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ENSafrica, one of Africa's largest law firms, has just merged with the 11-patner Lorentz Angula in Namibia. | 11yrs

MI5 and other UK government spies have been breaching client confidentiality rules and intercepting lawyer-client communications for years. | 11yrs

Ius Laboris, the largest global network of human resources law firms, has recruited D'Empaire Reyna Abogados to its membership in Venezuela. | 11yrs

The 9,000 lawyers who are members of the Hong Kong Law Society may be given permission to work on-line rather than from physical offices. | 11yrs

PGA Tour golfer Dustin Johnson has been accused of maligning two lawyers whose firm he sued last month for US$3m. | 11yrs

Attempts to curb greenhouse gases by legal challenge have had little result in the US and are unlikely to produce much over the next few years, according to academic research. | 11yrs

Brad Smith, GC at Microsoft, says a new balance is needed to stop the 'arms war' between governments engaged in surveillance and users demanding greater privacy tools. | 11yrs

Akin Gump, one of the leading lobbying firms, has topped the law firm contributions lists, donating to both Republicans and Democrats this year. | 11yrs

The New York-based investment bank has cut back on its banking provisions, in marked contrast with several other leading US and UK banking groups. | 11yrs

Leaks relating to tax arrangements for 340 multinationals, many of them tax clients of PwC, have produced angry responses from the Big Four accountancy giant. | 11yrs

The 600-lawyer international New York-based firm Wilkie Farr & Gallagher is to serve 'a substantial client base in Texas' and other clients from a new office in Houston. | 11yrs

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

Over the next two years, litigation specialists have the best prospects of lawyers who are looking for a new job, according to recruitment consultants Robert Half. | 11yrs

Kevin Maxwell, an assistant GC, is warning companies to be ready to take swift action if activists start using social media in their campaigns. | 11yrs

JP Morgan, which has just increased its legal provisions by US$1.1b, is one of six banks which expect to settle forex allegations with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the next few weeks. | 11yrs

More businesses are filing suits against other organisations as a way of generating income, according to Dallas-based lawyers Steckler LLP. | 11yrs

The number of lawyers on the boards of the FTSE 100 has doubled from 14 to 31 in the 17 months, according to an analysis by legal consultant Nick Deeming. | 11yrs

The world's largest law firm is to change its remuneration system to encourage more referrals work around its 77 offices. | 11yrs

TAGLaw has recruited a new member in the Czech republic, taking membership of the network to 153 practices around the world. | 11yrs