A BBC programme will tonight examine controversial treatment of indebted customers by UK bank RBS and could also look at the role of Clifford Chance which found no evidence of wrong-doing when it was commissioned to investigate. | 9yrs

Dentons has agreed to reduce some of its bills relating to the bankruptcy of Deloitte city by as much as 40 per cent after the intervention of a fee examiner. | 9yrs

The Big Four accountancy giant has set up a 20-strong team to work alongside law firms in the private prosecution of fraud cases for businesses. | 9yrs

A website has been launched to link accredited investors with plaintiffs in commercial suits worth between US$10m and $40m. | 9yrs

Chicago law firm Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona is being sued by the director of a former client for failing to advise him of 'the nature and extent of trading violations' in relation to the commodities market. | 9yrs

The liquidators for Scottish football club Rangers have confirmed a payment from lawyers Collyer Bristow of fees they were paid after the controversial 2011 take-over of the club. | 9yrs

Nearly one in four of the larger tier of practices are considering seeking external investment - with many thinking of raising equity of between £5m and £20m this way. | 9yrs

Nearly half (47%) of law firms surveyed by ediscovery specialists Kroll Ontrack have used predictive coding in at least one matter in 2014. | 9yrs

Rob Terry, chairman of Quindell, has been ejected as chair of the insurance claims law firm after months of controversy and the loss of £2b in market value since April. | 9yrs

Allen & Overy has reduced the size of its capital markets team in Russia after international sanctions to the country hit the firm's workload. | 9yrs

The controversial, unpublished 350-page report by a US Fifa lawyer is to be presented to Swiss prosecutors who have received a criminal complaint over the World Cup bidding process. | 9yrs

Quindell, the law firm listed on the London AIM market, has lost its broker and now faces calls for an investigation for not disclosing that fact. | 9yrs

A Turkish-born, London-based law student has been revealed as the defendant in a secret trial at London's Old Bailey. | 9yrs

The State Bar of California is fighting back against allegations from its former executive director that he was fired for whistleblowing. | 9yrs

Leading personal injury New York law firm Napoli Bern has appeared before an arbitration panel, accused of overcharging by some US$36m in relation to 9/11. | 9yrs

A growing trend to cut the corner on personal injury work in the UK is leading to the phenomenon of 'cannibal law firms' which encourage clients to sue their former lawyers. | 9yrs

After a string of partner departures in London, Edwards Wildman Palmer is losing Martin Lister, the insurance partner who set up its Hong Kong office in 2006. | 9yrs

Lawyers are starting to question the pragmatic procedures used by regulators after US$3.4b fines were handed out to Citigroup, JP Morgan, RBS, HSBC and UBS over the rigging of Forex. | 9yrs

John Doar, head of the US Justice Department's civil rights division in the 1960s, and well-known for a case against a Ku Klux Klan leader, has died at age 92. | 9yrs