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Australian in-house lawyers have argued that approved hours for pro bono work must be increased or allocated differently if cases are to be followed through. | 13yrs

Bank of America Corp will pay out $1.6 billion in cash to New York-based MBIA Inc and will also receive the right to buy a 4.9 per cent stake in the bond insurer to resolve long-running litigation between the companies, it was announced yesterday. | 13yrs

Global cases of fraud have increased despite new anti-bribery laws as under-pressure employees attempt to deliver growth despite tough economic times, the latest Ernst & Young Fraud Survey today revealed. | 13yrs

Thousands of Kenyans who were mistreated during the 1950s Mau Mau insurgency are negotiating payments with the British Government in what could be a landmark settlement for official crimes committed under imperial rule. | 13yrs

The US Justice Department turned to software rather than lawyers when determining which documents should be turned over to the government while reviewing a merger between two brewing giants. | 13yrs

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has been informed by the European Commission that its use of standard-essential patents (SEPs) likely constitutes a violation of EU antitrust rules. | 13yrs

A raft of top luxury brands are on the VIP list for the first ever Luxury Law Summit. | 13yrs

James Larmour of Freeth Cartwright considers HM Treasury's “Standardisation of PF2 Guidance.” | 13yrs

China is flexing its muscles when regulating global mergers. | 13yrs

Australian newly formed law firm Rockwell Olivier is to list on the stock exchange six years after Slater & Gordon led the way. | 13yrs

Singapore's largest firm Rajah & Tann has added Indonesia to its fast-growing South-east Asia nework as it announces a tie-up with Indonesian firm Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. | 13yrs

The international arm of UK law firm Eversheds has elected Irish managing partner Alan Murphy as chair of its international network. | 13yrs

Defamation lawyers in Northern Ireland are campaigning to be allowed to take on libel cases on a 'no win, no fee' basis. | 13yrs

Referrals of international family law cases to the Head of International Family Justice in London have quadrupled in the last four years. | 13yrs

A leading independent law firm in Belfast has swiped two partners from UK firm Pinsents. | 13yrs

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis has a deadline of 2019 to repay the $511,145 which he has agreed to give to the Dewey estate. | 13yrs

Top Japanese law firm Nishimura & Asahi is poised to open two new Asian offices. | 13yrs

Research from Georgetown University reveals mid-sized law firms have grown globally despite the global downturn. | 13yrs

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