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The American Bar Association is looking at making 'the system less expensive' for students, according to its new president, James R Silkenat. | 13yrs

One in four lawyers in law firms are unconvinced about the ability of top management to lead the firm through the current changing legal environment, according to the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA). | 13yrs

A leading consultant has warned international law firms to take great care with their local relationships after Clifford Chance ran into trouble with regulators in Singapore. | 13yrs

One of the big five in the region, the South African firm, which opened a Botswana office this month, is working on a medium-term plan to have between eight and 12 offices across the continent. | 13yrs

Claims of sexual harrassment, reported in 2011, at Case Law School, have led to a lawsuit and divisions among the staff. | 13yrs

A report from Mallesons Stephen Jaques makes a case for regulating the financiers of litigation in Australia, and claims that such players often take half the amount of settlements made as their fees. | 13yrs

Over half (53%) of in-house lawyers who have not introduced information governance (IG) policies and solutions attribute the failure to 'lack of co-ordination' with colleagues in different departments. | 13yrs

A rush of legal letters on force majeure in the South American sugar trade has put the spot light on lawyers who are trying to sort out the ramifications of a fire at a port which handles a third of the world's sugar trade. | 13yrs

A collection of 28 law firms has jointly filed an objection to attempts from the estate of failed US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf to be compensated for work which was passed to them as the practice went under. | 13yrs

Jones Day, Baker & McKenzie, Squire Saunders and Sidley Austin are the big winners in the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's first panel of law firms. | 13yrs

Young lawyers are being urged to network and manage client relationships as soon as they start work in law firms. | 13yrs

Hackers have been attacking smaller organisations -including law firms, accountants and healthcare clinics - in 2013, according to Symantec. | 13yrs

Linklaters is taking on two lawyers from Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier and another from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to make up the new team. | 13yrs

Lawyers who are specialising in managing data believe that organisations need to set up multi-disciplinary management groups to push the issues along. | 13yrs

After dozens of lawyers have left the Weil Gotshal offices in booming Houston and Dallas, the firm has stated its commitment to the state of Texas. | 13yrs

GlaxoSmithKline has seen its sales decline 61 per cent in China in the three months since it hit major regulatory problems in the People's Republic. | 13yrs

Data privacy actions for inadvertent violations are on the increase in the US, according to the Institute for Legal Reform. | 13yrs

Fees charged by Proskauer Rose LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP have been criticised for being excessive and are the subject of a New York bankruptcy court. | 13yrs

General counsel have not only saved costs by taking more legal work in-house but have also became 'much closer to the corporate function', according to former King & Wood Mallesons chief executive partner Robert Milliner. | 13yrs