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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has promoted new partners across its 12 offices. | 8yrs

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

Managing eDiscovery in the age of distributed data, mobile devices and explosive data growth is complicated. But companies can take steps to minimise their data, cutting costs and making litigation more efficient, says Peter Ostrega of Consili. | 8yrs

The Big Four firm has lost its head of private client immigration to Fladgate as it seeks to grow its immigration practice as Brexit approaches. | 8yrs

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have elected five new partners in New York and London. | 8yrs

Jersey residents need greater protection from lawyers charging extortionate fees after it was discovered a Jersey advocate was charging £1015 per hour and the client faced insurmountable difficulties querying the figure. | 8yrs

Legal process outsourcer UnitedLex has been selected by DXC Technology to lead a global law function transformation. | 8yrs

Following failed merger talks, Pinsent Masons recruited lawyers from the Spanish law firm. | 8yrs

CMS is looking to develop its expertise in the capital markets and derivatives field, particularly securitisation. | 8yrs

Two SME UK firms have merged to grow their practices aggressively in the next five years. | 8yrs

The reputation boutique has opened a new office, launched an international consultancy arm and unveiled aggressive growth plans as it targets social media giants. | 8yrs

Sydney-based Tricia Hobson will replace Stephen Parish as the law firm's first female global chair. | 8yrs

As global organisations' legal needs increase, corporate law departments are adopting more innovative practices to better control outside counsel costs says a new report whose participant base primarily includes Fortune 500 level companies. | 8yrs

A UK Campaign group is taking Google to court in a £1 billion mass action alleging the tech giant unlawfully collected information from Apple's iPhone handsets. | 8yrs

Minority lawyers now make up a record high of 16 per cent of law firms but remain few and far between at the top with only 9 per cent of law partners people of colour, according to data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. | 8yrs

Harneys has expanded its Asia operations with the official launch of its Shanghai office as a fully operational legal and fiduciary services firm. | 8yrs

The 150-year-old Fasken Martineau - a 700-member firm with nine offices globally - has rebranded and shortened its name to Fasken. | 8yrs

UK Finance and techUK are urging the UK Government and EU to prepare a mutual adequacy agreement to enable the continuing protection for cross-border exchange of personal data between the two regions by customers and businesses post Brexit. | 8yrs

Uber's data breach has claimed two casualties, a lawyer and the head of security, according to the new CEO. | 8yrs