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In-house lawyers are being increasingly targeted by law suits and prosecutors, according to the former vice president and general counsel of British multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. | 14yrs

Chicago-based health care company Abbot Laboratories has been hit with the second-largest criminal fine for a single drug, after marketing Depakote for uses that had not been approved. | 14yrs

Former in-house lawyers head to private practice in the Silicon Valley, while Nomura and 3M make senior appointments | 14yrs

Greater supervision over medical devices produced and used throughout the EU is urgently needed, according to the European Commission, which released a package of proposals last week. | 14yrs

The first global support network for international legal profession regulatory bodies is to be launched, a meeting of senior figures announced in London today. | 14yrs

More than 400 partners shuffled through the exit doors of the UK's top-20 law firms in the last 12 months, as firms continued to impose 'good housekeeping' measures in the face of a continuing tough economic climate. | 14yrs

Mounting pressure from clients to slash fees is the greatest risk to law firm profitability, more than half of UK practices have told researches in a survey published yesterday. | 14yrs

A clutch of international firms has expanded global networks with office openings, launch plans and association deals in the last few days. | 14yrs

A career in the law remains a dream come true for many. | 14yrs

The mishmash of global legal education regimes needs to be unified for the sake of efficient international business, argues Nigel Savage, who calls on the International Bar Association to take a lead role in levelling the playing field | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs

Critics have lambasted Scottish legal aid as being 'out of control' after lawyers in the jurisdiction collected £161 million public fees in 2010. | 14yrs

Autumn has begun with a bang for several major US law firms, as they face high-profile litigation in courtrooms across the country. | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs

Justin Gleeson is Australia's new acting solicitor-general, taking the post until a permanent appointment is made next year. | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs

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. | 14yrs