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The 450-lawyer, Boston-based practice is no longer to offer European patent prosecution from its London office after the departure of three patent lawyers to Cooley and the decision of the office head, Julian Crump, to leave to set up his own firm. | 11yrs

The Supreme People's Court has established a research centre at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law to deal with legal affairs for the 'One Belt, One Road' foreign investment scheme. | 11yrs

The 1,050-lawyer firm and Gowling are two of the firms whose HR teams are encouraging staff to download a specialist app that monitors signals in the voice during phone calls, but not what is said, and alerts them if they appear stressed. | 11yrs

A 'phenomenal' upturn in work, thanks to Chinese investors, is having a 'very positive impact on workflow' on law firms in the big cities of south-eastern Australia, according to a Brisbane law firm. | 11yrs

The 360-lawyer international firm has pushed up pay for top equity partners by 111 per cent from £590,000 to £1.25m over 2014/15 - as a way of rewarding the 'top performers' better. | 11yrs

The 200-lawyer practice Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr will no longer be in formal alliance with DLA Piper the end of this month because the Johannesburg-based firm has 'decided not to proceed to the next level of integration'. | 11yrs

New York City's right to regulate law firms if they act as debt collectors has been upheld in a long-running litigation battle by a decision in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. | 11yrs

As the US awaits regulations on drones, the Department of Homeland Security has sent an intelligence briefing to police agencies across the country warning that drones could be used as weapons by terrorists. | 11yrs

Attracting young lawyers in a difficult recruitment market is one of the main reasons that Gateley joined the junior London stock market, AIM, this year to become a listed company. | 11yrs

Eversheds has appointed Charles Butcher as a partner in the firm's corporate practice in Hong Kong. Before joining Eversheds, he was a consultant at Hogan Lovells. | 11yrs

Research by the Law Society into the health and well-being of lawyers shows that the majority report they are in good health and on average take less time off sick, but also that nearly one fifth experience severe stress. | 11yrs

The two law firms face accusations that they did not reveal alleged false testimony made by their client, Mitsubishi, in court hearings. | 11yrs

Eternify struck a chord with artists - so why was it terminated? The issue over artist royalties is unlikely to disappear any time soon, say Hayley Devlin and Martin Ochs. | 11yrs

The Liaoning Xin Min Gong law firm has told the shipping sector that it misunderstands basic legal concepts and needs to be 'regulated with more accuracy'. | 11yrs

NextLaw Labs, the Dentons IT research arm, is working with IBM on a joint technology platform which will allow rapid testing and development of new legal apps by specialist start-ups. | 11yrs

Photographs and details of staff at Glasgow law firm Hughes Dowdall were copied onto the site of a non-existent firm called Damian Alden Law Chambers, which claimed to operate in London. | 11yrs

The European Commission is on course to issue an 'aviation package' proposal for new laws this November, following the start of a consultation which will feed in from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). | 11yrs

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into the 'business and accounting practices at Quindell', the company which more than halved its 2014 legal revenue figure this week when it restated the accounts. | 11yrs

Pinsent is followed by the offshore law firm Carey Olsen, then independent London law firm Memery Crystal in a ranking of advisers to the AIM market, by Adviser Rankings. | 11yrs