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Former chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan accused Hyperloop One chief legal officer Afshin Pishevar of placing a 'hangman's noose' on his chair as a violent threat. | 9yrs

The Department of Energy and Climate Change paid the Magic Circle outfit £12m for its advice on the nation's first nuclear power development in more than 20 years. | 9yrs

Heavyweight partner David Higgins is stepping down from the helm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's global financial investors sector group. | 9yrs

A merger may be on the cards for KWM Europe after partners failed to contribute the required amount of capital to grasp the lifeline thrown by the firm's Asia arm. | 9yrs

Four of the seven senior lawyers to have so far walked out on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) have written letters to MPs detailing their concerns, which will likely be published later this week. | 9yrs

Donald Trump's transition team for the Department of Justice is shaping up to be a 'who's who' of Republican heavyweights scattered across the nation's biggest law firms. | 9yrs

Partners will be asked to vote next month on a new system for profit distributions. | 9yrs

Scientific advancements are raising challenging new legal and ethical questions about death, warns the High Court. | 9yrs

The Supreme Court has granted the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales the right to intervene in the upcoming Brexit battle royale. | 9yrs

Salaries for trainee solicitors should be raised as a 'matter of good practice' and in support of diversity efforts, says the Law Society. | 9yrs

The English Court of Appeal has ruled that litigation funders will be liable for indemnity costs awarded against their funded client, even in situations where there has been 'no discernible misconduct' by the funder. | 9yrs

Two US heavyweight firms are giving cash awards to talented students from diverse backgrounds in order to tackle underwhelming partnership diversity. | 9yrs

At least 25 UK jobs are on the chopping block as Dentons' new shared services centre in Warsaw opens its doors this week. | 9yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is swapping Fleet Street for Bishopsgate in one of the biggest City real estate leasing deals in the year to date. The firm has signed a lease for 300,000 square | 9yrs

High Court judges set to receive more than £200,000 per year as part of a new recruitment push that has jostled others in the public sector. | 9yrs

Staunch conservative and Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has emerged as President-Elect Trump's pick for Attorney General. | 9yrs

Following the premature departure of Kevin O'Connor, President-Elect Donald Trump has invited lawyers from both firms to oversee his administration's transition in the Department of Justice. | 9yrs

City corporate finance partner Azlinda Ariffin-Boromand is departing the firm for Withers. | 9yrs

Presidents should be chosen by a simple national vote, believes Californian Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. | 9yrs