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A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice. | 13yrs

The level of law firm mergers is currently on course for a new record, after a total of 39 mergers in the first half of the year. | 13yrs

Controversial new anti tax avoidance measures look set to get off to a chaotic start next week - as the US Internal Revenue Service requires many foreign businesses to register with it but has not explained what they need to do. | 13yrs

Lawyers around the world are reacting with shock to an inter-governmental report which suggests some complicity with money laundering in parts of the legal sector. | 13yrs

A group of government lawyers in the US, called 'Team Telecom', is setting up a network of detailed agreements with fibre optics companies to ensure that the US can continue its global surveillance operations. | 13yrs

Eversheds has seen 45 of its partners leave in the last 18 months despite a three per cent revenue increase. | 13yrs

Two of the world's largest energy traders have fallen foul of regulations in Tanzania which prohibited them from collaborating while bidding separately for an oil import contract. | 13yrs

Russia still has some way to go before successfully integrating into global markets, says IBA Secretary General Martin Solc. | 13yrs

Field Fisher Waterhouse has tied the knot with a 14 lawyer Chinese law firm. | 13yrs

The Philippines is expected to pave the way for more liberal employment laws later this month. | 13yrs

Ireland is moving towards the establishment of a specialist family law court system. | 13yrs

The Privy Council is not losing its touch, says Davenport Lyons lawyer Theo Solley. | 13yrs

BP will today seek to persuade a federal appeals court to limit the way compensation is calculated for companies affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. | 13yrs

The US Supreme Court has leaned consistently to the right and supported big business over the last year, according to legal scholars. | 13yrs

Global law firms have come under fire from Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner Philip Kapp at a video panel discussion on the 'Globalisation of the Profession'. | 13yrs

Italian lawyers are set to go on strike next week to block a move by the government to fast-track civil trials. | 13yrs

Privacy enforcers across Europe have told US tech giant Google to rewrite its 2012 privacy policy or face legal action. | 13yrs

Turnover has increased at many of the UK's leading law firms despite pessimistic predictions throughout the profession, with magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer posting a stand-out increase of 7.2 per cent. | 13yrs

High street law firms have been urged to merge to cope with legal aid cuts by the UK government. | 13yrs