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Gideon Moore, the adviser to Lloyds Bank who started his legal career at Clifford Chance, is to have his name put forward to the Linklaters partnership on 17 November for ratification as their next managing partner. | 10yrs

The firm has taken on 29 of the 'elite appellate lawyers', as it describes them, in its last four intakes. It now has so many that it can locate some of them outside Washington, D.C. where there is most demand for their services. | 10yrs

MTN Group, Africa's largest mobile operator, is reportedly in negotiations with Nigerian authorities after the Nigerian Communications Commission handed down a massive $5.2 billion fine to the telecom giant over its failure to unregister SIM cards. | 10yrs

Google may be gearing up for a protracted legal battle with the European Commission, after parent company Alphabet Inc. swung back at EU regulators for their apparent about-face in the decision to file antitrust charges against the US search giant. | 10yrs

The Dentons list of personnel is set to grow by 700 lawyers, should votes due to take place in the next fortnight clear a three-way merger with Gadens in Australia and Rodyk & Davidson in Singapore. | 10yrs

Shine Lawyers is suing an ex-employee on the grounds that he has taken six clients he was working with for the firm in relation to the MH17 and MH370 Malaysian Airlines disasters. | 10yrs

In their new book The Future of the Professions, Daniel Susskind and Professor Richard Susskind argue that technology may play a larger part in professions such as law than is generally acknowledged, and what's more that this should be embraced. | 10yrs

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

The family behind Forbes Media is suing Hong Kong investors Integrated Whale Media Investments over an alleged breach of payment for a controlling stake that was purchased by IWMI last year. | 10yrs

Many law firms are being more creative than before and even locating themselves on the edges of traditional city locations as a means to keep costs down, but also to be able to develop for future demand, according to a report from JLL. | 10yrs

Four former drivers who delivered goods as part of Amazon's Prime Now service have sued the company and its contractor in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Amazon is achieving speed and affordability only by cheating workers. | 10yrs

The Revenue Share Scheme is open to all partners and all employees, including business services staff. | 10yrs

The new office, which opens in 'early 2016', will be home to arbitration and disputes partner Thomas Weimann. He joins Herbert Smith Freehills from Clifford Chance. | 10yrs

Quindell, the listed company that sold off its legal services arm this year after a rocky experience in the sector, is to return 90 pence per share to shareholders by the close of 2015. | 10yrs

The lawyer whose questioning over the Watergate scandal uncovered the secret recording equipment used by President Richard Nixon has died of lymphoma at the age of 73. | 10yrs

Tunisia's investment minister has said the country intends to double annual inflows of foreign investment over the next five years, to $2.5bn, by pushing through legal reforms and reducing industrial unrest. | 10yrs

The New York State Unified Court System is proposing to amend the Rules of the Court of Appeals to allow foreign lawyers to register as in-house counsel. | 10yrs

A study on gender bias in the legal industry by recruiter Cogence Search has found that lawyers are against the introduction of quotas as a means to solve the problem. | 10yrs

French law firm Jeantet is believed to be taking on a large part of the Gide Loyrette Nouel teams in Kiev and Budapest through the move, which was due to take place yesterday. | 10yrs