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Senators in Jamaica have amended the country's Legal Profession Act, opening the door for a legal regulatory body to tighten control over the relationships between lawyers and clients, in a move that has triggered howls of protest from practitioners. | 14yrs

Patent assertions by non-practising entities - so called trolls - are costing global companies some $29 billion annually, with as much as a third of that bill being picked up by small and medium sized businesses. | 14yrs

London received more international propety investment in 2011 than any other European city, according to a report released today. | 14yrs

New York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has taken on a leading role for Barclays on its £290 million settlement over charges of interest rate manipulation and false reporting. | 14yrs

Investment products legislation set for unveiling today | 14yrs

Families of the dead in the Costa Concordia disaster have hired scores of lawyers in both Italy and the US to pursue those responsible and also the parent company of the ship's owner. | 14yrs

A draft code by British regulators outlining a 'three-strikes' plan against illegal file-sharers has been welcomed by anti-piracy campaigners. | 14yrs

A California court has banned sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 device while it considers a patent infringement claim from technology giant Apple. | 14yrs

Fannie Mae general counsel Timothy Mayopoulos is set to take a take a step up the job ladder - albeit with a step down the pay scale - after last week accepting an offer to become the government-backed mortgage company's new chief executive. | 14yrs

The Royal Bank of Scotland has begun a much-anticipated review of its legal panel, with several cut-backs expected. | 14yrs

A leading German law firm has slammed European Commission plans to introduce stricter climate change regulations, in a legal opinion produced on behalf of the Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries. | 14yrs

A British Columbia judge has dismissed claims that the appointment of the province's attorney general should be ruled invalid because she is not a lawyer. | 14yrs

Internet copyright infringement is a bane to businesses - and a boon to intellectual property lawyers. James Barnes reports on an expert gathering where one leading player calls for a crack-down on advertisers instead of service providers | 14yrs

Lehman Brothers Holdings has signed an agreement to buy out the remaining 26.5 per cent in apartment building operator Archstone that it does not already own from Barclays and the Bank of America for $1.58 billion. | 14yrs

Three leading firms bagged roles in a $1.3 billion private equity deal that has seen investor Silver Lake and investment management firm Partners Group agree to purchase Swiss duty-free shopping company Global Blue. | 14yrs

Ogier acts for global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald | 14yrs

Fifa whistle-blower Chuck Blazer may have acted unlawfully over a multi-million dollar TV rights contract, according to a memo produced by New York law firm King & Spalding. | 14yrs

UK-based banking and financial services company Virgin Money has brought in a new deputy company secretary following the departure of director of legal and company secretary Jason Fitzpatrick. | 14yrs

International law firm Salans advised French real estate company ORCO Property Group on the sale by its subsidiary of the Radio Free Europe/Hagibor Office Building in Prague to a subsidiary of American owned business L88 Companies. | 14yrs