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Hogan Lovell has recruited its fourth corporate partner in Asia this year, by taking on Mark Cooper from Linklaters. | 11yrs

Changes to rules governing foreign lawyers look likely but there is no movement on allowing outside investment for law firms. | 11yrs

Citibank is the latest bank to show that, despite the large sums already paid out, the banks are expecting further big legal bills. | 11yrs

A new client which was apparently paying US$489,000 upfront to cover fees rang warning bells with a Texas law firm when it used a hotmail email address. | 11yrs

Having closed its Guangzhou office three months ago, UK-based Stephenson Harwood has set up an alliance relationship with its former partner in China, Wei Tu. | 11yrs

Bodies representing lawyers in the UK have grouped together to call on the government to protect client-lawyer confidentiality after it emerged that state organisations had routinely been listening in to confidential telephone calls. | 11yrs

Two of London's oldest legal practices have joined forces to form a 120-strong firm. | 11yrs

Speculation that Formula One might breach its contract if the numbers of cars participating in races falls below 16 has been dismissed by legal specialists. | 11yrs

Baker & McKenzie is to train staff and clients on regulatory investigations through its newly-established Bakers Investigations Academy. | 11yrs

Kirkland & Ellis has received $20.5m in fees and another $1.25m in expenses in its role as bankruptcy counsel to Energy Future Holdings Corp, the company that became the energy sector's biggest bankruptcy ever in April. | 11yrs

A challenge to Arizona's rules over out-of-state lawyers was lost by a Californian lawyer who claimed that the admission policy was discriminatory. | 11yrs

The court refused to examine the terms of the multibillion-dollar compensation fund agreement which the oil company set up after the accident. | 11yrs

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

National UK law firm Bond Dickinson has signed a partnership agreement with Redecker Sellner Dahs of Germany, Belgium and London to help clients with interests in the UK and Germany. | 11yrs

The legal profession has become the focus of a campaign from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs in which they are given time to pay all the tax they owe but then threatened with tougher penalties if they do not comply. | 11yrs

Deutsche Bank and other banks have been named in a law suit filed by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, claiming US$190m from them for allegedly avoiding taxes in 2000. | 11yrs

UpCounsel, the service that matches entrepreneurs to lawyers, is planning to expand beyond its San Francisco base after raising US$2.4m in seed funding. | 11yrs

The chief executive of the fixed-fee law firm is predicting that it could make more money from its technology than practising law. | 11yrs

The head of tax at the Big Four accountant was accused of lying by Members of Parliament over the way the Luxembourg office promoted tax advice. | 11yrs