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A senior source in the Goldman Sachs leveraged finance team has told Legal Week that it will not work with Linklaters 'unless it is forced to'. | 12yrs

Wang Canfa, founder and director of the Beijing-based Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, has been awarded the Ramon Magsysay Award, seen as Asia's Nobel equivalent. | 12yrs

A proposed removal of restrictions on media businesses is expected to spark over A$2b of mergers, according to analysis by Citigroup. | 12yrs

Arbitration is increasing globally as corporates look to keep costs down, particularly when dealing with government disputes. | 12yrs

The Supreme Court of Illinois is expected to give its decision by the year end on whether a Chicago law firm will have to pay US$20m in a legal malpractice claim dating back to 1991. | 12yrs

General Motors has adopted a BP-style programme to deal with its compensation claims as a result of a faulty ignition switch on its cars. | 12yrs

A US court has ordered Microsoft to hand over email stored on servers in Ireland in response to a US drugs case. | 12yrs

Jones Day is being required by a US district judge to explain 'the impropriety of unspecified 'form' objections, witness coaching and excessive interruptions' as a result of the partner's behaviour. | 12yrs

The total sums paid to mid-size law firms by large corporations in the US fell 9.3 per cent in Q1, according to data from TyMetrix. | 12yrs

Clifford Chance's managing partner Matthew Layton has used his new freedoms to replace the heads of the finance and capital markets practices. | 12yrs

A 'slow evolution' is being driven in law firms by two main factors - competitive pricing and technology, according to the ALPMA (Australian Legal Practice Management Association). | 12yrs

UBS has disclosed that it has settled with the German authorities for €403m over an investigation that it had helped German clients evade taxes. | 12yrs

As the Canadian Bar Association prepares to release its Futures report, local entrepreneurs express an interest in investing in professional services. | 12yrs

Top 20 law firms are paying their marketing heads salaries of between £170,000 and £345,000 with bonuses ranging between £30,000 and £132,000. | 12yrs

The legal arm of accountancy Big Four firm PwC has tied up with Camford Law in Singapore, part of a move to boost its Asian business. | 12yrs

An insolvency lawyer from Sacramento has sued over a review on Yelp which described him as a 'nightmare bankruptcy attorney'. | 12yrs

The US constitution is under threat from NSA surveillance with lawyers and journalists under the spotlight. | 12yrs

The Legal and Tax & Accounting visions have boosted growth at news and information company Thomson Reuters, bringing in higher than expected profit in Q2. | 12yrs

Proposals by the UK's tax authority, HMRC, to raid taxpayers accounts, have been widely criticised. | 12yrs