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A former partner at Chicago-based law firm Winston & Strawn who used his position to launder more than $18m for convicted Ponzi schemer Kenneth Starr will not serve any prison time, a judge ruled yesterday. | 13yrs

Battered in-house lawyers at technology company Hewlett-Packard have been searching for the exit after a series of scandals -- the most recent being a massive $8.8 billion write down of Autonomy last month -- former employees claim. | 13yrs

Leading US general counsel saw basic salaries climb this year but also watched cash bonuses nosedive, according to figures released last week. | 13yrs

Legal profession regulators in England are to shine a spotlight on in-house lawyers in a bid to get to grips with those working in the sector. | 13yrs

An electric panel is formed, and two British banks reach for former financial watchdog lawyers to patch up torn reputations | 13yrs

There must be a lot of dummies in the legal profession, as two similar pamphlets have been published to educate them on a rapidly evolving area of technology | 13yrs

One of England's most historic and traditionally international law firms has become the latest to leap into the still expanding Persian Gulf market, as Stephenson Harwood officially opened the doors to a Dubai office today. | 13yrs

Legal action swirling around the London interest rate scandal is set to engulf a horde of bankers once a leading Swiss player cuts a deal with various international authorities, media reports suggest today. | 13yrs

Charges against the ex-president of the Maldives over the arrest and detention of a serving judge are not a simple case of abuse of power, a leading group of English human rights lawyers claims. | 13yrs

Fresh allegations of misconduct over a bond offering were levelled today at three former leaders of now-defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. | 13yrs

London-based global law firm Linklaters has retained its title as the top adviser on UK mergers and acquisitions, but recent data shows US firms are climbing above many of their English rivals as American interests in London grow. | 13yrs

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

Client pressure and regulatory earthquakes are forcing law firms to change or die. But a trio of innovators in Australia is fronting up to the future | 13yrs

Executives at reputedly the world's largest gold mining company may soon be forced to respond to allegations of falsifying information after a Chilean lawyer filed proceedings over a large mining development. | 13yrs

A leading judge in Malta was charged last week with bribery, sending shockwaves through the country's legal profession and triggering public concern over the reputation of the judiciary. | 13yrs

London-based global law firm Linklaters has signed a co-operation deal with Saudi Arabia's Abdulaziz AlGasim Law Firm - a practice that had previously sponsored magic circle rival Allen & Overy. | 13yrs

High court litigation in India is more likely to end in the Supreme Court in states geographically nearer to the country's capital, New Delhi, a research paper has revealed. | 13yrs

Only slightly more than a quarter of lawyers at firms in the US's sixth largest jurisdiction are women, a recent survey shows, rekindling concern that gender diversity is still not taking hold in the country's legal profession. | 13yrs

US law firm billing rates continued to creep up this year, figures released today show, despite corporate client efforts to cut tough bargains as a result of the slow economic recovery. | 13yrs