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Data published by Thompson Reuters has shown that companies are stashing more and more cash in anticipation of higher legal costs, regulatory fines and court-ordered compensation payouts. | 9yrs

Allen & Overy has made its second double-partner hire from Simmons & Simmons' London intellectual property practice this year. | 9yrs

Bond Dickinson is the latest firm to delay its annual salary reviews. | 9yrs

Immigration lawyer Ahilan Arulanantham has been awarded a $625,000 'genius grant' from the MacArthur Fellows Program. | 9yrs

Renowned activist lawyer Xia Lin has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud charges, prompting outcry among China's legal and human rights communities. | 9yrs

Travers Smith is the latest firm to strike up a partnership with artificial intelligence technology company RAVN Systems. | 9yrs

One on Nabarro's top litigators is changing firms after 16 years. | 9yrs

The Chicago-headquartered law firm is keeping on all but two of its 16 qualifying trainees in London. | 9yrs

Prisoners in Australia are concerned that the growing use of video links for courtroom appearances might have an impact on the quality of justice they receive. | 9yrs

Simmons & Simmons has picked up two senior figures from Ashurst's office in Brussels, including local managing partner Carl Meyntjens. | 9yrs

Gowling WLG has regained confidence after the surprise EU referendum result and decided to lift its freeze on salaries. | 9yrs

New research has found that black lawyers in the United States are significantly less likely to move to a new firm alongside their colleagues if their current firm closes. | 9yrs

King & Wood Mallesons has added an extra week to the nominations period for its new European managing partner. | 9yrs

Baker Botts has picked up two arbitration partners from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's office in Moscow. | 9yrs

Plans to crack open India's legal market to the world are poised to take one big step forward. | 9yrs

General counsel from around the globe expect the upward trajectory of litigation seen in recent years to continue in the coming 12 months. | 9yrs

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has hit global banking group HSBC with a fine for regulatory misconduct dating back to 2014. | 9yrs

Brackett Denniston III is coming out of retirement, but he won't be heading back in-house. | 9yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 9yrs