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In a bid to tackle international corruption, the Ministry of Justice will consult this summer on proposals to extend the scope of the 'failing to prevent' criminal offence beyond bribery and tax evasion to other economic crimes. | 10yrs

Tiffany & Co has joined Gucci and Michael Kors on the list of luxury heavyweights that have turned their backs on one of the world's biggest anti-counterfeiting group after its controversial decision to grant membership to Alibaba. | 10yrs

The French capital is further solidifying its status as a global arbitration hub. | 10yrs

The firm has kicked off reporting season with a healthy 17 per boost in its UK turnover. | 10yrs

The US firm will shutter its Cleveland office for the duration of the four-day Republican National Convention in July, with violent protests anticipated by police. | 10yrs

As the Panama Papers controversy continues to make headlines around the world and ahead of tomorrow's London Anti-Corruption Summit, a raft of senior law firm leaders have publicly pledged to tackle corruption. | 10yrs

Law firms have still not woken up to the silent killer, commodisation, believing their service is highly bespoke. | 10yrs

DLA Piper is cutting 200 business support jobs in the UK, in a move that will see the firm automate swathes of work and shift roles to low-wage economy Poland. | 10yrs

Gowling WLG has taken on two new partners, appointing former Herbert Smith Freehills Abu Dhabi head Andrew Newbery in projects and Dentons' Matthew Harvey in banking and finance. | 10yrs

A lawyer in Florida may not become a judge after paying just 20 cents too little for the candidate “qualifying fee.” | 10yrs

Dentons is to launch an office in Munich in July with the hire of three partners from Norton Rose Fulbright, among them its German senior partner. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance's former Sydney managing partner Mark Pistilli has launched a new corporate boutique. | 10yrs

The IMF legal department has a growing financial services brief in its endeavours to oversee the role of law in global financial stability. | 10yrs

Leading PRC law firm Zhong Lun has expanded its reach in line with its “Going Global” strategy by becoming the Chinese firm with the most extensive US presence. | 10yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 10yrs

A collective of luxury entrepreneurs will join forces with corporate counsel at a unique gathering - the Luxury Law Summit - in London next week. | 10yrs

Goldman Sachs has lost a key costs argument at London's High Court in a pre-trial review of the upcoming $1bn court battle between it and the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). | 10yrs

A Southern California-based law firm specialising in workers compensation defense has sued four ex-partners, claiming that they used working hours and the firm's resources to plan the launch of a competing practice. | 10yrs

Norton Rose Fulbright has made a key hire for its Paris office with tax partner Antoine Colonna d'lstria, who joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. | 10yrs