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Third Point, a US based hedge fund, has avoided a large fine by settling with the US government over claims it breached antitrust law in 2011 when it acquired a minority stake in Yahoo. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 11yrs

A contract lawyer service, LawFlex, has been set up in Israel, meaning that temporary lawyers are now available in large parts of the globe - the US, Europe and Asia, in particular - as an alternative to hiring a law firm in the traditional way. | 11yrs

Paris-based luxury brand owner Kering has won a court order banning sales of counterfeit versions of its high-end goods by certain vendors in ecommerce company Alibaba Group's online marketplaces. | 11yrs

Benesh Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff has opened its eighth US office in the US by recruiting litigation partners Andrew Jarzyna and David Pope from Ulmer & Berne. | 11yrs

Shaun Lascelles is returning to the London office of Ashurst, and his move is being seen as an upturn in the fortunes of the city of London-based practice which has lost some of its main corporate lawyers since 2013. | 11yrs

Chinese practice Ke Jie has set up Cathay Associates, a network of firms including offices in Paris, Tirana, Bangkok and Beijing. | 11yrs

David Leitch, general counsel of Ford, says that he seeks 'expertise' and 'value' when appointing law firms, rather than specifically seeking practices of a particular size and scope - and he warns against the dilution of quality as firms expand. | 11yrs

David Edwards, 51, a criminal solicitor from Lancashire in the UK, died in his home with one stab wound, days after returning from honeymooning in Las Vegas - and his widow Sharon, 42, is understood to have been taken into custody. | 11yrs

As concerns rise that a proposed privacy law in California could stifle innovation, it emerges that a total of 156 drone bills have been considered by 45 US states with 18 of them passing into law. | 11yrs

Rene Bruelhart spoke to the Financial Times about his role as the Vatican's chief anti-money laundering enforcer and about his co-operation with his next door neighbour, Pope Francis. | 11yrs

Faster rates of ageing and a greater likelihood of heart attacks and strokes are among the dangers facing lawyers who are frequently in the air and staying at hotels, according to University of Sussex research and legal consultant Philip Gleed. | 11yrs

Allen & Overy and Squire Patton Boggs are two of the firms to fall off the panel at the National Grid, leaving space for new entrants including Herbert Smith Freehills and Addleshaw Goddard. | 11yrs

Firms need to share legal knowledge or risk losing the trust of their clients, according to Ugur Nedim, principlal at boutique practice Sydney Criminal Lawyers. | 11yrs

The Western Michigan University Thomas M Cooley Law School has seen enrolments fall from 4,000 five years ago to 1,880 this year - an example of widespread falls in numbers across the US. | 11yrs

Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest state to decide to introduce rules stopping the free flight of drones - as a matter of urgency in response to a surge in their use. | 11yrs

Chicago lawyer John L Steele has been charged with eight counts of fraud, dishonesty and improper use of the courts system after allegedly systematically pursuing illegal downloaders of porn, threatening them and then settling cases. | 11yrs

One of the many challenges facing the legal profession is 'death from above' through the drive to maximise partner profits, according to University of Tennessee law professor Benjamin Barton. | 11yrs

Who's Who Legal has mentioned 76 law firms in the seventh edition of its Nigerian listing, highlighting five practices as stand-out firms. | 11yrs