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Allen & Overy partner caught up in street fight
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Hardest law firm partners revealed
Lawyers defending law and order any way they can...
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Camerons' lawyers sent breakfast by internal mail
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McGrigors partner gives scruffy staff a bollocking
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Senior Partner in Gay Pride rant
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Student sues lawyer for reneging on $1million offer
Reminder: be careful when making million dollar offers on television
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Law student convicted of fraudulent boobs
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Halliwells cuts working hours and pay: but not billing targets
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Linklaters sued by former associate
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Herbert Smith associate caught running porn site
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Camerons apologises for galactic redundancy cock-up
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Stephenson Harwood website suggests clients call Reed Smith
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City lawyer steals £7.4 million for boob job
She also used the money to pay her mortgage and get daily manicures...
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Excitement at Slaughter and May as staff save 42p on beer
Nigel Boardman shares the Christmas spirit
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Freshfields associate hospitalised after collapsing at home
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Exclusive - A&O brings forward bonuses by eight months
Determined grumbling by associates pays off as deferred bonuses are brought forward
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Farrers embarrassed by trainees' memo
Note on law fair students highlights ethnic origins (and gives top marks to posh girls who like Titian)
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Magic Circle lawyers compete for bonkers email award
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Herbert Smith sued by dismissed associate
Avi Bitton, crusading Frenchman, continues in his fight for associates
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