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Anglo-Australian law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced across-the-board increases in its junior salary bands for 2013-14. | 13yrs

Lawyers for the US government have claimed that a deal between Californian technology company Apple and publishers cost customers 'hundreds of millions of dollars'. | 13yrs

The 3G roaming issues is making its way through the courts but will have a significant impact on the strategy of telecos when resolved, says Trilegal partner Rahul Matthan. | 13yrs

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen | 13yrs

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has accused lawyers over going into 'overdrive' in order to protect the 'unsustainable' legal aid system. | 13yrs

Niccolo Ghedini, the lawyer representing Silvio Berlusconi against sex and corruption charges, has claimed that prosecutors in a Milan court are in cahoots with judges. | 13yrs

Three of the London's highest grossing and most prestigious law firms have announced they are raising salaries for newly-qualified City-based lawyers, who can now earn up to £65,000 in their first year after qualifying to practice. | 13yrs

South Korean technology giant Samsung has claimed a surprise victory in its patent war with Apple which may see products made by the Californian company banned from sale in the US. | 13yrs

A senior judge has expressed shock and surprise following a request by the UK's fraud watchdog to receive special treatment in order to saver the taxpayer money. | 13yrs

A weekly round-up of in-house legal moves from around the globe. | 13yrs

US President Barack Obama has re-nominated the National Labour Relations Board's top lawyer Lafe Solomon, giving him another opportunity to be confirmed by the Senate. | 13yrs

The general counsel of Colorado's Roaring Fork Transportation Authority has landed in deep water after charging expenses relating to golf outings on a company credit card when he was scheduled to attend professional meetings. | 13yrs

A New York judge affirmed a lower court's decision to deny a motion by US energy giant Chevron to quash deposition notices for Chevron CEO John Watson and general counsel Edward Scott. | 13yrs

Court documents have revealed that US tech giant Apple is being sued by a company partly owned by a lawyer who until recently worked at one of its go-to law firms, Philadelphia-founded Morgan Lewis & Bockius. | 13yrs

The US Justice Department has denied Republican allegations that Attorney General Eric Holder committed perjury when he told Congress he had never been involved in a potential prosecution of the news media. | 13yrs

A judge was assaulted and had his wig pulled off by the brother of a man he was sentencing for a driving offence. | 13yrs

British internet service providers (ISPs) have said that proposals to automatically block online porn by law would not be a 'silver bullet'. | 13yrs

Financial lawyers in Switzerland are sweating over a cabinet proposal which may release their names - along with tax advisors and asset managers - to US tax evasion authorities. | 13yrs

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