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Only 5 per cent of recruiting partners and associates believe that law school graduates have enough practical skills to carry out the work. | 11yrs

The head of the Czech Energy Regulatory Office (ERU) has been accused by the police of breach of trust and abuse of power in relation to the appointment of her deputy. | 11yrs

A Delaware chancery court has sanctioned Kramer Levin, after one of its lawyers instructed a colleague in his firm to not answer 75 questions when acting as a witness in a case. | 11yrs

The increased spend is expected to occur over the next decade, according to a package of information put together by LexisNexis' Business of Law Blog. | 11yrs

Alexandra Hageluken, head of banking and capital markets at Clifford Chance in Germany, has become the third German CC partner to join Latham & Watkins this year. | 11yrs

The legal sector is at the 'beginning of a demographic crisis', with half of the typical client base having been brought in by lawyers aged 60 or over, according to a leading consultant. | 11yrs

The value gap between client and law firm perception is also 'getting bigger', said Stephen Poor, chair of Seyfarth Shaw, at a Bloomberg Big Law Summit recently. | 11yrs

Fixed-price firm Riverview Law is to train six existing members of staff under the legal training programme that starts in October, nearly doubling the number of trainees at the practice. | 11yrs

The Amarchand Mangaldas split has created a wave of pay hikes and poaching, with big and even mid-sized law firms forced to compete to retain top talent. | 11yrs

In its latest update to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), India has said that it will be open only to foreign lawyers from countries that offer similar treatment to Indian lawyers. | 11yrs

Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos says that drone delivery will be 'as common as seeing a mail truck', but that regulation is a bigger obstacle in getting to that point than technology. | 11yrs

A revised draft of proposed laws by the Ministry of Justice will make Korea more fully open to European and American law firms in July 2016 and March 2017, respectively. | 11yrs

Bank lending to UK law firms has jumped 28 per cent in the last five years to £7.35bn, as the practices seek to expand, retain key people and develop IT, according to finance provider LDF. | 11yrs

Law firms are facing 'really tough' short-term conditions, but 86 per cent of them are expecting to see a growth in their intellectual property work, according to research from the Commonwealth Bank's Legal Market Pulse survey. | 11yrs

According to an analysis conducted with Leopard Solutions' Firmscape, 11 firms opened one or more new offices in Texas in the past year, with six in Dallas, three in Houston and two in Austin. | 11yrs

Clifford Chance has asked a judge to show 'mercy' to the GC of one of its clients. The judge ordered the GC to come to the US, despite fears he will be arrested in an investigation into a violation of the embargo against the Iranian regime. | 11yrs

The Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. is expected to have regulations in place to cover small drones early next year, as the issue becomes a matter of urgency as their use becomes more prolific. | 11yrs

Large firms are watching and learning from the techniques of boutiques, including fixed fees, brand promotion, flexible working and innovation, according to Laura Vickers, principal of Nest Legal in Australia. | 11yrs

The 40-lawyer New York practice that advised victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks will be reborn as two firms, after the name partners agreed to settle proceedings over alleged financial irregularities and ethical misconduct. | 11yrs