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The international firm will seed its second global business services centre in Louisville, Kentucky, adding a crucial US link-up to services already on offer at its flagship business centre in Johannesburg. | 10yrs

Listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon is planning mass office closures across the UK after unveiling a staggering £492.5m loss for the last six months, £435m of which stems from assets acquired from Quindell PLC. | 10yrs

The governing Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit legislation reclassifying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are currently considered commodities, to Japan's parliament by June. | 10yrs

Net profit at the firm has slumped 9.2 per cent, despite global revenue cracking the $2.5bn mark for the first time. | 10yrs

A London judge has ordered UK internet service providers to block websites selling counterfeit Cartier and Montblanc goods, securing yet another win for luxury brands fighting intellectual property crime. | 10yrs

New research conducted by the dating application Tinder has shown that lawyers have one of the most popular jobs, but only for men. | 10yrs

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has implied that the judge presiding over the civil suit brought against the now defunct Trump University may have been 'hostile' toward him on the grounds of his border security policies. | 10yrs

Global megafirm Dentons wants to recoup around $1.9m it believes was wrongly distributed to former partners of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, a smaller firm absorbed by McKenna Long & Aldridge prior to its merger with Dentons last year. | 10yrs

British American Tobacco (BAT) has appointed Linklaters to conduct a full investigation into allegations of corruption made against the FTSE 100 giant. | 10yrs

New research has shown that the 74 per cent of the nation's top 147 judges were educated privately, a figure that has more or less remained stubbornly unchanged for the last 25 years. | 10yrs

The issues faced by the automotive industry in Japan has led to Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) establishing a focus group for the sector. | 10yrs

The Allen & Overy partnership has elected corporate co-head Andrew Ballheimer as the firm's new global managing partner. | 10yrs

A widow has filed what may be the first of many lawsuits over disappeared Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, as the tragedy's two-year anniversary—and filing deadline—approaches next month. | 10yrs

The Bar Council of India has launched a crackdown on unqualified legal practitioners, suggesting that as many as 30 per cent of the country's lawyers may be practicing with fraudulent qualifications. | 10yrs

Latham & Watkins has unveiled the next stage of its Asia expansion, announcing the addition of seven new partners at its Hong Kong office: two promotions, two international transfers, and three lateral hires from rival firms. | 10yrs

South Korea's largest law firm has lost some of its dominance of the market according to a report by Maeil Business News Korea. | 10yrs

Lawyers for Britain - a campaign group that champions Britain's exit from the EU - has been unveiled this week by top City lawyers. | 10yrs

Investors wait with bated breath as embattled ASX-listed law firm Slater and Gordon prepares to report its financial performance for the last six months. | 10yrs

Global megafirm Dentons has added more than $1bn to its business-wide turnover in a single year. | 10yrs