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The UK Parliament this week is to grill the SFO on its handling of allegations of cronyism. | 13yrs

A surreal court hearing in Moscow has attracted international criticism. | 13yrs

Swedish law firm Magnusson completes its Baltic Region expansion plan with the acquisition of a Lithuanian 20 lawyer team. | 13yrs

A Japanese court has dismissed claims by South Korean manufacturer Samsung that Apple had been using patented data transmission technology in its iPhone device, a Samsung spokesperson has admitted. | 13yrs

Scholarships and direct financial contributions to Cayman Island lawyers and law firms demonstrate that it is not only foreign lawyers who benefit from practising Cayman law, the nation's Law Society has claimed. | 13yrs

Attempts by the US to extradite controversial Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom from New Zealand took a step forward after a Court of Appeal deemed that prosecutors do not need to disclose full evidence. | 13yrs

US law firms are increasingly seeking greater capital contributions from their partners to avoid bank debt, according to financial data released yesterday. | 13yrs

India's booming legal services market could be further improved by allowing greater access to foreign law firms, according to a report prepared by the country's finance ministry. | 13yrs

Not quite topping Sacha Baron Cohen spilling Kim Jong-il's 'ashes' over a US presenter at the Academy Awards last year, a Ukrainian prankster turned up at this year's ceremony in a swan outfit despite warnings from a top US law firm. | 13yrs

Pittsburgh-based law firm Reed Smith has opened its first Texas office, launching a 12 partner practice in US energy capital Houston. | 13yrs

A decision to finally approve the largest law firm bankruptcy in US history has been finalised, ending nine-months of bickering over how New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf would be dissolved. | 13yrs

Lawyers are failing to adequately advise separating couples to settle their legal issues before costs spiral out of control, a report from the legal ombudsman has claimed. | 13yrs

Around half of Australian law firms are planning to increase their fees this year, a survey of managing partners in the country has found. | 13yrs

Plaintiff lawyers challenged 96 per cent of high-value public-company mergers and acquisitions last year, firing off an average of 5.4 suits per merger, a study has revealed. | 13yrs

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen............ | 13yrs

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister is set to make cuts to lawyers' pay in civil cases in an attempt to rein in the country's spiralling legal aid bill. | 13yrs

Thailand's regulatory body for lawyers has urged its members to provide free legal advice to help members of the press defend themselves against law suits. | 13yrs

The owner of iconic US beer brand Budweiser is being sued by drinkers in the country for allegedly watering down its beer. | 13yrs

A trio of leading US law firms have turned in their financial results for 2012, presenting positive gains across the board. | 13yrs