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Some 64 per cent of respondents to the Legal Market Update survey say they are somewhat or very positive about the future of the legal market. | 10yrs

Slaughter has 44 relationships with FTSE 250 businesses, followed by Linklaters (38) and Eversheds in third place (34), according to research from The Lawyer. | 10yrs

London insurance partner Clive O'Connell gave an online interview last month in which he described Liverpool football fans as 'Scouse scum'. As a result, he no longer works at US law firm Goldberg Segalla. | 10yrs

The 'smart money' is on the large accountancy firms starting to challenge the law firms across the board of legal services in their next phase of development, according to James Tsolakis, head of legal services at RBS. | 10yrs

Money is not one of the top three reasons that law students give for choosing the subject in a poll at Northeastern University School of Law, but it has become more important, according to law professor William Henderson. | 10yrs

International legal specialist Horacio Gutierrez has been promoted with immediate effect to act as general counsel, following the promotion of Brad Smith to be president and chief legal officer. | 10yrs

Goodwin Procter is opening its second office in Europe through the move, which will be completed when the four real estate, finance and corporate partners finish their notice periods at Ashurst. | 10yrs

The week before Indian PM Narendra Modi's visit to the UK, a group of influential Indians have reportedly instructed lawyers to begin legal proceedings demanding the Government return the 105-carat Koh-i-noor diamond to India. | 10yrs

Linklaters has recruited the Baker & McKenzie chair of global disputes just days after it lured away the head of the firm's New York litigation team. | 10yrs

GMB, the union that represents professional drivers, has instructed Leigh Day to take legal action on behalf of its members who drive for Uber. It aims to establish the drivers with worker status, rather than as self-employed customers or partners. | 10yrs

Nordea Asset Management has confirmed that it will sue Volkswagen over the emissions-fixing scandal and Stewarts Law has said that asset managers have been contacting it about possible litigation. | 10yrs

Some lawyers may have asked for a truce on anti-lawyer jokes on last Friday's 'Love Your Lawyer Day', but many of the tweets made with #LoveYourLawyerDay seemed to have a twist in the tail. | 10yrs

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is being scrutinised for charging £2.8m in legal fees when advising HM Treasury during the £585m sale of the government's 40 per cent stake in Eurostar in March this year. | 10yrs

It has emerged that the government's draft investigatory powers bill, which will govern state agencies' interception of communications, lacks statutory protection for legal privilege. | 10yrs

David Leitch, whose departure from the general counsel post of Ford was announced last month, is expected to be signed on in the same position at Bank of America. | 10yrs

Gide Loyrette Nouel is to take over the Paris office of its ally in Spain, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, just over 13 months after the Casablanca offices of the two firms combined. | 10yrs

Melanie Joly, a 36-year old litigation specialist, has been appointed to the small cabinet of new Premier Justin Trudeau as heritage minister. | 10yrs

About 85 per cent of managing partners in the top US law firms are in the 50 to 65 age group, according to research from legal marketer Heather Morse. | 10yrs

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is taking on 35 per cent more office space to cater for a doubling in its number of London lawyers over the last five years. | 10yrs