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Some of the larger Texas law firms have been gradually reducing their lobbying work over the last 20 years - with a number of them focusing more on global opportunities. | 11yrs

A law firm in Adelaide - an area suffering from a shortage of legal posts - plans to charge A$22,000 to newly-qualifieds for an 'investment in the future' through which they receive the supervision necessary for a full practising certificate. | 11yrs

The UK has waited a century for the major reforms that make up the Insurance Act and two other important Acts of Parliament, says BLM consultant David Hertzell. | 11yrs

Confidentiality agreements are often insufficient to overcome strong presumption of public access to judicial records in New York federal courts. | 11yrs

Insurers in the US are more likely to face class action threats - as new research from Carlton Fields Jorden Burt shows. | 11yrs

John Cush is a solicitor in the Claims, Dispute Resolution and Risk in Group Legal at Direct Line Group in the UK. | 11yrs

How is the insurance sector dealing with drones from practical and legal points of view? | 11yrs

The distinction between warranty and insurance services in Japan is far from clear - but it can be crucial for players in the market to understand the issues around it. | 11yrs

A new bulletin, The Robotics Law Journal, is being launched to help lawyers open up gigantic commercial markets in drones and other forms of robotics and AI - sectors which are seen as being held back by a lack of regulation and legal expertise. | 11yrs

A report by Marsh, the leading global insurance broker, says the sector is willing to support the growing drone market but that laws need to be developed first. | 11yrs

Specialist insurer Beazley is extending the cover provided to non-lawyer managers in law firms in the wake of the Dewey & LeBoeuf collapse. | 11yrs

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has hired Clifford Chance aviation and shipping partner Nick Swinburne as a partner with the Transportation and Space Group. He will co-lead Milbank's London-based practice with James Cameron. | 11yrs

The UK government and insurance sector has launched an initiative which will highlight the role of compliance and risk specialists such as lawyers. | 11yrs

Houston-based McDonald Worley is offering to look into cases where people or businesses feel they have been unfairly turned down by insurers or have been subject to delays. | 11yrs

The case has been going on for 17 years, including four hearings at the Nebraska Supreme Court and the possibility of a fifth. | 11yrs

Jean-Pierre Mattout has been named as head of Kramer Levin Europe's banking and finance litigation team. | 11yrs

A new regulator and a rise in disputes are among the factors feeding into the Russian insurance market - a sector that refuses to shrink despite the obvious challenges. | 11yrs

About 50 lawyers at the firm have been involved in designing LaunchPlus, a legal navigation tool for financial start-ups through which the firm hopes to recruit as clients the next generation of hedge funds managers and traders. | 11yrs

Taking the same road as Latham & Watkins and Baker Botts, Herbert Smith Freehills is moving the remnants of its Abu Dhabi team - one partner and four other lawyers - to Dubai, saving costs after the fall in the Middle East property market. | 11yrs