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Transport Minister Robert Goodwill said that the government is 'aware that there are safety and security issues that need to be addressed', after some near misses involving drones and aircraft have been reported near British airports. | 10yrs

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel has been ordered to pay US$135,000 by a Delaware judge, after one of its lawyers instructed a witness to refuse to answer 75 questions in court. | 10yrs

Baker & McKenzie is the easy winner of the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index 2015, beating second-placed DLA Piper with 100 points to 60. | 10yrs

Having traditionally focused on mitigating risk, general counsel are now starting to find ways to money for their employers, according to the head of Lexvoco, a recruitment agency for temporary in-house staff. | 10yrs

Three quarters of general counsels copy and paste contracts at the drafting stage, a survey by a software provider has found. | 10yrs

Taken with lawyers based in its ten-year old office in Shanghai, the Spanish law firm will now have a team of 20 lawyers working in Asia. | 10yrs

Only a year after it became the first Magic Circle practice to open a representative office in Toronto, Allen & Overy has received notice from the office head and is shutting the three-person base. | 10yrs

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

Quindell, the listed company that was formerly a major player in personal injury litigation and is currently being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, has received a notice of intended claim from a shareholder action group. | 10yrs

Riverview, the UK-based high tech, fixed fee law firm is offering a new consultancy service to in-house lawyers through which they can maximise automation throughout their operations. | 10yrs

A snap poll has revealed that general counsel believe they have a greater role to play in company ethics following the VW debacle, one of the many subjects to be discussed at next month's GC Futures Summit. | 10yrs

A primer on the latest financial regulation coming from the EU, known as MiFID II | 10yrs

Iran has promised to take international legal action against the rulers of Saudi Arabia over the deadly Hajj stampede, as tension between the two countries continues to mount. | 10yrs

According to the Law Society, international law firms based in the UK must be allowed to recruit lawyers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) for London to remain a global centre of legal excellence. | 10yrs

Some 42 per cent of US law firms have taken on staff with 'primarily market-facing responsibilities', suggesting that the traditional winners of work, the partners themselves, are becoming willing to share the role with non-lawyers. | 10yrs

Only 11 per cent of lawyers taking part in a technology survey believe that their firms have cyber liability cover, despite the fact that 42 per cent say that the IT run from their workplaces has been infected with a virus, spyware or malware. | 10yrs

Debevoise & Plimpton and White & Case are among firms that have been brought in to fight out an arbitration case against South Korea from Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC). | 10yrs

Hillary Clinton, Democratic contender for the presidential candidacy, has pointed the finger at her lawyers at the State Department in the controversy over her reading of emails through a personal server. | 10yrs

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to announce that Washington, DC-based partner David T. Dekker is its new chairman-elect. His election comes at a critical time for the firm, which is having exploratory talks with Chadbourne and Parke. | 10yrs