A prominent white shoe law firm has bailed out of trust and estate work, casting doubt over the practice area's future at large US law firms. | 13yrs
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Accountants have taken a knock in Britain's top court over confidential tax advice, but lawyers shouldn't relax as bean-counter leaders are gearing up to lobby for profound change | 13yrs
A Brazilian judge ordered bookshops in the country to remove copies of erotic trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey from their shelves after he observed children flicking through copies of the blockbuster. | 13yrs
Australian corporations will continue to impose effective hiring freezes on their legal departments throughout this year, one of the region's leading recruitment specialists forecasts. | 13yrs
Cost-cutting measures and increased reliance on in-house counsel are putting private practice lawyers under pressure to work for lower fees, a leading general counsel claimed earlier this week. | 13yrs
Long-serving Barclays' group general counsel Mark Harding is to retire from the bank at the same time as finance chief Chris Lucas, it was announced this week. | 13yrs
Two US universities shuffle their in-house teams, while a California technoloyg business also appoints a new general counsel | 13yrs
Turnover at London-based global law firm Lawrence Graham fell last year as high property costs and partner drawings overwhelmingly overtook profit figures, account information revealed yesterday. | 13yrs
Australian lawyers have praised recently-resigned Attorney-General Nicola Roxon for her ground-breaking work, as she hands over the reins to Mark Dreyfus. | 13yrs
Legal fallout from the global financial crisis ratcheted up a notch today as US authorities indicated they are to launch the first action of its kind against a global credit rating agency over the sub-prime mortgage market. | 13yrs
A group of African lawyers is demanding that Kenyan politicians forced to resign positions they gained illegally should repay their salaries to the government. | 13yrs
A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice | 13yrs
Jobs figures continued their rollercoaster ride in the US legal sector, as the profession shed some 2,400 posts last month, according to recent statistics released in Washington. | 13yrs
State authorities in the US's fifth largest jurisdiction have given the go-ahead to local legislation boosting the amount medical negligence lawyers can slice from their clients' damages in contingency fees, triggering outrage from doctors. | 13yrs
A relatively unknown UK lawyer has shot to the top of the country's remuneration league table with a £10 million haul scheduled for this year | 13yrs
Australia's competition enforcer is taking US financial services giant Visa to court, claiming that the world's largest electronic payment network is abusing its power. | 13yrs
Local state officials in India aimed to calm lawyer nerves in the last few days, saying they would stand by past commitments on health and pension plans for practitioners. | 13yrs
A group of leading international human rights lawyers has ditched a planned visit to Sri Lanka this week, blaming a last minute withdrawal of permission to enter the country. | 13yrs
Relief recently swept over London's Inner Temple as the famous inn of court's resident cat, Hunter, was found safe following a weekend of panic over his mystery disappearance. | 13yrs
One of Asia's biggest local law firms expanded even further with yesterday's announcement that Rajah & Tann is to open in Burma and Cambodia. | 13yrs