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Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a formal legal challenge over the decision to remove 13 words from a code of conduct for UK ministers, a change which appears to water down ministerial accountability to international law. | 10yrs

Chelsea fan Clive O'Connell, a high-flying City lawyer, left law firm Goldberg Segalla after branding Liverpool FC fans 'scouse scum' during a hot-tempered YouTube interview and has since landed a new job at London law firm McCarthy Denning. | 10yrs

After months of courting, Blank Rome has clinched a deal to acquire and absorb Dickstein Shapiro's 100-strong team of lawyers in New York and Washington DC, in what is essentially a dissolution of the mid-sized DC firm. | 10yrs

Two executives from taxi app Uber are facing trial in Paris in what is to be one of the most significant legal showdowns to date in the bitter tussle between governments and tech innovators over how to best regulate the global digital economy. | 10yrs

EY has hired Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co co-chair of technology Richard Goold as a partner to lead and grow a legal Tech team, as well as support the firm's wider Tech and FinTech practice. | 10yrs

According to authorities, a gunman fatally shot two people with whom he had business ties at a law firm and a nearby accountant's office in Hamilton in western Alabama on Wednesday morning. | 10yrs

A former Mintz Levin lawyer who was sanctioned by a New York judge for a 'maelstrom of misconduct' during his own divorce case is suing tabloids the New York Post and New York Daily News over their coverage of the case and his in-court antics. | 10yrs

A new malware named T9000 that mimics e-Discovery applications and targets Skype users could be a big headache for legal professionals. | 10yrs

The race for dominance among top commercial litigation financers continued this week, with UK-listed Burford Capital and Australia-listed Bentham IMF announcing that they are hiring Big Law veterans and expanding their operations in North America. | 10yrs

According to a recent survey from market research outfit YouGov, 68 per cent of Britons reckon they'd make a top notch criminal court judge. However, not all of them would be interested. | 10yrs

Less than a year after a crowdsourcing campaign for its expansion raised nearly £817k, London-based claims management firm The Rebus Group has called in administrators. | 10yrs

Japanese beer-maker Asahi has appointed magic circle firm Allen & Overy to advise on its planned €2.6bn acquisition of stalwart European beer brands Grolsch and Peroni. | 10yrs

A federal judge has shot down an attempt to remove the lead plaintiffs attorneys in the General Motors ignition switch litigation. | 10yrs

The latest Financial Benchmarking Survey from the Law Society shows that law firms in England and Wales continue to enjoy inflation-busting profits, but for a growing number excess drawings could compromise financial stability. | 10yrs

Mark Zuckerberg's free internet access scheme has failed to win favour with Indian regulators, who argue that offering free access to a limited selection of websites would violate the principles of net neutrality. | 10yrs

Documents filed in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases show the hourly fees charged by elite corporate law firms in the US are in some instances well over the $1,000 per hour mark. | 10yrs

The EU executive is preparing to table legislation that would require big name multinationals including Google, Amazon and Facebook to lay bare their European earnings and tax bills for full and unfettered scrutiny by European citizens. | 10yrs

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

Dentons has promoted three to partner in the UK, Middle East and Africa (UKMEA) in its global promotions round, while turnover in the region is up by 6.4 percent from £147.6m to £157m in 2014/15. | 10yrs