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Senior staff in Credit Suisse have been at odds with each other over their approach to the US Department of Justice investigation. | 12yrs

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

Walmart has launched its compliance reforms in the aftermath of its bribery crisis at a cost of around 100 million dollars. | 12yrs

In a Canadian Lawyer magazine article, Fred Krebs analysed the rapidly changing role of general counsel. | 12yrs

A proposal for a special dress code for lawyers in court is to be published by the Justice Ministry in Jeddah within the next two weeks. | 12yrs

EY, the Big Four accountancy giant, is recruiting the former head of finance at Berwin Leighton Paisner in order to spearhead its legal work in financial services. | 12yrs

Edward Snowden, famous for leaking documents from the National Security Agency, has hired one of the most famous names in the law of spying to negotiate on his behalf with the US government. | 12yrs

Businessman Victor Dahdeleh has won a US court victory in a series of cases which have proved embarrassing for Akin Gump. | 12yrs

Four in five companies now use competitive bidding to distribute work to outside firm and only 13 per cent of companies do not have an established process for deciding which law firms to use. | 12yrs

Nine months after graduation, only 57 per cent of law graduates have found full-time, long-term work in the legal sector, according to the American Bar Association. | 12yrs

One in 25 people who are sentenced to death are probably innocent, according to a new study released in the US. | 12yrs

A lawyer in a top US firm has a big role in a British film based on a true story. | 12yrs

New York has the highest numbers of wealthy lawyers with one firm averaging nearly five million dollars a year per partner. | 12yrs

Clifford Chance has warned of a 'pattern of risk, perhaps long-term business uncertainty, and lack of control' for business if the UK leaves the EU. | 12yrs

Yigal Arnon, founder of the 140-lawyer firm Yigal Arnon & Co and former lawyer to ex prime minister Ehud Olmert, has died and will be buried today. | 12yrs

Freshfields has relocated its global head of arbitration from Hong Kong to Singapore in a move to increase its work in the growing Singapore market. | 12yrs

Organisations are becoming more likely to experiment with 'relatively undeveloped legal and judicial systems' in emerging markets, according to Allen & Overy. | 12yrs

Leading securities lawyer Joe Groia and the Law Society of Upper Canada are pitted against each other this week in the Ontario Divisional Court over claims that he should have a two-month suspension. | 12yrs

Doughty Street Chambers has sent congratulations to Hollywood star George Clooney and barrister Amal Alanmuddin on their engagement. | 12yrs