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McDermott Will & Emery is to work with a Spanish firm, Olleros Abogados, to provide 'broad-ranging legal advice to American, European and Cuban clients on Cuba-related matters'. | 11yrs

Clients with international businesses are increasingly looking for harmonised cross-border services rather than different advice in different countries, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. | 11yrs

After a 'detailed review', the 1,500-person Simmons & Simmons has decided it will run its Italian offering out of its Milan office in the north where it says the majority of its clients are based. | 11yrs

Companies increasingly link their litigation and media strategies as part of an increased awareness of the negative effects of some disputes on their reputation, according to a Gilbert + Tobin disputes resolution partner. | 11yrs

One of the largest educator of lawyers in the UK, the University of Law, is offering refunds to graduates of half their fees if they are not on a training contract or otherwise employed nine months after graduating. | 11yrs

Labour and employment law partner Paulette Brown has taken over as president of the American Bar Association, bringing with her nearly forty years of experience in challenging 'micro-inequities', subtle racism and discrimination. | 11yrs

South African law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has appointed a new head of cross-border M&A for African and Asia, with the aim to focus on growth cities and the increasing diversification of African economies. | 11yrs

Southeast Asian law firm Tilleke and Gibbins has opened a new office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The office currently has four lawyers led by partner John E. King and will be supported by Tilleke's Bangkok team. | 11yrs

Nine in ten of Australian students believe there is an oversupply of law graduates and there is rising concern over the amount they pay to study and whether universities invest profits on law degrees into medicine and other subjects. | 11yrs

Clifford Chance partners based in London are being encouraged to work from home - as a way of setting an example to the rest of the firm of the benefits of agile working. | 11yrs

A report by Colin Scarlett of Colliers International shows how law firms are adapting their office space and business to improve the experience of their clients and lawyers and so remain competitive in an increasingly commoditised marketplace. | 11yrs

Cooley, the California-based practice that opened in London with 50 lawyers in January, has added a patent team from Mintz Levin. | 11yrs

Simpson Thacher is being sued, alongside its client JP Morgan, over a $1.5bn error made by a paralegal at Mayer Brown and not spotted by either Simpson Thacher or JP Morgan. | 11yrs

A lack of regulation appears to be holding back a Facebook initiative that could soon provide internet access to millions of people in Africa and other locations which are still off the web network. | 11yrs

The law is lagging behind dentistry and accountancy in closing its gender pay gap - which registered 9.4 per cent in November. | 11yrs

The move of Allen & Overy and other leading law firms into using 'flexi lawyers' could be a crucial part of the formula of keeping down costs and meeting client demands, according to consultant Dr George Beaton. | 11yrs

Morgan Lewis & Bockius, which took 750 lawyers from the now-defunct Bingham last year, has said that it still has 'work to do' on diversity - in response to news that MassMutual stopped dealing with Bingham because of a perceived lack of diversity. | 11yrs

Thomas Rombach, head of the Michigan Bar Association, one of the most advanced in IT in the US, has warned lawyers that regulation will not be able to protect them against the progress of technology. | 11yrs

Long hours is blamed as the main cause (by 58% of respondents), followed by difficult clients (38%) and constant interruptions (35%), among the 1,000 UK partners, associates and trainees polled in the survey published in The Lawyer. | 11yrs