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Prosecutors have charged one of London's leading clinical negligence lawyers with a £600,000 tax fraud that they say spanned more than 10 years. | 14yrs

The average value of US construction disputes fell to $10.5 million in 2011, down from $64.5 million 2010, according to recent statistics. | 14yrs

Right-wing US Christian groups are imposing their values in Africa through thinly-veiled front organisations to fight for anti-gay and anti-abortion legislation, according to a recent think-tank report. | 14yrs

London-headquartered international shipping specialist law firm Ince & Co it is to open an office in Beijing, it's third in China, the practice announced yesterday. | 14yrs

Judges in Malawi have referred their chief justice to the country's fraud busting office over allegations that he has misrepresented his length of civil service and is milking the perks of office. | 14yrs

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has scored a significant legal victory over London Olympics organisers who sought to remove their advertising posters from high-profile locations across the UK capital. | 14yrs

India's highest court has advised the country's government to bring all tribunals under one administrative body in a bid to enhance their independence. | 14yrs

Leading law firm partners answer the big questions | 14yrs

Global general counsel answer our big question | 14yrs

Business bosses have slated British government plans to launch 'opt out' class actions for consumers. | 14yrs

An English football club has won a landmark case clarifying the funding of police services on match days. | 14yrs

Search engine giant Google has cut a deal with the European Commission to avoid formal competition law charges. | 14yrs

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