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KPMG is gearing up in Ireland for the arrival of multidisciplinary partnerships as it goes on a recruitment drive. | 12yrs

US whistle-blower Edward Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has sold film rights of his story to Hollywood Director Oliver Stone, who intends to film a political thriller. | 12yrs

A shock drop in the number of claims being taken to employment tribunals has sparked a reaction from the top trade union body. | 12yrs

The convergence of the technology and financial sectors is happening at pace, making this a key focus for regulators, says Lucy Frew of Kemp Little. | 12yrs

Lawyers are not taking robust measures to protect their clients' confidentiality through practices like email. | 12yrs

Firms adopting Alternative Business Structure status have achieved a significant share of the overall market in a number of legal areas. | 12yrs

Law firms are implementing new pricing arrangements in response to clients, but there is no magic solution to maintaining profitability in this new world | 12yrs

Magic circle firms have experienced widespread salary increases as part of the post-recession, indicating that competition is intensifying for the best young legal talent from across the pond. | 12yrs

Law firm Mischon de Reya has become the latest law firm to launch a UK wealth business, establishing Mayfair Private in conjunction with wealth firm Opus Private. | 12yrs

A US federal judge ruled that bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman cannot recover profits from unfinished hourly fee cases taken to new firms. | 12yrs

The European Union's top court upheld a record $1.43 billion fine against Intel Corp. on Thursday for abusing its power as a top company in the microprocessor market. | 12yrs

US lawyer Michael Garcia is investigating the alleged corruption of the 2022 World Cup vote, and recently has said he has had access to all the data used by The Sunday Times in its recent reports. | 12yrs

A new psychological analysis has shown that lawyers in the state of Massachusetts rate black judges more negatively than their white counterparts on questionnaires that lawyers answer to evaluate a judge's performance. | 12yrs

After US prosecutors requested a customer's email stored in Microsoft's data center in Ireland, the technology company objected and said if upheld, would violate international laws and treaties. | 12yrs

Dentons has announced that it will no longer report average profits per equity partner which the firm says has nothing to do with the success of a firm and may even lead to client dissatisfaction. | 12yrs

Unlike banking, Britain is a world leader in law with its success being attributed to the 'colonial leave-behind'. | 12yrs

Alexander 'Sandy' Thomas has been elected as global managing parter for a three-year term. | 12yrs

PLMJ has launched a service targeting the luxury real estate marketplace. | 12yrs

Half of all 20 year olds will never get married, says new research which points ot a generational shift away from marriage. | 12yrs