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The Australian government is dismantling two key media laws in what Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has called 'the most significant media reform in Australian media in a generation.' | 10yrs

London-based Woodsford Litigation Funding is underwriting a class action lawsuit brought by Australian firm ACA Lawyers on behalf of Slater & Gordon shareholders, as the listed firm's stock hits record lows. | 10yrs

In a further disruption to the legal industry, a free service enabling small businesses and start-ups to facilitate contract management has launched in Australia. | 10yrs

Can an emoji constitute a form of criminal harassment? | 10yrs

Olympus Corp has agreed to pay at least $646m to settle two bribery probes by the US government. | 10yrs

Despite the slump in oil prices, revenue per lawyer at Houston-based Baker Botts increased 7.4 percent in 2015, topping $1m for the first time, while profits per partner expanded 6.2 percent. | 10yrs

Miami megafirm Greenberg Traurig has posted annual revenue of $1.32bn for 2015, up 4 per cent from the previous year. | 10yrs

Former UK secretary of state and international development minister Douglas Alexander has been recruited by Pinsent Masons to help clients navigate Europe's changing business landscape. | 10yrs

India is poised to legislate sweeping changes to its Companies Act which will make is easier for smaller companies to set up shop in the country. | 10yrs

If an eighth equity partner wants to up-and-leave Kirkland & Ellis this week, they're going to have to wait a little while longer. | 10yrs

The revised Draft Investigatory Powers Bill published on Tuesday contains new protections for lawyers, though few are feeling reassured. | 10yrs

A job seeker is to have an interview at Slaughter and May after sending a cover letter addressed to the secretary of the firm's head of marketing with two packets of Haribo attached. | 10yrs

Late Tuesday night, Apple filed a formal objection against a court-ordered hack of the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook after Apple general counsel Bruce Sewel took on FBI director James Comey in Washington. | 10yrs

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

Paul Hastings has reported that 2015 was its most profitable year ever, with profits per partner crossing the $2.5m barrier. | 10yrs

A Canadian mobile app which claims to be 'your personal divorce assistant' is eyeing a UK launch, as Family Division president Sir James Munby flags 'digitised' divorce as one of the first frontiers of the UK court modernisation programme. | 10yrs

New research from recruitment consultancy Robert Walters has revealed that 61 per cent of legal professionals are actively seeking a new job. | 10yrs

A new forecast released today by global law firm Baker & McKenzie has predicted that listings on the African continent will hit a five-year-high over the next twelve months, defying shrunken commodity prices and capital flight from emerging markets. | 10yrs

A New York state judge has dismissed charges of grand larceny against two former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives, who will face a new trial on more minor charges later this year. | 10yrs