and importance of the patent troll problem. | 12yrs

Miami-based law firm is opening up in Chicago, bringing its network of offices to 20. | 12yrs

A law firm in North Carolina was locked out of its client files after the Crypto Locker virus was transmitted through an email attachment. | 12yrs

A group of thirty lawyers from the dissolved firm Heenan Blaikie are set to join BCF, the Montreal-based law firm. | 12yrs

US law firms are, in general, 'inconsistent at best' and making 'only a token effort' in their use of Twitter, LinkedIn and other social technologies, according to a new report. | 12yrs

Heenan Blaikie, the law firm that is in the process of being wound down, is one of numerous large law firms who gave collectively or through their partners to political parties. | 12yrs

The ex-head of restructuring and insolvency, Ben Larkin, has left Berwin Leighton Paisner to join two former colleagues at Jones Day in London. | 12yrs

Lawyer Timothy Griffin has been indicted on charges that he took nearly US$2m from the United Hebrew Cemetery on Staten Island between 2012 and last month. | 12yrs

The divorce capital of the world, London is expected to take a big step nearer to recommending the recognition of pre-nuptial agreements this month. | 12yrs

Apple has faced 92 lawsuits in three years brought by patent assertion entities (PAEs), law firms and other entities that buy patents solely in order to earn money from alleged infringers - and is urging reform of the sector. | 12yrs

Bruce Buck will retain his European role and continue fee-earning as the firm appoints a new management team. | 12yrs

Malta is being challenged in its Constitutional Court over the way Legal Aid is allocated, with allegations that the system violates both local and international law. | 12yrs

Companies could be facing fines of several hundred million dollars for corrupt conduct. | 12yrs

The Pittsburgh legal and business processing services of Reed Smith is to be expanded to offer greater support to lawyers in the European bases. | 12yrs