The former chief executive of failed commodities brokerage firm MF Global is set for a civil lawsuit brought by US regulators for his alleged involvement in the collapse. | 13yrs
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The transfer of former Credit Suisse employee data to US tax enforcers has been halted following an injunction by a Swiss court, a lawyer has claimed. | 13yrs
Another phone hacking lawsuit is set to hit New York-headquartered media giant News Corporation but for the first time the suit has originated in the US by way of a British citizen who works as Angelina Jolie's stunt double. | 13yrs
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Social media giant Facebook will be adding Colin Stretch to more than its list of friend. He joins its management team as vice president and general counsel. | 13yrs
The Obama administration has snapped up Twitter lawyer Nicole Wong to advise on internet and privacy policies, White House officials have confirmed. | 13yrs
In-house lawyers must be prepared to speak out against their company's management and protect whistle-blowers, the former risk management head of HBOS has claimed. | 13yrs
Californian software developer Recommind has launched a solution to help corporates manage large amounts of unstructured data. | 13yrs
The Government could implement custodial sentences under section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act following claims that lawyers used unlawful methods to obtain evidence. | 13yrs
New York based firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is preparing to fire a total of 60 salaried lawyers and chop an additional 110 staff while also reducing pay for some partners, according to Bloomberg News. | 13yrs
The US trade watchdog is set to investigate Google's major acquisition of traffic-mapping company Waze following demands from consumer groups worldwide. | 13yrs
Legal experts have highlighted the unusual business structure used by many Chinese companies to urge investors to use caution when dipping into the market. | 13yrs
Cities booming with oil reserves gained the most lawyers in 2012, according to a National Law Journal survey. | 13yrs
English football's top league is set to lock horns with popular free streaming sports websites as it aims to enforce a block in time for the start of the new season. | 13yrs
A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | 13yrs
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is preparing to replace Ahmednasir Abdullahi as its representative in the Judicial Service Commission, according to reports in the country. | 13yrs
US patent licensing firm Intellectual Ventures has begun a major campaign against the banking industry over payment systems and online banking. | 13yrs
Secretary general of the democratic party and leading Hong Kong lawyer Albert Ho Chun-yan has revealed that he was part of discussions held with the government to consider the fate of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. | 13yrs
Unprecedented pressure on UK law firms has caused the Solicitors' Regulatory Authority to place hundreds of firms under supervision as they prepare for more financial hardship this year. | 13yrs
The UK's data watchdog has instructed technology giant Google to delete secretly-collected data or face prosecution. | 13yrs