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Revelations that the Irish police, the Garda, have taped calls of client-lawyer conversations made from their stations could fill the criminal and civil courts for years, say lawyers. | 12yrs

Allen & Overy has avoided being reported to the UK's Attorney General but could find that it is the subject of scrutiny by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). | 12yrs

The identity of one of seven former Dewey & LeBoeuf personnel who pleaded guilty to manipulating the fallen firm's financial data has been revealed as that of former finance director Francis Canellas. | 12yrs

A High Court judge in London ordered Withers to pay £1.6m in damages when he held that an associate lawyer had 'misremembered' his instructions from a client. | 12yrs

The first of many legal steps over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is believed to have been taken by Monica Kelly of Ribbeck Law when she asked for information from Boeing and the airline. | 12yrs

Leading UK bank RBS, one of the main lenders to law firms, is telling practices that they need to cut about 5% of jobs, including those of the top partners. | 12yrs

JP Morgan and German transport organisation BVG have settled their legal dispute, with the side effect that Clifford Chance no longer faces a related negligence claim. | 12yrs

Philip Linacre, a 61 year old lawyer, has pleaded guilty in a Melbourne court to 21 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception in relation to funds worth Aus$12m. | 12yrs

Big business is being warned of 'the potential threat' of not being able to satisfy discovery requirements because they have so many Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts. | 12yrs

LexisNexis has been granted an ABS (alternative business structure) licence through which it will run a compliance service that will include advisory services as well as content and technology. | 12yrs

The 700-lawyer Chinese firm Zhong Lun believes that it moves 'firmly' into the China top three after taking on a team of 22 partners and 140 staff in Beijing. | 12yrs

The UK-educated lawyer who is acting as Malaysia's lead spokesman over the missing 777 plane has expressed frustration over criticism from other countries. | 12yrs

Far fewer lawyers look set to be involved in family cases in New Zealand when a new system comes into place on 31 March. | 12yrs

Businesses and individuals who want to use a barrister without going through a solicitor can now turn to mybarrister.co.uk, a site set up by barrister and former Shearman & Sterling partner Ronald DeKoven. | 12yrs

Dubai-based Senat Legal Consultancy FZ LLC has denied any involvement in an alleged conspiracy relating to illegally protecting the assets of Irish businessman Sean Quinn. | 12yrs

Justin D'Agostino is to become the next head of global dispute resolution in Herbert Smith Freehills, one of the firms with the most enduring reputations in litigation. | 12yrs

Sydney-based Aurora Workplace Law, founded by a former Henry Davis York, will offer only fixed fee arrangements to clients. | 12yrs

Hopes that the UK Chancellor would postpone tax changes to the LLP structure were dashed when he avoided the subject in his Budget in the House of Commons yesterday. | 12yrs

Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to pay US$1.2b to the US government - fines which the US Attorney General says represent the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on a motor company. | 12yrs