Opposition is mounting towards the anti-trust bill which the Mexican Congress debates this week - as legal experts fear it could reduce competition and punish innovative companies. | 10yrs

Nearly half of US judges are using social media - with most of them on Facebook and a minority venturing onto LinkedIn, according to the Legal Talk Network. | 10yrs

Allen & Overy is top of the global rankings with US$94.9b of deals, according to a listing by Infrastructure Journal. | 10yrs

Texas law firm Mauze & Bagby faces a defamation claim over its search for clients in a proposed action against a national dental practice. | 10yrs

Two former DLA partners of DLA Piper are to launch a Miami office for 1,000-lawyer practice Bryan Cave. | 10yrs

Portuguese practice PLMJ has established an office in Lausanne, reflecting both the interest of Portuguese clients to invest money there and the spread of Swiss-based companies abroad. | 10yrs

A 30-year old lawyer from East Turkestan has died after being held by the authorities and, when released to her family, being unable to stand and being covered in 'wounds all over her body'. | 10yrs

The Malaysia Bar Association passed a resolution at its AGM, asking for retired judges to be barred from representing clients in court. | 10yrs

Outsourcing to China looks set to become slightly less enticing this month as an amendment to the Labour Contract Law reduces room for manoeuvre for employers. | 10yrs

Different kinds of legal claim - relating to bankruptcy and fraud as well as product liability - are being prepared by lawyers in response to the recall of 1.6m vehicles by General Motors. | 10yrs

Freshfields has followed a current trend in appointing a litigator to a senior management role though its naming of Adam Siegel from the New York office as the next US managing partner. | 10yrs

Some 300 organisations have set themselves up under the Alternative Business Structure (ABS) rules in the UK, and the scheme is increasingly being seen as a success. | 10yrs

Allen & Overy is expected to find out next week if it will be referred to the UK Attorney General for further investigations over its conduct relating to a bribery trial. | 10yrs

A small number of law firms are getting disproportionate amounts of criminal Legal Aid work through their close relationships with the police, according to MPs on a parliamentary committee. | 10yrs

The removal of stenographers in the Bahamas Magistrate's Court, with a gap before their replacement by digital recording, looks set to lead to legal action by the Criminal Bar Association. | 10yrs

A London High Court judge is being asked to rule on whether Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld should pay the legal costs of a defendant after an Akin partner refused to testify and the case fell apart. | 10yrs

McKenna Long & Aldridge is joining LeClairRyan in offering a specialist group to advise on the law relating to unmanned aircraft. | 10yrs

Stephen Mullens, former lawyer in the Formula One empire, looks set to face a trial on corruption charges in Germany with his one-time boss Bernie Ecclestone. | 10yrs

The London real estate scene is a seller's market at the moment, but it's hard to tell how long the upward trend will last. | 10yrs