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Chicago-based Baker & McKenzie has maintained its dominant position at the top of the global law firm revenue table, edging out Anglo-US player DLA Piper. | 13yrs

Critics have lambasted Scottish legal aid as being 'out of control' after lawyers in the jurisdiction collected £161 million public fees in 2010. | 13yrs

Autumn has begun with a bang for several major US law firms, as they face high-profile litigation in courtrooms across the country. | 13yrs

London-based magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Indian practice Trilegal have parted ways, declaring the 'lack of progress' in the liberalisation of the local legal market as causing the split. | 13yrs

Justin Gleeson is Australia's new acting solicitor-general, taking the post until a permanent appointment is made next year. | 13yrs

Expenses have risen faster than revenues over the last five years, according to a survey of the UK's top firms, supporting similarly disappointing figures from their US counterparts released last month. | 13yrs

The UK's top 100 law firms have experienced their slowest quarterly income growth for nearly two years, according to a recent survey by professional services consultancy Deloitte. | 13yrs

Dealers who manipulate the Libor interest rate should face criminal charges and prison, according to report authored by a senior regulator at the UK's top financial watchdog. | 13yrs

Lawyers at the top 20 US law firms have given US President Barack Obama almost twice as much in campaign donations as they have to his Republican election rival Mitt Romney. | 13yrs

Vienna-based law firm Wolf Theiss has acquired the Polish subsidiary of German firm Beiten Burkhardt, it was announced today, in a move that expands the Austrian firm's regional network. | 13yrs

Liquidations in South Africa have dropped by more than 10 per cent for the first eight months of 2012 compared to the year before, following the recent introduction of updated business rescue laws. | 13yrs

English barristers are to be allowed to handle client funds for the first time, following a landmark policy change by the profession's representative body. | 13yrs

Anglo-US law firm Hogan Lovells is closing its doors in Abu Dhabi and transferring work to its Dubai office by the end of this year. | 13yrs

A lawyer imprisoned for 18 months after being detained in a 'clean up' in the Chinese city of Chongqing has lashed out at the 'prejudice and inequality' he claims are rife in the country. | 13yrs

Union officials representing US football players are considering legal action over health and safety on the pitch following a the end of strike action that saw inexperienced officials controversially take control of NFL matches. | 13yrs

Recently merged law firms Herbert Smith and Freehills have deflected gossip suggesting they are gearing up for a move towards a single chief executive model. | 13yrs

Capital markets regulators in Saudi Arabia have fired a warning shot at institutions undertaking securities business in the country despite not being authorised or exempt. | 13yrs

Addleshaw Goddard is set to challenge magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer over a £5 million bill for the defence of Russian mining tycoon Vasily Anisimov, stemming from the dispute between oligarchs Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. | 13yrs

Four of the global legal sector's key players are set to receive licences to launch in South Korea today, as the country continues to open its markets to international firms. | 13yrs