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London-based franchised legal and tax services firm CMS has today announced the opening of a Beijing office, which will initially focus on the life sciences sector. | 14yrs

A Delaware law firm and its Pennsylvania co-counsel are set to pick up one of the largest legal fee awards ever for a securities class action. | 14yrs

The number of law firm partner positions across the UK fell for the first time since the depth of the recession amid poor financial performances and widespread uncertainty over the introduction of alternative business structures. | 14yrs

A leading Persian Gulf-based lawyer has been appointed to a top job at the World Bank, according to local media reports today. | 14yrs

English magic circle firm Slaughter and May is considering launching a US law offering in Hong Kong, media reports from London suggest today. | 14yrs

A judge has lambasted a senior in-house US power company lawyer over behaviour in a long-running law suit regarding the departure of a group of company's engineers to a rival business. | 14yrs

At least three US states are gearing up to launch a legal challenge to landmark financial services regulation designed to remedy the disease that brought on the 2008 banking crisis. | 14yrs

The global legal sector loves league tables, and one of the most recent -- an assessment of mid-tier associates at the larger US law firms -- provides a mixed bag of results for some major global players. | 14yrs

A Tanzanian government minister has criticised the legal profession for not providing services in poorer areas of the country. | 14yrs

Possible wrongdoing by lawyers in the fall-out of the Hillsborough stadium disaster is to be investigated, the solicitors' regulator in England announced yesterday. | 14yrs

Social media web site commentators should not be prosecuted for offensive remarks unless they are threatening or incite violence, the head prosecutor in England has recommended. | 14yrs

Starting pay at the largest US law firms has stagnated over the last three years, as research released this week shows the percentage of practices offering more than $160,000 a year has continued to shrink. | 14yrs

A San Francisco judge has hit a Taiwanese technology company with a $500 million fine for its involvement in a massive price fixing deal, matching the highest ever competition penalty in the US. | 14yrs

A leading US legal academic who stood firm against racial segregation in the 1960s has died. | 14yrs

Leading Kenyan lawyers have launched a blistering attack on the country's chief justice, accusing him of interfering in the recent dismissal of a fellow judge. | 14yrs

A Colombian brewery has landed itself in hot water after producing a beer under the 'Duff' brand - taking inspiration from the favoured drink of cartoon character Homer Simpson. | 14yrs

London-headquartered European legal services franchise CMS acted as lead adviser in LGV Capital's high-profile acquisition of Novus Leisure with joint venture partner, Hutton Collins. | 14yrs

A host of US law firms is investigating Citizens Republic Bancorp's $912 million 'stock-for-sale' to Ohio's FirstMerit Corporation of America amid speculation of litigation ambulance chasing. | 14yrs

Italy's top corporations and limited liability companies are to be hit with a new fee to finance the country's competition authority, Rome announced recently. | 14yrs