Data protection is emerging as one of the main areas in which organisations need advice in the robotics sector - in areas ranging from the surveillance of staff at work to the use of cameras in drones and data retained by driverless cars. | 11yrs
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Ellen Pao, who lost her employment discrimination claim against venture capital company Kleiner Perkins, has continued to have a difficult year - resigning from her next employer, Reddit, after 200,000 people signed a petition seeking her removal. | 11yrs
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has hired capital markets partner Shuang Zhao in Hong Kong. | 11yrs
Shareholders of the now-defunct oil giant Yukos are owed more than $50 billion in the largest compensation ever awarded. But they are unlikely to see it anytime soon, say Daniel Hall and Michael Redman. | 11yrs
Law firms will find themselves needing to advise clients on which jurisdictions in the world are best to operate in, rather than restricting themselves to their own domestic market, according to consultants. | 11yrs
King & Wood Mallesons has conducted a review of its 170-strong partnership in Europe and the Middle East and is ready to manage out up to ten per cent of partners. | 11yrs
A new era of greater mechanisation might be ushering in 'the need for workers to embrace change' rather than expecting a high degree of job security, according to the co-head of the Lewis Silkin employment team. | 11yrs
Victoria Davis Lockard, 42, has been charged by the Atlanta police with aggressive driving and criminal trespass after a coffee mug was thrown out of Jaguar, hitting and smashing the car window of another driver. | 11yrs
An article in a Californian legal publication produced by the local Bar Association - in which only one in a survey of 20 female lawyers was found to dress stylishly - has been attacked for being 'blatantly sexist'. | 11yrs
With limitless opportunities for graduates who want to work hard and make a name for themselves, Integreon CEO Bob Gogel advises them to consider less traditional careers. | 11yrs
Linklaters has come top - with £1.42m per partner - on the profits disclosures among the four firms that disclose, while Clifford Chance comes top on total revenue at £1.35b. | 11yrs
Eric Waxman, a 57-year old partner in Skadden Arps, has left the firm after admitting to 'deeply' regrettable changes he made to his account of a client interview he did six years ago. | 11yrs
The Delhi High Court has set aside the state government's order rejecting an application by online taxi firm Uber Technologies for a licence to operate in the capital, allowing the US-based company to ply its trade in Delhi and reapply for a licence. | 11yrs
Chadbourne Park, the 400-lawyer international firm, is closing down its Beijing office, bringing its total number of bases to 11 around the world. | 11yrs
The UK, Sweden, France, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa are among a small number of countries setting the pace internationally on the development of commercial drones. | 11yrs
Casefunder has become the latest Australian online platform to be set up to fund legal cases - a trend that has accelerated as access to legal aid has been cut back. | 11yrs
Offshore law firm Harneys has established an office in Tokyo as part of an expansion plan that saw the firm open its doors in Hong Kong in 2005 and in Singapore last year. | 11yrs
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Gowling WLG is set to join the global top 100 after 18 months of talks between the two firms. | 11yrs