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Herbert Smith Freehills has added another element to its global Latin America Group with the launch of a New York hub. It will be led by international arbitration partner Christian Leathley and run out of the firm's New York office. | 11yrs

The results for the US's July bar exams are the lowest in 25 years, igniting the debate once again of whether the profession is losing some of its brighter candidates and dumbing down. | 11yrs

Corporate energy partner David Levin, described as 'the engine' of the firm's natural resources practice by the Legal 500, is the latest top lawyer to leave. | 11yrs

US legal teams working in the property and casualty (P&C) area are turning to early case assessment as the main technique in keeping costs down, followed by electronic billing and staff controls and plans. | 11yrs

Introverted law firm partners who postpone submitting a bid on a client matter until the last minute are a common part of the legal landscape, says Pier D'Angelo. But far more likely to be successful are those who discuss key aims with the client. | 11yrs

Clauses in a draft Legal Practitioners Bill on the Cayman Islands have been designed to encourage local law firms to help would-be lawyers from the jurisdiction find training opportunities and to help them qualify and even practice abroad. | 11yrs

The long-awaited hearing for the extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom began today in Auckland, New Zealand. The US is seeking to extradite Mr Dotcom and three of his colleagues for alleged copyright infringement, money laundering and racketee | 11yrs

World players' union Fifpro believes the transfer rules of football's governing body FIFA breach European Union competition law, and is taking its complaint against FIFA to the European Commission on Friday. | 11yrs

Boutique firms are now capable of taking on high-profile and larger cases, according to the lawyers who founded litigation boutique Shapiro Arato in New York six years ago. | 11yrs

Some of the largest firms in the UK are warning that ideas to do away with the UK's two-year training contract system could cheapen the standing of the UK's qualification in other jurisdictions. | 11yrs

Six other law firms receive numerous positive mentions in responses to questions from The Lawyer: Axiom, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and Slaughter and May. | 11yrs

A new paper in the UCLA Law Review Discourse attempts to cast doubt on predictions that AI will transform the market for legal services, arguing that the level of regulation will play an equal role in shaping its future. | 11yrs

Having joked with Woody Allen that he wished he could have represented Jesus, Professor Alan Dershowitz has written a history of Jewish lawyers running from Abraham to Rene Cassin and Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. | 11yrs

Some law firms have returned to pre-crisis habits of 'periodic rate rises' without an increase in value, according to Ed T Paulus III of Zurich Insurance. | 11yrs

The two firms are taking lead advisory roles on the £3.47b purchase of Amlin in the UK by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI). | 11yrs

The name Zaretsky could soon become well-known among subrogated insurers. Peter Rossi of Clyde & Co in New York looks at the issues. | 11yrs

Alternative dispute resolution has spread around the world in insurance through Ombudsman schemes. | 11yrs

Which types of dispute are typically being seen in Dubai? Peter Ellingham and Andrew MacCuish of Kennedys Dubai LLP look at the cases taking place in the jurisdiction, of of the seven states that form the United Arab Emirates. | 11yrs

Reinsurers that are owned by US entities (“Domestic Reinsurers”) are presently at a distinct disadvantage compared to their European counterparts. Barry Weissman of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt explains. | 11yrs