Ni Yulan, well-known for her defence of people being evicted from their homes, is to sue the police after finishing a prison sentence. | 12yrs
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The Ugandan government is being urged by the Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (MCJL) to regulate Sharia law courts. | 12yrs
Wachtell is the leading law firm in the Thomson Reuters M&A table for deals announced in the first nine months of 2013. | 12yrs
Four UK law firms could be investigated by the Information Commissioner for alleged activity relating to the use of rogue private detectives. | 12yrs
The famous international French firm has unveiled a new logo, updated its website and slimmed its name down to just one syllable. | 12yrs
A provider of cloud-based management tools for law firms, Clio, is expanding from the US to open a European office based in Dublin. | 12yrs
Clifford Chance has been involved in two parts of a Supreme Court conspiracy trial, representing defendants and giving evidence against them. | 12yrs
Foreign law firms are expected to be up and running in Malaysia following the announcements of new regulations and the passing of amendments to the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2012. | 12yrs
The level of mergers is running 41 per cent higher so far this year compared to the first nine months of 2012, with 58 law firm combinations being announced so far. | 12yrs
The Law Society of the Northern Provinces is seeking leave to appeal against a South African Supreme Court decision which can see them excluded from employment and other arbitration hearings. | 12yrs
Nearly half of law firms in Australia and New Zealand are unprepared for the competitive changes that are arriving, according to a new survey. | 12yrs
Vietnamese lawyer Le Quoc Quan has been jailed for 30 months after a one-day trial on charges of tax evasion. | 12yrs
US whistleblower law firm Grant & Eisenhofer PA has released an app for Apple and Android mobiles. | 12yrs
Nebraska is totally without lawyers in 12 of its states while others have 'only a handful'. | 12yrs
San Francisco-based, 900-lawyer employment law firm Littler Mendelson is entering into an arrangement, under the Littler Global flag, with two new firms in Latin America. | 12yrs
Over 360 lawyers have attended the 2013 congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers (IAYL) which has just been held in Buenos Aires. | 12yrs
Nearly all the fines levied by leading UK regulators in the last six months have been made in the financial services sector, according to an analysis by EY. | 12yrs
The annual Chinese Communist party conference in November is thought to be considering the introduction of an inheritance tax (IHT). | 12yrs
Freezing of assets in Spain is now much easier since the introduction of new legislation, say Mercedes Romero and Luis López from Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca. | 12yrs
Baker & McKenzie has come first in this year's Global Elite Brand Index for lawyers but is being hard chased by other firms. | 12yrs