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Global general counsel answer our big question | 14yrs

American law firms in China are feeling the squeeze as US politicians take an increasingly tough stance towards Chinese companies. | 14yrs

A Republican candidate for the US Senate and former governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson, was forced to apologise for a racially tinged comment made by his lawyer son last Sunday. | 14yrs

Leading law firm partners answer the big questions | 14yrs

Around one in six English solicitors claims to have been bullied at work, a study published this week has revealed, with employed lawyers the most dramatically affected. | 14yrs

English solicitors found guilty of dishonesty will continue to be automatically barred from practice, following a High Court decision last week. | 14yrs

Riverview Law is still waiting for its alternative business structure licence, but the firm is already carving a reputation for innovation in the evolving English legal landscape. | 14yrs

The Middle East and North Africa region is actively seeking business in the new era post Arab Spring. Brown Rudnick partner Steven Friel reports from an event looking at opportunities and risks in North Africa. | 14yrs

The International Bar Association needed to have a good annual conference last week, and it did. | 14yrs

International mergers and acquisitions due diligence is not sufficiently focussed on post-deal integration, research released today maintains, in a survey claiming the value of many deals has been compromised as a result. | 14yrs

Two-thirds of law students are confident of legal profession futures, despite nearly eight out of 10 envisaging the recession will last for at least another year, a survey has found. | 14yrs

Leading lawyers for the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have criticised the 'code of silence' used by cyclist Lance Armstrong and his US Postal Service team as the row over performance-enhancing drugs escalates. | 14yrs

Sri Lanka's legal profession has become increasingly uneasy over the last few days as tensions between the country's leaders and its judges have mounted - with one senior figure being attacked so badly he required hospital treatment. | 14yrs

Hong Kong's former justice secretary has accused the former British colony's legal profession representatives of double standards, following their attacks on her comments on judicial independence. | 14yrs

A publicly-listed technology company moved again today to join the queue aiming to crack England's revolutionised legal profession with the purchase of a law firm. | 14yrs

Legal profession leaders in England and Brazil have cut a two-year co-operation deal in the latest move by an established jurisdiction to get closer to lawyers in leading parts of the developing world. | 14yrs

A leading Nigerian legal figure fired a broadside at the local profession within the last few days - calling on the country's lawyers to play a greater role in keeping judges honest. | 14yrs

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Californian energy giant Chevron to block an $18 billion judgment in an Ecuadorian court. | 14yrs

The Australian College of Law has won a prestigious award for introducing into its curriculum well-being and resilience workshops for lawyers. | 14yrs