The Bar Council of Malaysia has given details of the licence system which it will run and regulate for foreign law firms and lawyers. | 12yrs
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Miami-based Holland & Knight is closing its sole Middle East base in Abu Dhabi and refocusing on the US and the Latin American markets. | 12yrs
A weekly round-up on moves across the globe. | 12yrs
The Vietnam Lawyers' Association is entering one of the most troubled international disputes in the world by supporting its government against China. | 12yrs
Northern Ireland's senior coroner has warned the British government of a breach of international law if it continues to inadequately resource inquests into historic Troubles killings. | 12yrs
The US Supreme Court's ruling that police cannot search the cellphones of people they arrest without a warrant will affect far more people than the 12m arrested in the US each year. | 12yrs
The Beijing office of King & Wood Mallesons has helped Walmart win a landmark employment dispute in front of a Chinese arbitration panel. | 12yrs
Howard J Baker, Memphis lawyer and the Republican senator who asked the White House counsel over Watergrate 'What did the president know, and when did he know it?', has died. | 12yrs
Bond Dickinson LLP and the British Retail Consortium have found that almost a third of retailers do not fully understand the implications of the Woolworths case for their collective consultation obligations. | 12yrs
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In the latest decision in a long-running battle over use of the trademark “YouView”, the High Court issued a decision this month that may require the £100 million internet television service to change its name. | 12yrs
Going to court to litigate patents is costly and does not produce value for money, according to a new report. | 12yrs
Lawyers in British Columbia are protesting for a month over the decrease of legal aid funding. | 12yrs
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Eric T. Schneiderman filed civil charges against Barclays over its private stock trading platform on Wednesday. | 12yrs
Worldwide penalties in response to antitrust violations are likely to reach record levels by the close of 2014, according to a report from Allen & Overy. | 12yrs
Paul Daugerdas, who, in his role as tax head, brought down Jenkens & Gilchrist, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in a US$8b fraud. | 12yrs
Samsung and Quinn Emanuel are to pay Nokia about $1.5m and about $894,000 to Apple for breaking a court order protecting a confidential patent licensing agreement. | 12yrs
As DLA Piper numbers in Melbourne have fallen from 43 to 24 in the last two years, DLA managing partner Andrew Darwin says he is not 'embarrassed' by the departures. | 12yrs
Corporate legal departments in the US are on a hiring spree as they seek to reduce external legal spend. | 12yrs