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Blank Rome has become the latest firm to reduce its office footprint in Asia - through the closure of its Hong Kong office. | 13yrs

BP will seek to recover compensation paid to Gulf of Mexico claimants which have not suffered loss. | 13yrs

Deutsche Bank has reported an increase in legal spend in its latest quarterly results. | 13yrs

Lloyds TSB begins a selection process in August to chose the law firm which will handle some of its core legal work. | 13yrs

China and the EU are trying to solve disputes on solar panel pricing and wine dumping by negotiating on the issues together. | 13yrs

Law firms which hired former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners may receive a subpoena as the firm representing the bankrupt firm looks to boost payouts to creditors. | 13yrs

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

Alternative Business Structures (ABSs) have forced law firms to review their level of client service and increase marketing spend, according to a new study. | 13yrs

German law firm Noerr's Ukraine office goes solo from this week, operating independently from Noerr under the new name 'Nobles'. | 13yrs

Brazilian bankruptcy law could be tested in a case against the country's biggest meat exporter, JBS. | 13yrs

The Portuguese Bar Association is calling for a single zone of Portuguese-speaking countries which lets lawyers qualified in one country work anywhere else. | 13yrs

Myanmar has taken big steps towards further economic and political reform after the country's president Thein Sein reportedly signed a law that will give Myanmar's central bank more autonomy from the Finance Ministry. | 13yrs

Personality rights are not yet available in the UK, says Stuart Whitwell. The Rihanna case against Topshop may change this. | 13yrs

A 'lawyer army' is involved in what is expected to be the hearing of the month in August as US $14 billion hedge fund SAC Capital faces criminal charges in the Federal Court. | 13yrs

US law firms have seen steady growth since the recession, including a 9.3 per cent ride in revenues in the last year, according to research from Sageworks. | 13yrs

Will membership of the EU cure Croatia's woes? Not entirely, says Josip Marohnic of law firm Karanovic & Nikolic. | 13yrs

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has delivered a blow to Ireland's small practices after 200 local firms whose services AIB traditionally employ for local matters could potentially become as few as 50. | 13yrs

Botswana has denied entry to a British human rights barrister who was about to represent a group of Bushmen today in a challenge to government policy. | 13yrs

Taylor Wessing looks set to expand in south east Asia through the development of a regional network centred on its Singapore firm. | 13yrs