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Companies are introducing policies for employees using smartphones for business and personal communications. Partner Tracy Marshall of Keller and Heckman looks at the benefits and risks of such programmes. | 13yrs

A Saudi businessman has begun legal action against White & Case and demanded that it release documents relating to its former client Barclays. | 13yrs

A report on the value of financial transactions in the world shows a fall of 30 per cent since the US$20 trillion recorded in 2006/07, according to Allen & Overy. | 13yrs

Hackers have launched 'a new wave of malware' on law firms who may be totally unaware of the threat, according to a cyber security expert. | 13yrs

Corporate counsel believe that law firms should develop alternative sourcing/outsourcing strategies, according to new research. | 13yrs

Sanctions against Iran come under question after a bank won a case opposing its inclusion on the Iran nuclear sanctions list. Could the European Union may have met its biggest obstacle - its own law courts, asks Sarosh Zaiwalla? | 13yrs

Law firms caught up in the hacking inquiry look less likely to face enforcement action from the Information Commissioner because of misuse of data. | 13yrs

Litigation-only law firm Gall has recruited three partners from Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills and Farrer & Co. | 13yrs

Canadian legal futurologist Mitch Kowalski has criticised law firms over hourly billing, the partnership model and a lack of loyalty to clients. | 13yrs

The first detailed guide to media laws in the Arab states has been produced by the Centre for Law and Democracy. | 13yrs

An opinion from the EU Council Legal Service looks likely to force the EU to scale down plans for a financial transaction tax. | 13yrs

Jones Day and Skadden Arps feature among the 'fearsome foursome' named as the most frightening firms by general counsel. | 13yrs

The Agency for Dispute Resolution has been chosen as an ADR provider by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as part of the ACC Alliance programme. | 13yrs

A weekly round-up on in-house legal moves from around the globe. | 13yrs

A trial of five Romanians accused of the theft of seven modern masterpices has been held up after one of the defense lawyers wore 'inappropriate' clothing. | 13yrs

The long arms of US lawmakers are reaching Luxembourg through FATCA. Sandrine Leclercq, Counsel for Baker & McKenzie Luxembourg, discusses what steps the jurisdiction is taking to mitigate the impact. | 13yrs

Mayer Brown and Herbert Smith Freehills are the latest two firms to announce the recruitment of new lawyers in their Chinese offices. | 13yrs

The investigation of multi-nationals in Asia on anti-bribery issues has spread from China to Japan as Deutsche Bank faces an inquiry on its entertainment practices. | 13yrs

A lawyer employed by a Russian pharmacist's chain has been jailed for life after killing six of his colleagues in a workplace shooting. | 13yrs