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The US Department of Justice has formally appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the court order that has blocked the president's executive policy on immigration. | 10yrs

Most of the 2,000 jobs in Parabis Group are expected to be saved when the group is put into administration this week so that its main operating units, including its personal injury arm, can be sold off. | 10yrs

Kelly Cosby, co-author of a rap song in honour of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died from an aggressive form of melanoma weeks after hearing she had passed the New York bar exam. | 10yrs

Intel has warned the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade that drone development could be driven outside the US if the country over-regulates. | 10yrs

The Law Society has requested an urgent investigation into the government's procurement of criminal legal aid contracts. | 10yrs

Dean Ferris has left Tesco Corporation 'on good terms' and as a 'consequence of ongoing cost reduction exercises among senior management', according to the supplier of IT solutions to the energy sector. | 10yrs

Pensions assets amounted to US$36,119b in the world's leading 16 pensions markets, according to a report published by Towers Watson in February this year. | 10yrs

David Spencer, partner at insurance and risk law specialist BLM reports on the changing face of motor insurance in the UK. | 10yrs

Patricia Hatler, Chief Legal and Governance Officer of Nationwide | 10yrs

On October 20th, 2015, Symantec released a report entitled "What Every CISO [Chief Information Security Officer] Needs to Know About Cyber Insurance" (the "Report"). | 10yrs

Steeper fines and custodial sentences for H&S breaches are on the way - as Danny McShee, health and safety partner at Kennedys, explains. | 10yrs

Fairchild Recoupment Rights: - Derek Adamson of DWF looks at Zurich Insurance Plc UK Branch v International Energy Group Ltd [2015] UKSC33 (“IEGL”) | 10yrs

Not even three months into the beginning of this year, Australian insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney was warning about the hacking dangers facing the country's insurance sector. | 10yrs

The results of this year's Corporate Equality Index saw law firms as the most represented industry among participants to receive a perfect score for their LGBT policies. | 10yrs

As it expands into the US, Bank of China is pushing back against the requirement to comply with US law in a lawsuit brought by Gucci and other Kering SA luxury brands. | 10yrs

Ince & Co, Kennedys and Ireland's Dillon Eustace are amongst the insurance-specialist law firms which have been making important new appointments in recent weeks. | 10yrs

Some 20% of funding from a leading litigation funder is going on after the event insurance with many of the cases being funded being brought against lawyers. | 10yrs

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is running an education campaign to encourage claimants not to engage a lawyer to make certain claims. | 10yrs

Yingke, one of the largest legal practices in the People's Republic, is entering into an exclusive strategic partnership with Memery Crystal. | 10yrs