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Technology giant Apple has dropped the latest bombshell in the on-going patent trial against its South Korean rivals by releasing a 132-page internal Samsung report, which, claim the Californians, reveals Samsung's fixation with the iPhone device. | 14yrs

One of the US's largest pharmaceutical companies has agreed to a $60 million settlement over charges that it bribed doctors overseas. | 14yrs

US law firms continue to rack up significant fees in bankruptcy work despite a 14 per cent drop in business filings, recently published research has revealed. | 14yrs

Standard Chartered is weighing up a counterclaim against the New York authorities that have charged the British global bank with sanctions-busting and laundering money for Iran. | 14yrs

The US's largest legal profession trade union is in disarray over the contentious issue of non-lawyer ownership of law firms, with its senior figures unable to agree a policy. | 14yrs

London-based magic circle firm Slaughter and May and New York white shoe practice Sullivan & Cromwell have become the latest lawyers to profit from the recent string of banking scandals. | 14yrs

Introduction of US-style deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in England could fail because of jurisdictional 'blind spots', leading lawyers said today, as the plan's consultation period nears conclusion. | 14yrs

A US District Court Judge has demanded that battling technology giants Google and Oracle give up the names of journalists and bloggers who were paid to comment on the recent Java patent lawsuit. | 14yrs

Former partners of now-defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have been handed an extra week to agree to a settlement that would absolve them of liability from the firm's estate. | 14yrs

A leading academic is to investigate allegations of 'institutional racism' at the body that regulates England's 115,000 practising solicitors. | 14yrs

Two leading American Antitrust Institute lawyers are bailing out from the non-profit organisation to join the Federal Trade Commission, the group announced at the end of last week. | 14yrs

The general counsel of micro-blogging web site Twitter has issued an embarrassing apology after the social media network drew heavy criticism for banning a journalist's account. | 14yrs

A bill introduced by two US congressmen could enable small technology companies and their legal departments to fight 'patent trolls' rather than being forced by high litigation costs to settle legal battles. | 14yrs

In-house developments at Virgin Media and the Power Corporation of Canada | 14yrs

Guangzhou-based Guangda Law Firm has cut a non-exclusive alliance with New Delhi's Singh & Associates in the first Sino-Indian legal sector deal of its kind. | 14yrs

The Shanghai and Shenzhen branches of China's main arbitration body have been suspended in an on-going dispute between rival factions, casting worrying doubt over existing investor contracts. | 14yrs

US legal education regulators have rejected proposals to accredit foreign law schools in a move that will stoke continued debate over protectionism in the American legal profession. | 14yrs

Washington DC-based law firm Patton Boggs has joined several major US legal practices in turning to outside service providers tracking news and internet chatter to up their service game to clients. | 14yrs

A third of English solicitors say they are struggling to overcome career roadblocks at their law firms -- with a significant number blaming partners for clinging on to positions instead of retiring, a survey released today maintains. | 14yrs