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The British taxman is targeting lawyers suspected of evading payments in an ongoing bid to close the gaping hole in the national finances. | 14yrs

The Chief Justice of Nigeria has blamed the country's Attorney General for inadvertently delaying the prosecution of high-profile corruption cases. | 14yrs

An Illinois judge has dealt a blow to a group of DePaul University College of Law graduates by dismissing their law suit against the school over misleading information about the job market. | 14yrs

A former lawyer who used to work for the firm of convicted Ponzi fraudster Scott Rothstein has been sentenced to three years in prison for his part in an illegal campaign contributions system. | 14yrs

US law firm K&L Gates is downplaying the exit of a number of lawyers in the city over the last few years. | 14yrs

A criminal complaint is set to be launched today by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge following an alleged invasion of privacy by an unnamed photographer who took pictures of the Duchess while she was topless. | 14yrs

Australia's new court fee structure could build financial barriers and is unlikely to promote alternative dispute resolution (ADR), the Law Council of Australia (LCA) has claimed in response to federal government court plans. | 14yrs

City law firms are set for a showdown over the opportunity to earn a lucrative spot on the UK Financial Services Authority's first panel of external bank investigation experts. | 14yrs

Two law firms have announced plans to open in Beijing. London-based law firm Eversheds has secured a licence for its long-planned Beijing office whilst US's Kirkland & Ellis is applying for a licence. | 14yrs

Law firms are lining up for a bit of the action on the potential £30.5 million mega-merger of European defence giants EADS and BAE Systems. | 14yrs

Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law has confirmed it has established a partnership with the Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI), following hot on the heels of last month's announcement that Harvard Law School will work in Qatar. | 14yrs

Controversial Russian entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky is to drop a four-year dispute with the estate of his former business partner, less than a month after losing one of the largest civil law suits ever seen in UK courts. | 14yrs

Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira has changed its management structure following an internal review. | 14yrs

Summer associates at major US law firms are asking to be given more work - rather than more social events - in order to demonstrate their skills and lower their worries about the future, according to a recent survey. | 14yrs

London law firms Allen & Overy and Simmons and Simmons have both been involved in a deal which will see India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) acquire a stake in an Azerbaijan oil field. | 14yrs

Potential negotiations to resolve the decades-long Colombian civil war have done little to subdue the threats facing human rights lawyers in the area. | 14yrs

London-based magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to reopen its doors in Singapore five years after bailing out of the country. | 14yrs

Three global law firms have reported differing outcomes in their autumn retention rates as contrasting strategies come into force. | 14yrs

Anglo-US firm DLA Piper has emerged as one of President Barack Obama's biggest backers in an election heavily supported by law firms and lawyers. | 14yrs