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Paddy Power today launched legal proceedings against the London Olympics organisers after the Irish bookmaker's advertising posters were removed from high profile areas across the UK capital. | 14yrs

Baker & McKenzie is to open its third African office in Casablanca, the US-based global law firm announced today. | 14yrs

Officials have fined a leading US law school $250,000 for inflating the academic credentials of incoming students in a landmark move by the country's legal education regulators. | 14yrs

Global law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner is to launch a major push for new clients for its two-and-a-half-year-old outsourced legal services supplier, according to reports from London. | 14yrs

Basel-headquartered pharmaceuticals company Novartis has handed key roles to three magic circle firms following its $40 billion takeover of US-Swiss eye specialists Alcon. | 14yrs

The governing body of US college sport has swiftly punished Penn State with a large fine in the wake of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal involving the university's football coach. | 14yrs

In-house developments at Qantas and Kraft Foods | 14yrs

Lawyers who can't bring in clients had better think about another career as the evolving, cut-throat world of 21st century business law won't carry any passengers, warns Chrissie Lightfoot | 14yrs

Anthony Salz takes reins of Libor rigging investigation | 14yrs

A Wiltshire solicitor who was shot in the head with a shotgun while he worked at his office has died in hospital from his injuries, it was reported yesterday. | 14yrs

Lawyers in Sri Lanka have protested over the last few days against a government minister who allegedly intimidated a magistrate in the Tamil dominated district of Mannar. | 14yrs

The estate of defunct Washington DC law firm Howrey has stepped up its efforts to recover what could amount to millions of dollars to repay creditors. | 14yrs

A law firm providing services to foreign residents - including those applying for refugee or resident status - is to open in Tokyo in response to recent government moves to amend the country's immigration laws. | 14yrs

Proview Technology is being sued by its own law firm - Beijing-headquartered Grandall Law Firm - over its failure to pay the lawyers a share of its recent Apple patent settlement. | 14yrs

Published by: Cambridge University Press Author: Heather Harrison Dinniss July 2012 H/B £65.00 ISBN: 978-1107011083 | 14yrs

Published by: Harvill Secker Author: Clive Stafford Smith July 2012 H/B £20.00 ISBN: 978-1846556258 | 14yrs

Chelsea Football Club captain John Terry may have been found not guilty over a charge of a racially aggravated public order offence relating to an on-pitch incident involving defender Anton Ferdinand, but he had some rough moments during the trial. | 14yrs

A cash-strapped freelance writer from Albuquerque in New Mexico has been thwarted in her attempts to make some cash by selling her soul on auction web site eBay. | 14yrs

A club in Florida's West Palm Beach is looking to launch legal proceedings against Nadya Suleman - better known as 'Octomom' after she gave birth to Octuplets in 2009. | 14yrs