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Anshu Jain was quizzed over the bank's legal expenditure. | 12yrs

The use of mobile data for intelligence gathering has reared its head in Sweden. Carl Johan af Petersens reviews the ongoing debate. | 12yrs

The firm is re-organising its administrative functions with a move to Kentucky. | 12yrs

State-appointed lawyers could be fined or disbarred for poor performance under a bill introduced to the Tennessee Senate this week. | 12yrs

Leading UK personal injury firm Hampson Hughes is raising the cash incentive it gives some clients from £1,500 to £2,000. | 12yrs

The acquisition of a document review company is a 'serious noise' about the intentions of accountancy firms, according to an industry analyst. | 12yrs

Lawyers do not get protection under the law for secretly recording phone calls when gathering evidence in lawsuits, according to the Washington Appeals Court. | 12yrs

The recruitment of pricing directors continues apace as firms get to grips with new market conditions. | 12yrs

A 55-year old divorced White & Case partner has listed his assets as US$800 in cash, $900 in clothes and a broken Concord watch in his bankruptcy filing. | 12yrs

A newly-appointed partner in Hunt & Hunt in Australia says that traditional partner remuneration schemes threaten to undermine client service by rewarding big billers. | 12yrs

Forthcoming regulation for the charities sector in Ireland could lead to some uncomfortable scrutiny for charities set up by lawyers for their clients. | 12yrs

Securities lawsuits are on the rise with settlements nearly doubling to $6.5 billion last year. | 12yrs

The Chinese human rights lawyer who has acted in the baby powder scandal and urged the rule of law, Xu Zhiyong, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court. | 12yrs

Lawyer Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the opposition leader who has been offered the role of prime minister, is one of the main people negotiating for fresh elections in Ukraine. | 12yrs

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK is arguing that Allen & Overy pay part of the costs for a trial which had to be delayed when the firm pulled out from representing the accused a few days before the trial date. | 12yrs

Becoming a lawyer is no longer the stellar career move it once was, according to new research. | 12yrs

A new regulatory regime is being proposed in Singapore for local and foreign law firms. | 12yrs

Lawyers rank fourth in the US amongst those most likely to take their own lives - and concerns are rising in other countries. | 12yrs

The US's first libel court case involving Twitter has been won by singer Courtney Love when a jury decided her tweet had not been defamatory. | 12yrs