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On-line promotion is finally making an impact on the global legal profession with the percentage of law firm marketing budgets devoted to web sites slightly exceeding business sector averages, according to research released today. | 14yrs

A University of Iowa staff member is suing her employer for alleged discrimination on the grounds of her politically conservative views, in a case that is likely to attract national attention in the run-up to next month's US presidential election. | 14yrs

An aboriginal and a Torres Strait Islander lawyer have been celebrated for their outstanding contributions to the legal profession at a recent ceremony in Australia. | 14yrs

Lawyers Eamonn Dornan and James Cotter declared victory yesterday in a US Supreme Court case that will temporarily deny access to the British government of recorded interviews of former IRA and loyalist paramilitaries. | 14yrs

Women lawyers in Saudi Arabia are to be permitted to practise on the same terms as their male counterparts from early next month, as the authorities bow to increased international pressure to liberalise social and professional life in the Gulf state. | 14yrs

Ohio-founded law firm Squire Sanders has confirmed it will open in Sydney from the beginning of next month and has recruited several high-profile players in preparation. | 14yrs

An Ottawa lawyer's successful appeal against a C$500,000 sanction has won tax lawyers and advisors across Canada improved security against regulatory penalties. | 14yrs

As though there hasn't been enough teeth gnashing in the English legal profession over reforms revolutionising its structure, a leading television actor has piled into the debate with dire warnings that lawyers are being railroaded to destruction. | 14yrs

Washington law firm Schertler & Onorato claims it is owed $13 million after assisting a banker expose his employers for evading American taxes six years ago, despite the lawyers having been sacked by the whistleblower. | 14yrs

British ministers are this week reported to be revaluating a controversial extradition treaty with the US following yesterday's decision not to send a computer hacker to stand trial in America. | 14yrs

The lateral hiring boom at US law firms is showing no signs of ending, even though the business plans of many of the top firms are not faring well, research released yesterday maintains. | 14yrs

In-house lawyers should engage with social media networks, despite fears over compromising confidential information, a general counsel at a top global pharmaceutical company has said. | 14yrs

Leading in-house lawyers are increasingly likely to be sitting on their organisation's leadership teams, according to research from professional in-house associations in Australia and New Zealand. | 14yrs

US justice authorities have denied they are unfairly targeting in-house lawyers over their private practice counterparts in cracking down on breaches of federal law, claiming they will pursue the legal profession across the board. | 14yrs

UK discount group Poundworld has pinched a lawyer from rival Costcutter and created its own in-house legal department as the high street business aims to reduce external instructions. | 14yrs

Putting a wide range of Norway's business law issues under the microscope, this is a guide written to inform foreign companies on how to conduct business in a region of Europe that is performing far better economically than many of its neighbours. | 14yrs

Conventional wisdom has long held that public corporations are not public in true sense of the word. Their accountability lies not with the public, with society at large, or with its workers, but with its shareholders. | 14yrs

The Dubai and London offices of global law firm Norton Rose advised a syndicate of Middle Eastern banks led by ABC International on a senior Shariah-compliant facility to King's Reach Estates. | 14yrs

Californian technology giant Google has been accused of undermining independent legal advice after suspending a web site that failed to comply with its latest AdWords policy. | 14yrs