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

NI judges are getting ready to deal with potential trouble at the G8 Summit in Fermanagh. | 13yrs

A US law firm has gone on the attack in Australia, recruiting its team from top international law firms. | 13yrs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has approved the first barrister-led practice for an alternative business structure (ABS). | 13yrs

Two Saudi princes have lost a landmark sovereign immunity dispute in London. | 13yrs

A legal recuiter has sued New York firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, claiming he helped the firm hire a litigation partner in Hong Kong. | 13yrs

A spate of litigation in the telecoms sector has forced the Indian Government to take action. | 13yrs

A female heir may not be allowed to inherit the British throne, following a legal challenge in Canada. | 13yrs

The Romanian state has gone into battle with one of the country's top law firms. | 13yrs

Middle East expansion is on the cards for global law firms. | 13yrs

The head of the Swiss Bar Association has slammed a secret deal between Bern and Washington over Swiss banks' alleged complicity in tax evasion by Americans. | 13yrs

Luxembourg is going through a period of intense diplomatic and legislative activity. But it is not life-threatening, says François Pfister. | 13yrs

General counsel favour commercial mediators above external lawyers as mediators, a survey has revealed. | 13yrs

Lawyers from India and Pakistan are to set up a justice tribunal to oversee human rights and public interest violations in South Asia. | 13yrs

Law firms are seeing little growth in turnover and less in profits. | 13yrs

Regulatory control for the Libor benchmark could go to Paris under new European proposals. | 13yrs

Japanese law firm Hashidate Law Office has joined forces with British law firm Addleshaw Goddard in an exclusive alliance. | 13yrs

Co-operative Legal Services has unveiled its expensive advertising campaign with a series of TV and radio advertisements. | 13yrs

John Edwards, the former US Senator for North Carolina, is to open a new law firm in September that will focus on plaintiff work, according to US media reports. | 13yrs