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Three leading lawyers have left public service to take posts with Davis Polk, Skadden Arps and Jenner & Block - showing the demand for regulatory advice from clients. | 13yrs

One in five general counsel aspire to sit on the boards of their companies or another company, according to new research released today. | 13yrs

UK law firms who expected their names to be published today in relation to the hacking inquiry will have to wait a bit longer to see if they will be outed. | 13yrs

About 44 per cent of senior in-house lawyers believe that an anti-corruption investigation into their company is 'possible' or 'likely' within the next two years. | 13yrs

Three lawyers have been accused over the BP compensation scheme on Deepwater Horizon. | 13yrs

Lawyers have staged a sit-in outside courts across Nepal after a raid was conducted on the law firm of the former president of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA). | 13yrs

The social network site Yelp.com has sued San Diego law firm McMillan Group for allegedly writing positive reviews of its own services. | 13yrs

As data is moved across borders, the risk of security breaches increase dramatically. | 13yrs

The new super-rich are learning from their lawyers how to preserve their money and pass it on down the generations. | 13yrs

The majority of senior lawyers in the world's top 100 law firms and Fortune 1,000 favour working together to establish principles to support the rule of law. | 13yrs

A Russian court has upheld the validity of a prenuptial agreement in a dispute which could have seen one of the country's wealthiest businessmen lose half his fortune. | 13yrs

A lawyer and three of her staff were arrested by the Jamaica Constabulary Force as part of its crackdown on crime and corruption. | 13yrs

A change of plan by the government has saved hundreds of Legal Aid law firms from closing - as the Ministry of Justice was persuaded to abandon a 'lowest price wins' tendering scheme. | 13yrs

Skadden Arps has decided to shut its Vienna after the partner managing the base announced he was joining CMS Riech-Rohring Hainz. | 13yrs

The American Bar Association has produced a legal tome on fashion design. | 13yrs

The law professor who wrote what said to be the most often cited law review article ever has died this week. | 13yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills has decided not to open up, as planned, this spring in the West African state of Guinea. | 13yrs

Pay packets at most of the large practices in Australia have stayed flat over the last 12 months, leading to dissatisfaction among lawyers. | 13yrs

Bloomberg has announced that it is moving its Bloomberg Law team into its Bureau of National Affairs - a step which is being seen as a 'rare retreat'. | 13yrs