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Leading philanthropists gathered in London on Monday as part of the Luxury Law Summit 2016 to share their perspectives on how companies, firms and wealthy individuals can get the most out of giving back. | 10yrs

JMW Solicitors has reported a double-digit revenue rise, with turnover increasing by 16 per cent to break the £20m barrier. | 10yrs

Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to sign up to an artificial intelligence (AI) provider, taking on RAVN for a number of automated tasks. | 10yrs

A study of 36 predominantly US-headquartered law firms with offices in the City has shown lateral hires to be at their highest point in five years. | 10yrs

A California trial attorney and his law firm have filed a defamation lawsuit against 25 'John Doe' commenters who gave the firm scathing reviews online, including one commenter who likened working at the firm to 'psychological torture.' | 10yrs

Global megafirm Dentons has concluded its tie-ups with two firms in Mexico and Columbia, formally establishing its presence in Latin America. | 10yrs

Norway's $850bn sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, is planning legal action against Volkswagen over the automaker's emissions scandal. | 10yrs

Specialist lawyers have said that plans to extend the scope of the 'failure to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes could be the most significant shake-up in corporate criminal law in a century. | 10yrs

A round-up of hires in the City. | 10yrs

The law faculty at George Mason University are backing the effort to rename the university's law school after late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, despite strong opposition elsewhere on campus. | 10yrs

Fresh data from Citi Private Bank has placed revenue growth at US law firms at its strongest level since 2008. | 10yrs

The Indian Parliament has passed a new bankruptcy code in a bid to help banks recover around $120 billion worth of troubled loans. | 10yrs

A new industry taskforce has been created to support the mental health and wellbeing of legal practitioners in the UK. | 10yrs

An investigation has found that the president of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, which saw a string of high profile defections after e-commerce giant Alibaba's admission, owns stock in the company and has ties to an Alibaba VP. | 10yrs

City of London Police is to use external law firms on fraud cases for the first time after establishing a panel of firms and investigators to advise fraud victims and assist police with asset recovery. | 10yrs

The latest recruit to BakerHostetler's bankruptcy team is an artificially intelligent robot lawyer named ROSS. | 10yrs

Two marijuana companies are being sued over the death of a woman in Denver in what appears to be the first wrongful death lawsuit to hit the burgeoning recreational marijuana industry. | 10yrs

International law firm RPC has launched a management consultancy intended to help senior in-house lawyers improve their operational efficiency and personal effectiveness. | 10yrs

As government officials and world leaders meet in London for today's anti-corruption summit, a study by Hogan Lovells shows that a worrying 40 per cent of CCOs do not consider anti-bribery and corruption to be a priority for chief execs. | 10yrs