Since the 1970s, consecutive British governments have abandoned all attempts to prohibit the use and sale of illegal drugs while employing strong anti-drug rhetoric towards the public. | 14yrs
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Once a transitory position populated almost exclusively by recent law school graduates, paralegalling has become a booming part of the legal profession. | 14yrs
London-based firms Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have secured roles on the potential merger of European defence giants EADS and BAE Systems. | 14yrs
Mexican building materials giant CEMEX has announced the completion of its refinancing, with New York law firm Cleary Gottlieb taking a major role in the deal. | 14yrs
The London office of international offshore specialist law firm Ogier advised mineral exploration company Touchstone Gold on the acquisition of Atlantis Gold Mines, significantly enhancing its gold exploration and development capabilities. | 14yrs
French employment law specialist law firm Moisand Boutin & Associés advised Paris-based transport infrastructure engineering group Systra on the labour aspects of a merger involving its subsidiaries Inexia and Xelis. | 14yrs
London-headquartered law firm Allen & Overy advised Crédit Agricole SA(CASA) and Crédit Agricole CIB (CACIB) on the establishment of Crédit Agricole Public Sector SCF, the French legislative covered bond platform of the group. | 14yrs
London law firms Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons advised on a billion-dollar deal that will see India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) acquire a stake in an Azerbaijan oil field. | 14yrs
Leading Spanish law firm Uría Menéndez has joined with New York's White & Case and Dutch outfit De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek to advise the $1,200 financing of Spanish telecoms company Telefónica. | 14yrs
London's Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and New York-headquartered Sullivan & Cromwell have topped a global legal advisor ranking for announced and completed merger and acquisition deals respectively, a survey released yesterday revealed. | 14yrs
Authorities in New York are suing one of the US's biggest banks for allegedly defrauding investors who lost more than $20 billion during the country's housing boom. | 14yrs
More than $2.4 million will be allocated to 13 US jurisdictions to fight theft of intellectual property, after Attorney General Eric Holder stressed that protection from piracy is vital to the nation's economy. | 14yrs
A high-flying Manhattan-based white-collar crime defence lawyer pleaded guilty earlier this week to pilfering more than $10 million from his firm's clients and squandering the cash in strip clubs and up-market restaurants. | 14yrs
Britain's biggest motoring organisation will be the latest group to break into the legal services market, as reports yesterday said the AA has applied for an alternative business structure licence. | 14yrs
Queensland has walked away from plans for a national regulation scheme for Australia's legal profession amid concerns over increased costs and bureaucracy. | 14yrs
The Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has filed a legal claim against Dubai's Zabeel Investments, which is owned by the crown prince of Dubai, Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum. | 14yrs
Electronics giant Apple has been targeted in two separate law suits by long-time rival Samsung for allegedly infringing patents with its recently-released iPhone 5 device. | 14yrs
Arbitration costs should be borne by the losing party, an overwhelming majority of lawyers told researchers in a survey published earlier this week. | 14yrs
Significant numbers of British executives are prepared to flout recent anti-corruption laws on the grounds that the tough economic climate merits risk taking and authorities are unlikely to prosecute offenders, research released today has found. | 14yrs
Legal services in one of the world's biggest jurisdictions continue to be shaken to the core as another large non-traditional provider has jumped into the English market. | 14yrs