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There is a growing reluctance amongst Australian lawyers to recommend pre-nuptial agreements. | 12yrs

A 1941 Nazi law on murder which is still in force today has worked against battered women and spared violent men, according to lawyers who are urging its repeal. | 12yrs

A decision in a Melbourne court has shown how difficult relations can be between Australian mine-owners and Chinese companies exporting from the country. | 12yrs

Law firms are due to receive up to US$6m in refunds from Thomson Reuters Tax Accounting and the West Publishing Corporation. | 12yrs

BT has chosen alternative services provider Axiom to deal with commercial legal work. | 12yrs

The Robert Walters Salary Survey in Australia is suggesting that law firms will be raising the pay of strong M&A performers and seeking to recruit more. | 12yrs

At least one law firm is expected to be set up by the former partners of Canadian practice Heenan Blaikie which was wound up this week. Meanwhile DLA Piper is in talks with around 70 lawyers. | 12yrs

Royal Dutch Shell has taken steps to fill the gap left by its legal director. | 12yrs

Detroit, the bankrupt city now being run by ex-Jones Day partner Kevyn Orr, paid out US$13.3m in legal, accountancy and other professional fees in the three months to September. | 12yrs

A top Canadian law firm is to fold after partner profits dropped and a string of departures followed. Its lawyers have included former prime ministers and members of the cabinet. | 12yrs

Corporate law partners are the most likely to make lateral jumps, and Baker & McKenzie is the biggest lateral recruiter, according to data press released by American Lawyer. | 12yrs

With preparations for the Russian Winter Olympics in full swing, Brandi Partners has announced an expansion in Moscow. | 12yrs

Credit Suisse has made £348m of legal provisions in the expectation of having to deal with the costs of allegations of tax evasion and securities mis-selling. | 12yrs

A Wells Fargo survey of 115 law firms concludes that revenues will grow at 3.1 per cent this year, up from 2.2 per cent growth in 2013. | 12yrs

A two-minute TV ad for James Casino Injury Lawyers, shown in half time of the Superbowl, has exceeded 1.5 million hits on YouTube. | 12yrs

LexisNexis has launched Firm Manager, a cloud-based system for law firm practice management aimed at independent law firms. | 12yrs

South African law firm Bowman Gilfillan is planning to take on the John Ffooks practice which specialises in the law of Africa's 17 francophone nations. | 12yrs

Law firm Ogier has sold off its fidicuary services arm. | 12yrs

LexisNexis has launched an analytical tool producing law firm rate benchmarking data which will assist general counsel work out the cost of potential litigation | 12yrs