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The first UK law firm, niche practice Harris Cartier, has been put into administration under rules which took place on October 1 requiring them firms to have professional indemnity (PI) in place. | 12yrs

Sir Hector Sants, head of compliance and government and regulatory relations at Barclays Bank, is taking leave to recover from 'exhaustion and stress' after nine months in the job. | 12yrs

Sir Nigel Knowles, global co-chief executive of DLA Piper, estimates that the commercial legal services market is worth about US$ 300 billion and is 15 per cent over-supplied by lawyers. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up on in-house moves from around the globe | 12yrs

The 30,000-strong Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has appointed a specialist data management company, Modus, as its premier e-discovery alliance partner. | 12yrs

Blogging can be up there with responsiveness and price as a major differential between law firms, according to a legal marketing specialist. | 12yrs

A masterclass for partners will look at other professional services firms to gain insights into their methodology for business development. | 12yrs

French firm Gide is on the attack picking up a large team from the US law firm. | 12yrs

Silicon Valley-based 700-lawyer firm Cooley is taking on 54 lawyers from Dow Lohnes to become a Top 30 Washington firm. | 12yrs

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Mary Jo White has raised the prospect that companies could be required to send less information to investors who may be struggling with 'information overload'. | 12yrs

The British High Commissioner to Zambia, James Thornton, has said that there is 'no point' in judges continuing to wear wigs and robes. | 12yrs

The economic upturn has increased demand for lawyers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but salaries are staying fairly flat. | 12yrs

Raff & Becker has earned millions of dollars of fees for an appointment that was expected to last three years in 1983 but is now into its fourth decade. | 12yrs

Brian S Lichter has been appointed a partner in the Davis Polk & Wardwell real estate team, having transferred over from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. | 12yrs

London is bracing itself for the American Bar Association's arrival. | 12yrs

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is selling some of its assets and will focus more on its legal and regulatory side. | 12yrs

The new law firm Pennington Manches now has seven offices in London and the home counties, and a combined turnover of £58m. | 12yrs

Argentina accounts for more than 11 per cent of disputes being heard at the World's Bank tribunal, the International Court for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. | 12yrs

US firm Sander Squires has created a health law fellowship programme as a result of changes in the US health care system and a shortage of healthcare lawyers. | 12yrs