LEGAL BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS
The ultimate partner moves, plus our special Job of the Month section
THE LEADER Pritchard
BCCI's climbdown was a load of Pollock's
THE BUSINESS
James Baxter reports from New York, plus exclusive news and the best market analysis
THE FORUM The hubris before the fall?
Partha Bose of Partha Bose & Company says the key to staying one step ahead of the competition is innovation
UK BUSINESS LAW 2006 REVIEW
To launch Legal Business's new national focus, we take a look at the highest achievers from the UK's four 'super regions'
CEDR MEDIATION PROFILE Mackie does the maths
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution is coming under fire, with allegations of a lack of financial transparency, writes Matthew Rushton
ON-LINE GAMBLING High stakes
The boom in on-line gambling is offering law firms a risky chance to make big money, but will they take it? James Baxter looks at one of the biggest deals of 2005 - the PartyGaming floatation
COVER STORY: Your worst nightmare
An unprecedented number of lawyers are hitting the headlines for ending up in court themselves. As authorities tighten up regulations, Claire Smith investigates the key cases and reveals what to do if the unthinkable happens
ITALY'S LEGAL MARKET 2006 The grand tour
While financial scandals continue to dog the Italian market in the wake of Parmalat, its top firms have nevertheless still managed to impress internationally, writes Camilla Sutton
THE CHRISTMAS QUIZ
Sex, lies and BlackBerrys: LB's festive tales of lawyer misdemeanors
After being invisible for so long, the eight-year prison sentence imposed last month on ex-Lawrence Graham partner Michael Fielding suddenly made him all-too ubiquitous. As pictures of him skulking outside Southwark Crown Court were beamed throughout the world's media, he became for an instant the most public face of shame and wrongdoing among the ranks of the legal profession. Having absconded to Miami for a few years after realising the game was up (having stolen several millions of pounds from clients), few will have sympathy for him. Not least Lawrence Graham, which, commendably, has gone from strength to strength in his absence. (Lesser accusations have ruined other professional services organisations.) 