Dentons is to launch an office in Munich in July with the hire of three partners from Norton Rose Fulbright, among them its German senior partner. | 8yrs

A lawyer in Florida may not become a judge after paying just 20 cents too little for the candidate “qualifying fee.” | 8yrs

Gowling WLG has taken on two new partners, appointing former Herbert Smith Freehills Abu Dhabi head Andrew Newbery in projects and Dentons' Matthew Harvey in banking and finance. | 8yrs

Clifford Chance's former Sydney managing partner Mark Pistilli has launched a new corporate boutique. | 8yrs

Leading PRC law firm Zhong Lun has expanded its reach in line with its “Going Global” strategy by becoming the Chinese firm with the most extensive US presence. | 8yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 8yrs

Goldman Sachs has lost a key costs argument at London's High Court in a pre-trial review of the upcoming $1bn court battle between it and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). | 8yrs

A Southern California-based law firm specialising in workers compensation defense has sued four ex-partners, claiming that they used working hours and the firm's resources to plan the launch of a competing practice. | 8yrs

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) yesterday released a searchable database of documents, including documents from a number of prominent law firms. | 8yrs

Norton Rose Fulbright has made a key hire for its Paris office with tax partner Antoine Colonna d'lstria, who joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. | 8yrs

International law firm Cooley is enhancing its global private equity group with the arrival of three prominent partners. | 8yrs

A City lawyer has co-founded an online dispute resolution service intended to enable small businesses and individuals in the UK to resolve contract disputes without the 'headache' of expensive litigation. | 8yrs

Dentons has launched the 'Nextlaw Global Referral Network,' a free referral network that will allow member law firms to 'easily connect and track referrals.' | 8yrs

A survey of board-level executives by law firm Eversheds has found that 80 percent have seen bribery and corruption at their companies, a sign that anti-bribery laws aren't having enough of an effect. | 8yrs

A round-up of moves from around the globe. | 8yrs

Osborne Clarke has promoted three to partner in the UK, in its smallest promotions round in the country since 2013. | 8yrs

New research suggests independent lawyers and mid-sized law firms are feeling less confident about the future than they were last year. | 8yrs

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Farfetch, an online community of fashion boutiques and global brands, on the company's latest successful funding round. | 8yrs

Legal services provider Lawyers on Demand has launched an online marketplace to pair individual lawyers with clients. | 8yrs

US-based law firm Holland & Knight today announced that it has opened an office in London to expand its aviation and maritime finance practices. | 8yrs