The Texas tycoon Samuel Wyly has accused his former lawyer of doing a 'deal with the devil' when he decided to give evidence against him to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). | 10yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) looks likely to try to adopt a more straightforward approach and might relax the controversial 'separate business' rule. | 10yrs

Senior staff in Credit Suisse have been at odds with each other over their approach to the US Department of Justice investigation. | 10yrs

A proposal for a special dress code for lawyers in court is to be published by the Justice Ministry in Jeddah within the next two weeks. | 10yrs

Edward Snowden, famous for leaking documents from the National Security Agency, has hired one of the most famous names in the law of spying to negotiate on his behalf with the US government. | 10yrs

Businessman Victor Dahdeleh has won a US court victory in a series of cases which have proved embarrassing for Akin Gump. | 10yrs

Freshfields has relocated its global head of arbitration from Hong Kong to Singapore in a move to increase its work in the growing Singapore market. | 10yrs

Organisations are becoming more likely to experiment with 'relatively undeveloped legal and judicial systems' in emerging markets, according to Allen & Overy. | 10yrs

Leading securities lawyer Joe Groia and the Law Society of Upper Canada are pitted against each other this week in the Ontario Divisional Court over claims that he should have a two-month suspension. | 10yrs

Black lawyers make up just 37 per cent of South African lawyers, a statistic which is reflected in the largely white legal teams participating in the Oscar Pistorius trial. | 10yrs

Appleby, the offshore firm, has become the first offshore law practice to obtain a licence to offer offshore legal services in China. | 10yrs

Ethics experts are expecting that US state bar associations will introduce many more rules on the use of social media after the American Bar Association gave permission to court lawyers to review 'a juror's internet presence'. | 10yrs

Businesses using the virtual currency Bitcoin have become so concerned by the growth in regulatory steps that they fear falling foul of them more than losing the currency by theft. | 10yrs

Businesses in the US are spending 'more money on legal fees to fight high-stakes litigation', according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. | 10yrs

Bank of America has been asked to pay US$13b to settle allegations relating to the sale of mortgage bonds. | 10yrs

Carey Olsen has doubled its manpower in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands [BVI] with the appointment of three extra lawyers. | 10yrs

A fast-growing law firm is planning to offer 'seamless advice' through the establishment of a close relationship with an accountancy practice. | 10yrs

Sacha Woodward-Hill, Formula 1's chief legal officer, is expected to act as the right arm of Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive, when his German corruption trial starts this week. | 10yrs

Corporate counsel are seeing a shift in thinking from law firms on how they charge for litigation as the hourly rate declines in popularity across the board. | 10yrs