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The bank was the victim of a mistake by a paralegal which was not picked up by lawyers on either side of the transaction. | 11yrs

Around 30 companies are preparing to list around Africa with those in real estate, energy and financial leading the way. | 11yrs

Celebrity image rights will be on the agenda at this year's Luxury Law Summit on 19 May as pop star Rihanna wins her case against Topshop. | 11yrs

Sheldon Silver, the New York Assembly Speaker, has been arrested and charged with five counts, including bribery - and faces scrutiny over his relationship with personal injury firm Weitz & Luxenberg to whom he was said to be referring clients. | 11yrs

An unhealthy drinking culture in law firms is being seen as a major reason why 32% of Australian lawyers are at a medium to high risk of excessive alcohol consumption, according to new research. | 11yrs

The 120-office, 50-country Dentons-Dacheng deal is expected to be given regulatory approval (or not) next week by the Chinese authorities as a Swiss Verein. | 11yrs

US-based litigation practice Kobre & Kim brings to eight its international network of offices through the expansion to California. | 11yrs

A proposed merger between Dentons and Dacheng Law Offices of China, voted through by both sides, would have 6,600 lawyers - 49 per cent more than Baker & McKenzie's, the world's largest law firm at the moment. | 11yrs

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has shown a 16.5 per cent rise in profits per equity partner in 2014 after showing falls of seven per cent and five per cent in the previous two years. | 11yrs

Nearly 400 lawyers out of a total of 1,240 licensed by the Law Society of Zimbabwe are being investigated by their professional body for alleged acts of fraud or corruption relating to the last year. | 11yrs

The arrival of growing numbers of expats in the Chinese capital is leading to an increase in the resources of local law firms which are on hand to help them in criminal defence, family, housing and other areas. | 11yrs

Matthew Biden joins the firm as a partner in the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. | 11yrs

The 600-strong East Coast firm is looking to increase its presence in the windy city. | 11yrs

Some parties taking action in the London Commercial Court will be paying ten times as much in court fees as those in New York after the UK government decided to put the fees up. | 11yrs

Argentinians have taken to the streets, carrying banners saying 'I am Nisman', after state prosecutor Alberto Nisman died in odd circumstances the day before he was to testify in Congress after accusing the President of a cover-up. | 11yrs

A new Houston litigation boutique has been created through the defection of four associates and one partner from Beck Redden. | 11yrs

Media coverage of a Clifford Chance trainee making comments about non-Muslims has been mushrooming as it emerges he also did internships at Freshfields, BLP, Slaughter and May and White & Case. | 11yrs

The UK's top boards need to up their game on cyber-security issues, viewing it as regulatory rather than operational risk, a survey from KPMG has found. | 11yrs

Large law firms have been slow to innovate over one of the areas that are most important to clients - providing clear, fair billing arrangements - and are now being nudged into change, according to Alan Dershowitz, co-founder of Viewabill. | 11yrs