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Most junior lawyers are fulfilled in their professional lives and enjoy a reasonably healthy work/life balance, despite some concerns over bonus schemes, the quality of management and career prospects. | 11yrs

In a report by the Law Society, City firms warn that proposals to change legal training by the Solicitors Regulation Authority are potentially dangerous to the UK law industry's global reputation. | 11yrs

The chair of the 1,800-person firm has revealed that it makes extra efforts to reassure both partners and staff over the finances of the firm 'in the post Dewey era'. | 11yrs

The Chicago-based international firm is closing in the Swiss city at the end of September, from which stage the practice will run its European arbitration practice through the Paris and London offices. | 11yrs

The bank has posted a US$1.45b expense for legal bills and is in talks with the US Justice Department about a possible settlement over its role in selling mortgage securities in the run-up to the global financial crisis. | 11yrs

Spanish retailers have been ordered to clear the shelves of a range of 'smell-alike' perfumes following a successful trademark suit. | 11yrs

The Ministry of Justice is consulting between now and October on proposals which could see 91 of its English and Welsh courts shut and a further 31 combined - as part of a cost-cutting move - but innovation could become part of the answer. | 11yrs

Legal consultant John Chisholm believes firms could to do more to keep their top lawyers engaged, saying that many major firms have excellent strategies for recruiting talented lawyers, but could do more to retain them long term. | 11yrs

Malaysian law firm ZICOlaw has hired Samuel Britton as its Myanmar managing partner in Yangon. He moves from Sciaroni & Associates, where he was regional managing partner. | 11yrs

The 1,000-lawyer US law firm is saying farewell to some of its partners, including London City head Joe Pillman, in a move which sees the end of a City-based practice that had 50 lawyers. | 11yrs

A construction lawyer who helped quadruple the size of her team in five years, the women's champion known for her stylish dress, Lynne Freeman has died, just six weeks after sending her last message on Twitter. | 11yrs

Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has hired Haydn Dare as a partner from Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, Herbert Smith Freehills' alliance firm in Indonesia. | 11yrs

The international drone market is forecast to grow at 22 per cent per annum to take it to $2.3b in five years - despite 'strict airspace regulations', according to a report from Markets and Markets. | 11yrs

Law firms are expected to launch R&D teams in larger numbers in the next few years, creating a new, more pro-active approach to highlighting issues and serving clients. | 11yrs

Two-thirds of the newly promoted partners at King & Wood Mallesons are located in China - with 10 of them working in corporate and seven in dispute resolution. | 11yrs

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

A Hogan Lovells survey of 301 top decision-makers has found that they are most worried by rule of law issues in China, Australia and Bangladesh, in that order. | 11yrs

A programme of government privatisations is fuelling a boom in infrastructure work and M&A activity in New South Wales - a boom which could last a decade, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. | 11yrs

The Italian law firm has changed its image in a rebrand which features leading Italian photographers. | 11yrs