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Former CIA Director General David Petraeus has hired a renowned Washington DC lawyer to defend him in the multiple investigations of an alleged extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. | 13yrs

Corruption and ethical failings are hampering the Nigerian Bar, according to the nation's attorney general and minister of justice, who said that standards have dropped lower than in past decades. | 13yrs

Lawyers for Lord McAlpine have identified some 1,000 Twitter comments - re-posted by a further 9,000 users - they intend to take legal action against for wrongly linking the Tory peer with child abuse. | 13yrs

Defence lawyers in Scotland launched a one-day strike yesterday in protest at proposed changes to the jurisdiction's legal aid system that they claim could spawn a rash of miscarrages of justice. | 13yrs

The pace of global law firm expansion in Australia is set to slow next year, a report on the country's legal market has revealed. | 13yrs

A judge has ordered a woman caught driving on a pavement to overtake a Cleveland school bus to stand at the same spot and wear a sign inscribed with the word 'idiot'. | 13yrs

Students at India's leading law school are reluctant to practise in courts and would much prefer corporate work, according to research by one of the country's leading think-tanks. | 13yrs

Former Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins has been convicted of assisting executives at financial services company Refco to conceal a $2.4 billion fraud. | 13yrs

Top UK law firms are increasingly moving towards outsourcing key services such as litigation support and document drafting, research released today shows. | 13yrs

The death of retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Kayode Eso has led to an outpouring of tributes in the country, with many describing his impact on the Nigerian legal system as immeasurable. | 13yrs

European regulators overstepped their authority and went on a 'fishing expedition' by launching a dawn raid on the offices of a Paris-based energy company, a branch of the European Court of Justice has ruled. | 13yrs

Technology giant Google is facing a wave of legal issues across two continents over allegations of predatory pricing and the promotion of products in search results -- in what experts describe as a potential 'perfect storm' of litigation. | 13yrs

British oil and gas company BP has been stung with the largest criminal fine in US history as part of a $4.5 billion settlement in the fallout from the fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. | 13yrs

Proposed restrictions on foreign firms in Vietnam have been roundly criticised by global lawyers and business leaders claiming the changes would scare off investors at the time when they are needed most. | 13yrs

Lobbyists have successfully encouraged a leading Wisconsin law firm to cease advising pro-marriage campaigners in a move that could see lawyers face increasing public pressure over contentious clients in the US. | 13yrs

US pizza chain Papa John's is facing a $250 million class-action law suit after being accused of bombarding customers with illegal text messages. | 13yrs

An unforeseen casualty of Hurricane Sandy is the long-standing ban on inter-state legal practice in the US, as New York bar authorities have waived restrictions and allowed lawyers from across the country to assist with pro bono advice. | 13yrs

A legal scrap between a lap dancer and the proprietor of a group of gentlemen's clubs is being watched with interest by UK employment lawyers -- and could have a knock on effect for church organists. | 13yrs

Pittsburgh-based K&L Gates has become the latest firm to clear the last regulatory hurdle before opening an office in the South Korean capital of Seoul. | 13yrs