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Almost half of Australian law firm bosses believe that Britain's exit from the European Union might herald positive opportunities for their firm, a new survey has found. | 9yrs

Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway has confirmed that President-Elect Donald Trump's list of 21 potential picks for the US Supreme Court 'has not changed' since it was released in September. | 9yrs

The chain reaction set off across BigLaw by Cravath, Swaine & Moore's decision to lift first-year associate pay to $180k earlier this year has finally started to show through in firm finances, says a new report. | 9yrs

Incoming White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon wants to 'destroy the state', warn lawyers. | 9yrs

Former Asia managing partner Rob Bratby has left Olswang to join Arnold & Porter in London ahead of the former's planned tie-up with Nabarro and CMS Cameron McKenna. | 9yrs

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) is facing a 'crisis of credibility' as yet another of its most senior lawyers bows out. | 9yrs

The new President-Elect Trump is one of the most recognisable and divisive figures in the United States today. It's little wonder then that ensuring impartial jurors for the upcoming Trump University fraud trial is a concern for his lawyers. | 9yrs

Yesterday, the British Virgin Islands made its debut in the international arbitration marketplace with the launch of its own IAC. | 9yrs

The potential union between the two firms has been called off amid ongoing turbulence for KWM Europe. | 9yrs

Former legal and regulatory affairs group executive Debra Valentine is one of two top executives who have been sacked by Rio Tinto. | 9yrs

Patent prosecution co-head Justin Hill is the second intellectual property partner to walk away from Olswang in as many months. | 9yrs

Bond Dickinson is the latest firm to restart its salary views after erring on the side of caution in the wake of the Brexit referendum. | 9yrs

The Employment & Benefits team at pan-African law firm Bowmans has put together a guide covering the employment consequences in business transfers in Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. | 9yrs

The Advertising Standards Authority says that UoL's claim that law grads can make £54,000 a year in the first five years of practice is unsupported by evidence. | 9yrs

Department of Health and Human Services general counsel William Schultz is returning to private practice as the Obama administration winds down. | 9yrs

Ashurst is reverting to quarterly profit distributions after delaying its August payout. | 9yrs

Scotland's senior law officer has warned that the UK risks becoming a 'safe haven' for criminals once it leaves the European Union. | 9yrs

Ever expansive global firm Dentons has a merger in the works that would give it a presence in three out of seven Central American countries. | 9yrs

In-house lawyers are concerned by a recent judgement in Washington that post-employment communications between corporate counsel and former employees are freely discoverable and not protected by corporate attorney-client privilege. | 9yrs