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Environmental lawyers are considering following the example of tobacco cases by using state courts to challenge polluters. | 10yrs

A combination of lawyers using less office space per head and the effects on the legal sector of the downturn could be leading to a permanent change in the office sector, according to property broker Savills Studley. | 10yrs

The rapid growth in investigations in China into corporate misconduct has seen several US law firms increase their numbers there. | 10yrs

The governor of New York state has agreed to pay for bigger and better offices for public defenders, after agreeing to settle a class action law suit on the issue. | 10yrs

JP Morgan Chase has been fined €72m with UBS having to pay €12.6m and Credit Suisse €9.2m in the latest round of bank fines. | 10yrs

President Barak Obama's appointment of a lawyer, Washington DC-based Ron Klain - rather than a medic has provoked controversy in the US. | 10yrs

The value of African private equity deals reached its highest level since the global financial crisis in the first half of this year, according to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. | 10yrs

Employers can do a lot to avoid injunctions in cases where a new recruit arrives and misuses information from a previous employer. | 10yrs

Michael Millikin, the 66-year old lawyer who is general counsel at General Motors, is to retire in early 2015 after 38 years at the company. | 10yrs

KPMG has just been given an ABS (Alternative Business Structure) license but claims that it will use it to run a multi-disciplinary practice, rather than setting one up for a separate legal arm. | 10yrs

Lawyers are being asked a wide range of questions on the ebola virus, ranging from employment to privacy to avoiding litigation which could come from treating patients. | 10yrs

Three Dickstein Shapiro IP lawyers have left the six-office US firm to join Manatt Phelps & Phillips in California. | 10yrs

DLA Piper has been sued by Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg in relation to the firm's representation of Paul Ceglia in a case against the social media giant in 2010. | 10yrs

Leigh Day is facing allegations of 'fraudulently' inflating a compensation bill in the run-up to last year's agreement by the British Foreign Office to pay £19.9 m in a settlement compensation over the Mau Mau uprising. | 10yrs

China is expected to announce reforms this weeks which would reduce the influence of Communist Party and local officials on court cases. | 10yrs

An English judge has warned of a 'nightmare' scenario in which a Malaysian/English divorce ends up being heard in both territories. | 10yrs

London-based Nabarro partner Robin Baillie, a specialist in infrastructure, is joining Squire Patton Boggs, along with two associates. | 10yrs

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