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The majority of qualified law graduates who have completed their clerkships at some of the leading Australian law firms are not being retained in the practices. | 13yrs

New York-based Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is understood to have been appointed by JP Morgan Chase after bribery allegations were made about the bank's recruitment practices in Hong Kong. | 13yrs

New Zealand has introduced legislation to let its security service spy on residents - despite concerns expressed by the Law Society and human rights groups. | 13yrs

Stefan Cross Solicitors which has won more than £2 billion in equal pay claims is to go into voluntary liquidation in September. | 13yrs

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

Women are far less involved in committing corporate fraud than their male counterparts, and are less likely to steal money, a new study published in the American Sociological Review reveals. | 13yrs

A new benchmarking report has found hotline incident reports for corporate fraud to be significantly on the rise, with a steady but solid increase recorded over the last two years. | 13yrs

Lawyers advising financial services organisations in China will have another level of regulation to follow in the form of a super-agency set up to co-ordinate regulation. | 13yrs

The lawyer who represented Yekaterina Samutsevich, one of the three Pussy Riot members sentenced to jail last August, is facing a lawsuit from her ex-client and a compensation claim of US$60,750. | 13yrs

Lawyers involved in the Detroit bankruptcy will meet the newly-appointed fee examiner in September as Detroit tries to keep the costs rising to $100 million - a figure some experts have predicted. | 13yrs

Women and the poor have been particularly disadvantaged by rising litigation costs in India, according to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu state. | 13yrs

The Canadian Association of Corporate Counsel has updated its ethics and compliance portal. | 13yrs

A planned new Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) could operate from a minimalist legal system designed to improve the efficiency of clearance systems for foreign investors. | 13yrs

Billionaire Philip Falcone's confession of wrongdoing and agreement to pay US$11.5 million in fines is the first of its kind before the Securities and Exchange Commission and points the way for similar arrangements. | 13yrs

Experienced lawyers play 'an important economic role' in M&A, according to an academic analysis stretching over 20 years. | 13yrs

About 100 objections have been filed to the plans of Detroit city - now under the management of former Jones Day partner Kevyn Orr - to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. | 13yrs

Total billable hours declined by 1.3 per cent for US law firms in the first half of 2013, according to Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group. | 13yrs

A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice. | 13yrs

Standard & Poor's, the ratings agency, will try to get the US government to reveal more information on why it is the only ratings agency to be charged with fraud. | 13yrs