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According to Baker & McKenzie and other law firms, oil and gas companies could be particularly prone to litigation - especially as a result of layoffs - as the sector goes through a downturn. | 11yrs

Proskauer Rose's City office has boosted its finance practice with DLA Piper's leveraged finance and banking partner Alexander Griffith, having hired Baker & McKenzie's private equity rainmaker Bruno Bertrand-Delfau last week. | 11yrs

Mumbai and Delhi-based law firm SNG & Partners has launched its second international office in Doha and expanded its first in Singapore with the hire of associate partner Kshitij Dua. | 11yrs

A lawyer who used to work with the poor in Canada has launched 'Canada's first 3D printing company dedicated to the courtroom' to produce visual aids - reproductions of wounds to the skull or other body parts, for instance - to explain evidence. | 11yrs

A Consumer Drone Safety Act could suffocate the development of a sector expected to deliver over 100,000 jobs in the next decade, according to specialist lawyers. | 11yrs

The firm is looking to differentiate itself from other offshore firms. | 11yrs

Even the best-financed US law firms are aware of a looming problem: the financing of generous partner pensions, which can start at $250,000 per year in some practices. | 11yrs

Weil Gotshal & Manges has lost its head of tax in London, private funds expert Jonathan Kandel, to Kirkland & Ellis. | 11yrs

Latham & Watkins has set up an eight-person committee to look at possible options for a South Korean office, how to proceed in China, the best ways to build on Japanese growth and other issues across its 30-partner Asia team. | 11yrs

Chicago-headquartered Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Joshua Kubicki, adjunct professor of law at Michigan State University, to be its first chief strategy officer from 1 July. | 11yrs

Fashion law has been officially recognised at Fordham University, New York as it launches a postgraduate degree in the subject. | 11yrs

Chief ethics and compliance officers are increasingly reporting to the CEO or board of directors and not the general counsel, according to new research. | 11yrs

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

Major data protection changes are looming with UK business poorly prepared for the European regulatory regime. | 11yrs

Eversheds has announced the launch of Eversheds Consulting in Asia with the expansion of its contract lawyer service Agile to Singapore and Hong Kong. | 11yrs

The Data Protection Commissioner is doubling in size and will be examining law firms and insurance companies to put a stop to the illegal use of private detectives. | 11yrs

Jones Day says that it places emphasis on the personality and behaviour of lateral hires and makes efforts to avoid those with 'sharp elbows'. | 11yrs

Clyde & Co has seen growth in Asia at 30 per cent for the second year running. | 11yrs

Rules which come in on 1 July to permit drones will help to make Africa the world's biggest commercial operator and consumer 'within the next few years', according to Adam Rosman, founder of Aerial Monitoring Solutions. | 11yrs