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Global law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has strengthened its Hong Kong office by appointing Paul Chow, a leading M&A lawyer, as a partner and head of the regional office.

British law firm Linklaters has poached on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Chris Howard by appointing him as a partner for its London office.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a premier New York law firm, has kicked off the BigLaw bonus season by announcing bonuses ranging from $7,500 to $35,000 for its associates who have been employed at the firm prior to September 1, 2010.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not guilty of inaction but was misguided by the Law Ministry and the bureaucrats and hence delayed in filing replies to the complaints of an opposition lawmaker who sought sanction to prosecute 2G spectrum scam accused Andimuthu Raja, the Attorney General of India has submitted before the Supreme Court.

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A D.C. Superior Court jury on Monday found Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique guilty of murdering federal intern Chandra Levy, bringing to a close a sensational case that had rocked the nation for nine years.

United Continental Holdings Inc. has poached on Sara Lee Corporation's top lawyer Brett J. Hart, who will leave the global consumer-goods company to take charge of the legal affairs of the world's largest air carrier.

Alan Newton, a 49-year-old black man from the South Bronx, who spent over two decades in prison for a sexual assault he did not commit, has been awarded nearly $18.6 million in damages by a jury in New York City.

Myanmar's Junta backed government has granted a visa to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's son. Thirty-three-year-old Kim Aris is expected in Yangon on Tuesday and Suu Kyi herself is likely to receive him at the airport. This will be for the first time in 10 years that Kim would get to see his mother.

The bankruptcy trustee for Scott Rothstein's defunct law firm has reached a tentative settlement with American Express, the card that was used to fuel Rothstein's and his wife's luxurious lifestyle, that will help the victims of the high-profile lawyer's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme recoup some of their losses.

The jury deliberation on the fate of Ingmar Guandique, who has been charged with murdering federal intern Chandra Levy, has entered its third day and a verdict is expected soon.

DLA Piper, one of the largest global law firms in terms of lawyers, is laying off an unspecified number of support staffers in the U.S. to right size its operations.

Britain's Prince William and his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton ended speculations about their future by announcing their engagement on Tuesday but triggered a new speculation over whether the couple will opt for a prenuptial agreement.

The hand counting of write-in and absentee ballots continues in Alaska today, where incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski appears on the verge of a historic victory over tea-party Republican nominee Joe Miller.

The percentage of women lawyers in America's top 250 law firms has declined, according to findings based on NLJ 250, The National Law Journal's annual ranking of the nation's largest law firms.

The Manhattan Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Diandra Douglas, the former wife of Michael Douglas, putting to a halt to her bid of receiving a share of profit from the blockbuster movie sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

A two-year investigation into possible ethics violations by U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, led today to the beginning of a trial before an eight-member, bipartisan House subcommittee. Rangel’s first move was to request a postponement.

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Hewlett-Packard Co's top lawyer, Mike Holston, came to the company on the wings of a board spying scandal in 2006. He is now at the center of another storm, this time surrounding the ouster of his friend, Chief Executive Mark Hurd.

Three of the four Rio executives on trial in Shanghai pleaded guilty to taking bribes, including the Australian national Stern Hu, a lawyer for one of the accused said on Monday.

A House panel on Thursday subpoenaed confidential company documents that a former Toyota lawyer has said prove the automaker routinely concealed evidence from the courts and federal regulators, a committee staffer said.