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The head of the Allens national workplace and employment relations group has defected to King & Wood Mallesons where he becomes a Brisbane partner. | 11yrs

Heads of in-house legal teams are using their buying power to drive down costs and to innovate when using external advisers. | 11yrs

Hogan Lovells has appointed ten associate lawyers to staff new legal servicing teams in Birmingham in real estate, corporate and disputes. | 11yrs

The International Bar Association (IBA) has issued guidance to law firms and other advisers to businesses on human rights. | 11yrs

Travis Tygart, the investigator who brought down Lance Armstrong, expects that the cyclist will co-operate with the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in the future. | 11yrs

Kennedy's, the 166-partner firm based in the City of London, has become the second largest law firm to take on ABS (Alternative Business Structure) status. | 11yrs

The 18-office European and US practice Osborne Clarke is setting up a best friend relationship with BTG Legal in India, run by a former lawyer in the firm. | 11yrs

The oil giant has produced new evidence to back its claim that the lawyer administering the settlement process for the Gulf of Mexico 2010 oil leak should stand down. | 11yrs

The Law Society of Upper Canada is trying to locate a real estate lawyer who has disappeared with all but US$89 from the trust account. | 11yrs

White & Case is to negotiate with the Saudi businessman who tried to force it to release documents about its former client Barclays. | 11yrs

Slater & Gordon, the fast-expanding Australian and UK plaintiff law firm, has acquired two more practices in Australia. | 11yrs

Baker Hostetler and Quinn Emanuel are said to have decided not to be involved in bringing a suit against President Barack Obama over Obamacare. | 11yrs

A string of victories by the large law firms has prompted the National Tax Service (NTS) of Korea to reorganise its legal affairs teams and rethink its tactics. | 11yrs

In parts of rural Iowa, people are travelling 45 minutes to find a lawyer - and it seems as if the situation could get worse. | 11yrs

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, the US$860m US-based firm, is being threatened with proceedings for 'falsely presenting' two of its lawyers as members of the local bar. | 11yrs

The calls have been made after Attorney General Anil Nandlall was recorded apparently implying that deadly violence against the media was acceptable. | 11yrs

Eleven universities participated in Australia's first moot on animal law, organised by the animal protection body Voiceless. | 11yrs

Juridia Butzow, the 165-lawyer firm, has merged with Eversheds to create JB Eversheds - spreading through five offices in the country including ones in Helsinki and Turku. | 11yrs

Changing rules on Legal Aid and a decline in motor fraud cases have prompted DWF to cut the posts of 15 secretaries, six lawyers, four paralegals and an analyst in its motor fraud team. | 11yrs