Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Clifford Chance's Alastair Mordaunt to lead its Hong Kong competition practice. | 9yrs

Two mischievous tenants have made a brilliant amendment to their rental agreement, requiring the landlord to give them birthday cake. | 9yrs

A Californian custom-car garage owner who had been producing replica modification kits of Batman's iconic vehicle has lost his bid to have a copyright case against him overturned. | 9yrs

Dentons' technology innovation platform NextLaw Labs has made its second major investment with UK start-up Apperio. | 9yrs

The dean of University of California Berkeley School of Law has stepped down after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against him earlier this week by his executive assistant. | 9yrs

In research conducted by ansarada, a virtual data room provider for M&A deals, 71 per cent of UK executives involved in M&A admitted that their deals have been delayed due to a loss of critical data. | 9yrs

As part of its plans to expand in Latin America, Iberian firm Garrigues has announced a deal to integrate Chilean firm Avendaño Merino. | 9yrs

A round up of moves from across Asia. | 9yrs

The Crown Commercial Service is to launch two legal services panels worth roughly £410m for use by central government and associated public bodies. | 9yrs

Preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the number of jobs in the US legal sector declined by a seasonally adjusted 1,500 in the month of February. | 9yrs

Southwest law firm Stephens Scown is to operate under a John Lewis-style shared-ownership model that will see receptionists receive the same bonus amount as a fee-earning lawyer. | 9yrs

A committee at Harvard Law School has recommended to the Harvard Corporation that the school's shield - which is modelled on the family crest of an 18th century slaveholder - no longer be its official symbol. | 9yrs

A round up of moves from across the UK | 9yrs

The number of law firms featured in this year's Sunday Times'100 Best Companies to Work For' survey has dropped from 10 to eight, with a regional outfit becoming the highest ranking law firm. | 9yrs

The discovery this week of what might be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 wreckage off Mozambique was the result a US lawyer funding his own independent investigation into its whereabouts. | 9yrs

Dentons has appointed five new global vice chairs, one for each of the firm's regions. | 9yrs

In a further disruption to the legal industry, a free service enabling small businesses and start-ups to facilitate contract management has launched in Australia. | 9yrs

Despite the slump in oil prices, revenue per lawyer at Houston-based Baker Botts increased 7.4 percent in 2015, topping $1m for the first time, while profits per partner expanded 6.2 percent. | 9yrs

Olympus Corp has agreed to pay at least $646m to settle two bribery probes by the US government. | 9yrs

A job seeker is to have an interview at Slaughter and May after sending a cover letter addressed to the secretary of the firm's head of marketing with two packets of Haribo attached. | 9yrs