Deutsche Bank has surprised the market by both going into profit in Q4 and by posting legal provisions of €207 - about a quarter of what had been expected. | 9yrs

The Chinese communist party is researching the numbers of its officials who have decided to commit suicide after they were given a warning or subject to disciplinary proceedings. | 9yrs

A quadrilingual, London-based finance partner has been appointed head of the India practice after the founder of the practice, the current incumbent Sandep Katwala, stands down after a decade in post. | 9yrs

The average settlement has fallen 60 per cent from US$86m to $34m in 2014 in cases accusing companies of securities fraud, according to research from Stanford University and Cornerstone Research. | 9yrs

An ex-managing partner of Bracewell & Giuliani in Austin, Texas is joining Pillsbury, along with three other IP partners - and with the expectation that five associates and a senior counsel follow in their wake. | 9yrs

The functioning of a special section of the Manhattan Supreme Court which handles asbestos cases, including the alleged dominance of one law firm as a court user, has come under detailed media scrutiny in the New York Post. | 9yrs

An insurance defence lawyer in Philadelphia is appealing against the fine handed down by a Common Pleas Court judge after one of her witnesses revealed a piece of information in court that was supposed to be kept secret. | 9yrs

Dinsmore & Shohl is becoming an 18-office practice by taking over the 40-lawyer West Virginia practice Huddleston Bolen, known for its strengths in railroads, finance, construction and employment. | 9yrs

A 13-year sentence handed down to hedge fund founder Magnus Peterson has been hailed as a success for collaboration between the UK state prosecutors and private investors around the world which gave assistance and evidence. | 9yrs

A group of about 30 real estate funds is suing the firm in connection with the criminal trial of a former client of the Hamburg office who faces embezzlement charges, The Lawyer reports. | 9yrs

US-based litigation practice Kobre & Kim brings to eight its international network of offices through the expansion to California. | 9yrs

Nearly 400 lawyers out of a total of 1,240 licensed by the Law Society of Zimbabwe are being investigated by their professional body for alleged acts of fraud or corruption relating to the last year. | 9yrs

Some parties taking action in the London Commercial Court will be paying ten times as much in court fees as those in New York after the UK government decided to put the fees up. | 9yrs

Argentinians have taken to the streets, carrying banners saying 'I am Nisman', after state prosecutor Alberto Nisman died in odd circumstances the day before he was to testify in Congress after accusing the President of a cover-up. | 9yrs

While other banks continue to be dragged down by their legal provisions, Morgan Stanley saw profits rise dramatically as its legal costs shrank back. | 9yrs

Between tomorrow and early summer, BP will argue before the US District Court in New Orleans that its fine relating to the 2010 oil leak should be reduced below the maximum US$13.7b. | 9yrs

Last year's record Eurobond issue from Africa is expected to lead into similar levels again in 2015, according to Allen & Overy. | 9yrs

Michael Karus, a lawyer who has in the past been jailed for stealing from an estate and who sued his mother when she was suffering from dementia, is being pursued around the globe for unpaid debts, according to a Scottish newspaper. | 9yrs

Jon A Baughman, 72, credited with guiding the US Top 100 firm 'into calm waters during a period of turmoil' has died of dementia in his home near the firm's head office in Philadelphia. | 9yrs