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Hong Kong is coming to be seen as the divorce capital of Asia, according to law firm Withers which has just won a judgement confirming the role of prenuptial agreements on the island. | 12yrs

The American Bar Association is joining forces with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's Legal Professionals Programme to conduct research on lawyers. | 12yrs

Four private equity associates are thought to be planning to leave Clifford Chance in London to join Latham & Watkins and other firms. | 12yrs

Passing overhead expenses on to the client was just one of the gripes start-up lawyers had about their external advisers. | 12yrs

The five partners and 18 other lawyers which made up the Squire Sanders side of the Squire Patton Boggs merger in the Middle East have broken away from the merged practice. | 12yrs

The four senior lawyers are moving from O'Melveny & Myers to join Ashurst, strengthening its restructuring and special projects teams. | 12yrs

Top GCs have been chosen by The Ethisphere Institute to win an award for ethical business practices. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs

Organisations will show a marked demand for contract lawyers and document review services over the next five years, according to Allen & Overy. | 12yrs

Anti-trust specialists are warning that Chinese regulators are getting even tougher on price fixing as they handed out record fines to 12 Japanese auto companies. | 12yrs

The general counsel of Phoenix Air Group flew to Liberia on a mercy mission to pick up an Ebola victim. | 12yrs

Ambrose Lam has bowed to pressure and stood down as Hong Kong Law Society president, after losing a vote of confidence. | 12yrs

Three local government bodies have received licences this month to become privatised legal teams and another four are considering the same step. | 12yrs

The US firm has received its license to practice in the Chinese city. | 12yrs

General Standards, a Melbourne-based law firm that started last year specialising in start-ups, is opening up in London and New York. | 12yrs

The English-style legal system in Ireland is one of the main reasons attracting Bank of America and other US banks to the Republic in contingency plans they are making for a British exit from the EU. | 12yrs

James Robb, associate dean of external affairs at Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University, has confirmed that lay off notices have been served at the school. | 12yrs

Adil Hussain of Herbert Smith Freehills is joining Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi, to head its Islamic finance team and take the number of partners there to seven. | 12yrs

Open Legal Services has become the first not-for-profit law firm in Utah, benefitting from tax reliefs for such businesses and offering sliding scale fees to clients. | 12yrs