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US commentators are hailing a move last week by a leading global investment bank as redefining the relationship between corporate compliance and legal departments. | 13yrs

Taxi rides, expensive hotels and vague time entries were all axed by the judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of defunct New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf last week. | 13yrs

Draft legislation aimed at combating inefficient court and enforcement procedures is lined up for Portugal's parliament this year, but lawyers have already suggested it will have little impact. | 13yrs

Three law firms have been caught in a legal firestorm filed by a Swiss bank alleging professional negligence, leading to a potentially acrimonious and complex courtroom battle. | 13yrs

Drinks manufactures, small businesses and minority groups have attacked New York City's proposed ban on super-sized soda as a court battle kicked off this week. | 13yrs

Two former fans are suing Lance Armstrong for fraud and false advertising over the disgraced former top cyclist best-selling memoirs, following his admission to using performance-enhancing drugs last week. | 13yrs

A raft of developments emerged yesterday to make lawyers in England wonder why they entered the legal profession. | 13yrs

A Calgary-based energy company has been hit with a record C$10.3 million fine after admitting to paying massive bribes to officials in oil-rich Chad. | 13yrs

Two US east coast law firms are in high-profile row over fees following a $1.5 billion settlement between a global pharmaceuticals company and the US government. | 13yrs

Female lawyers in Britain earn an average of £50,000 less annually compared to male counterparts, according to market research released yesterday. | 13yrs

A gaggle of leading international law firms released their spring trainee retention rates over recent days, revealing a dip in offers made to newly-qualified lawyers amid tough economic conditions. | 13yrs

The legal sector was the catalyst for a significant increase in British professional services employment in 2012, but a slight drop is expected this year research released yesterday forecasts. | 13yrs

A New York appeal court has thrown out a multi-million dollar claim from an associate lawyer that a leading Manhattan law firm wrongfully dismissed him. | 13yrs

Accountants lost their bid to have the same professional privilege status as lawyers in the UK, when the country's top court rejected a claim from a leading insurance company today. | 13yrs

More than 100 current and former Barclays employees will be named in the rate-rigging trial later this year after a London High Court judge yesterday rejected their request for anonymity. | 13yrs

The US financial services watchdog has dodged allegations that it abused its discretion in dealing with requests to recover destroyed records after a Washington judge dismissed a lawsuit last week. | 13yrs

America's wider employment market is growing at twice the rate of jobs in the country's legal sector, according to local media reports of US government figures released this week. | 13yrs

More than a quarter of a million patent applications were filed at the European Patent Office in 2012, a record figure for the organisation, it was revealed yesterday. | 13yrs

US Supreme Court judges are reported to be leaning towards a groundbreaking ruling dictating that the country's federal courts should hear negligence claims against lawyers in patent matters and not their state counterparts. | 13yrs