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Personal injury lawyers are part of the root cause of rising motor insurance premiums because their marketing techniques are helping push up the claims for whiplash injuries, according to Aviva, the UK's largest insurer. | 11yrs

The value of a supposedly independent report by Clifford Chance into RBS, the leading UK bank, has been undermined by MPs who have described it as 'not independent, based on narrow terms of reference' and leaving 'a number of questions unanswered'. | 11yrs

London law firms could struggle for their very survival and be 'overtaken' by professional competitors who have more senior females on board unless they even up their gender mix, according to a strategy report from Sharbek Associates. | 11yrs

The partner, now a white collar crime partner in a top New York law firm, was verbally abused by the lawyer, causing her much stress. | 11yrs

After the initial defection of three partners, another eight more have joined the mass move - coming from New York, Washington DC and San Francisco - and there are expectations of other announcements coming through the pipeline. | 11yrs

The founders of RetitzMauck are highlighting the way IP litigation costs have 'exploded' and how newer practices can operate on a much lower expenditure rate. | 11yrs

K&L Gates has taken a six partner team from a competitor which includes expertise on the luxury sector. | 11yrs

The Dutch law firm advised on the acquisition of the Ingredient Company in Canada. | 11yrs

The Supreme Court in London has ruled in favour of Kathleen Wyatt in a landmark divorce case 20 years after the divorce. | 11yrs

The 350-lawyer New York-based litigation specialist firm is making a round of redundancies, said by one source to amount to as many as 40, in response to unpredictable demand. | 11yrs

Richard Owen - who is said to have used most of the money on his coin collection - could face a prison term of up to 50 years after embezzling funds relating to 41 clients in Georgia between 2007 and 2012. | 11yrs

Virtually all of the top US law firms have been subject to data breaches, according to an unnamed FBI agent in discussion with a lawyer from Washington DC-based Steptoe & Johnson. | 11yrs

Jones Day is to launch its 17th US office when it opens its doors in the US motor capital - and is likely to be closely associated with the rebirth of the city which recently underwent bankruptcy proceedings under a former Jones Day partner. | 11yrs

Employees and partners in the London HQ office of Freshfields are said to be spooked by plans to move 1,000 jobs - then scaled back to 800 - to a support service base in lower cost Manchester. | 11yrs

Mark Cuban, the sports-to-media billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, has said that he hates dealing with lawyers and that they are 'a huge drain on productivity' - but he calls his own lawyer 'my Satan...a good friend'. | 11yrs

Michael Ellis has taken steps to get better rates from his law firms. | 11yrs

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

Three partners have already left Pillsbury and are expected to be followed by as many as 12 other lawyers as Winston & Strawn seeks to strengthen its international presence. | 11yrs

Canadians are looking to promote other fee arrangements as a Canadian judge reviews one particular case. | 11yrs