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Major Japanese firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has announced the opening of new offices in Singapore, Shanghai and Nagoya, as well as the relocation of its Tokyo office. | 13yrs

The European Commission and the Information Commissioner's office have played down calls by privacy groups to have the right to be forgotten online by claiming the move is unrealistic and could damage the economy. | 13yrs

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

The former general counsel for the Department of Defence, Jeh Johnson, has criticised proposals for a so-called drone court which would legitimise the government's 'targeted-killing' programme. | 13yrs

Anglo-Dutch energy company Shell is to cut its single global legal panel and instead appoint separate firms in jurisdictions in accordance with its highest legal spend. | 13yrs

The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned in-house lawyers as well as those in private practice that cartels are a top priority for the regulator. | 13yrs

The latest company to challenge the traditional law firm ethos is Law Plain and Simple as it helps its clients help themselves, says Chrissie Lightfoot. | 13yrs

Top British media lawyers have claimed that the government's proposals for a statute-backed press regulator will not achieve its goals and may in fact breach European law. | 13yrs

A prominent San Francisco law firm and its named partner have been slapped with a order to pay $67,495 in opponent legal fees for pursuing 'unreasonable and vexatious' legal action connected to am airline merger. | 13yrs

A former client of Anglo-US law firm DLA Piper has filed in court what he claims are internal emails from lawyers at the firm discussing deliberate overbilling and a 'churn that bill' approach. | 13yrs

Lawyers representing Baltimore families whose $1.5 billion damages award against Texas oil giant ExxonMobil was overturned have asked Maryland's highest court for extra time to pursue reconsideration. | 13yrs

There was virtually no increase in patent applications by UK businesses last year, suggesting that incoming tax breaks have not yet been successful in encouraging innovation at British companies, research by City law firm RPC yesterday found. | 13yrs

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

Matthew Reach discusses the implications of new legislation for litigation funding in the UK. | 13yrs

More than 70 per cent of the lawyers made redundant in the collapse of Scottish law firm Semple Fraser have already found new jobs, the firm's administrator has revealed. | 13yrs

Several of Google's most high-profile competitors have sent an open letter to the European Commission demanding that formal antitrust charges are applied to the US search engine giant. | 13yrs

Lawyers in Australia are hoping that an agreement signed with Qatar last week will bring them extra alternative dispute resolution work in connection with the 2022 World Cup to be staged in the Arab state. | 13yrs

A high-profile human rights lawyer has today been released on bail by Zimbabwe's top court following a week-long scandal which has turned the spotlight back on President Robert Mugabe's security forces. | 13yrs

City law firms Withers and Speechly Bircham are reportedly preparing to make an announcement to confirm their merger today. | 13yrs