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South Africa's new drone rules, which take effect today, enshrine far heavier potential prison sentences than other countries that have similar rules. | 11yrs

US-based Quin Emanunel is cutting its summer placement intake by 80 to 90 per cent, reducing it from 50 to five or 10 students, saying that the money could be better spent and that 'many' view the time spent on the course as 'a waste of time'. | 11yrs

The Government has begun discussions with the Bar Council of India and other stake holders to open the legal services sector to foreign firms in a calibrated manner, according to Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher. | 11yrs

The global co-heads of the Energy & Natural Resources Group and the Renewable Energy Group are transferring to Orrick where they will be partners in the London office. | 11yrs

US-headquartered Shearman & Sterling has established an on-the-ground presence in Saudi Arabia in affiliation with Abdulaziz Alassaf & Partners. | 11yrs

Baker & McKenzie is predicting a continued strong upturn in M&A and IPO work over the next three years - in forecasts produced with Oxford Economics. | 11yrs

In an escalation of Islamist militant attacks on the judiciary, Egypt's top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat died on Monday of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home in Cairo. | 11yrs

Los Angeles-based Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, well-known for its entertainment and new media practice, is to become a 130-lawyer firm on Wednesday when it merges with Richardson Patel. | 11yrs

Building in ethical controls over robots is a main theme of a UK scheme aimed at fulfilling plans to excel in robotics as one of the country's 'eight great technologies'. | 11yrs

Japanese law firm Anderson Mori and Tomotsune has expanded into Vietnam with the opening of an office in Ho Chi Minh City. The firm also established a Jakarta desk in the office of Roosdiono & Partners this May. | 11yrs

As the global law firms sail into new waters - managing numerous multi-practice international assignments for individual clients - evidence has emerged that they are managing to maintain profitability rates rather than being beaten down on price. | 11yrs

The Australian-UK listed law company is to face questions by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission about the process used by its long-standing auditors, Pitcher Partners. | 11yrs

Davis Wright Tremaine, the 500-lawyer US law firm with a branch in Shanghai, is launching a marijuana practice in its Portland office, to coincide with the legalisation of the drug for recreational use in Oregon state this week. | 11yrs

Chinese law firm Yingke has opened an office in Greece, its 27th overseas. The new office will work in a strategic partnership between Yingke and Machas & Partners, an Athens-based law firm founded in 2011 that also has offices in London and Monaco. | 11yrs

China is including 'numerical control tools and robotics' as one of ten industries in which it plans to become a world manufacturing power over the next decade. | 11yrs

Wealth manager Towry has named Ashcourt Rowan's Rehana Hasan its general counsel, after the company acquired rival Ashcourt in May. | 11yrs

Only five weeks after the loss of 700 jobs at Butler & Hosch, New Jersey-based Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman has issued a layoff notice that signals the end of the practice and 289 posts. | 11yrs

US law firms appear to be spending more on technology - with most of them aiming to improve quality, client service and productivity, according to experts. | 11yrs

TSMP Law Corporation has hired Anand Nalachandran as a director from local firm Braddell Brothers and promoted counsel Yvonne Lee to the same position. | 11yrs