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The first Magic Circle firm to lift the curtain on its 2015/16 financials, Allan & Overy has experienced its sixth consecutive year of top-line growth. | 10yrs

A staggering £19bn claim against MasterCard is to be the first filed under the new Consumer Rights Act 2015, which allows for US-style 'opt-out' class action lawsuits in the UK. | 10yrs

After a massive asset cull, in-house and outside counsel have secured a designation change for GE Capital which will substantially lighten the regulatory burden placed on the company. | 10yrs

Just months into his new job, Spotify general counsel Horacio Gutierrez has launched an offensive against consumer tech giant Apple over its approval standards for iPhone apps. | 10yrs

The firm has eclipsed rival Baker & McKenzie and emerged on top of this year's Acritas Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index. | 10yrs

Human rights lawyer Willie Kimani was found dead on Friday after lodging a complaint against local law enforcement. | 10yrs

Herbert Smith Freehills has turned over £870m for the 2015/16 financial year, its third since becoming a fully-merged firm, representing a rise of 6.7 percent from 2014/15. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance has become the latest UK law firm to adopt the use of AI after announcing that it has entered into a partnership with software provider Kira Systems. | 10yrs

More than 440 of the 8,038 death sentences handed down in the US over the last 40 years have been overseen by just five lawyers. | 10yrs

The global firm has formalised its strategic alliance with Kabul-based firm Kakar Advocates. | 10yrs

Following the trend of other mid-tier firms, which have seen slower growth in 2015/16 than the year before, Addleshaw Goddard's revenues are up 5 per cent to £201.8m for the 2015/16 financial year. | 10yrs

Less than two months after missing out on the role of senior partner at Linklaters, Aedamar Comiskey has been named global head of the Magic Circle firm's corporate division. | 10yrs

Clyde & Co has posted a 13 per cent jump in turnover for the 2015/16 financial year from £395m to £447.3m, topping the previous year's 9 per cent increase. | 10yrs

Business stakeholders have enlisted Mishcon de Reya to launch a pre-emptive legal offensive against Britain's prospective exit from the European Union. | 10yrs

The firm has locked in pay raises for its trainees and associates that will take the total remuneration for some NQ lawyers to £90,000 per year. | 10yrs

A sticky legal hypothetical situation has just become reality. | 10yrs

The firm's manufacturing, technology, financial services and infrastructure practice groups have led the way in a modest year of growth. | 10yrs

India is on the verge of opening its legal market to foreign law firms as ministers have revealed they will meet to discuss fresh proposals next Tuesday (5 July). | 10yrs

The justice secretary has thrown his hat into the ring for the contest to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. | 10yrs