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The Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) has voted 'overwhelmingly' in favour of industrial action in the wake of proposed changes to Legal Aid. | 14yrs

German financial services company Commerzbank was yesterday given the right to appeal a UK High Court decision regarding a claim made by 104 bankers for €400m in unpaid bonuses. | 14yrs

JP Morgan, CPA Global and GreenWorld Restoration all make changes to their legal line-ups in this week's review of in-house moves. | 14yrs

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed a slimmed down legal panel, with reports suggesting the bank has cut back its external legal advisor roster by 10 per cent. | 14yrs

In-house lawyers cannot disclose confidential information when suing their employers or clients for discrimination, unless they are defending against a counter claim of affirmative defence, an opinion from the DC Bar Legal Ethics committee stated. | 14yrs

The chance to be a top ranking member at a company as well as enjoy a highly-paid position is tempting many lawyers to turn away from big law firms in favour of joining top corporations. | 14yrs

Australia's Federal Court yesterday ruled that an AAA rating of a complex financial product made by Standard & Poor was 'misleading', opening up the possibility of agencies being sued by investors who lost money in the financial crisis. | 14yrs

Corporate law departments are reducing legal costs by negotiating with outside counsel and, in some cases, shifting work to lower-priced firms or increasing their own in-house team, a survey has shown. | 14yrs

Seven out of ten legal professionals are put off a job if there is a long recruitment process, recent research has revealed. | 14yrs

The US legal sector is the largest it has been for three years, according to October's figures released by the Bureau of Labour Statistics. | 14yrs

The daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed she will file an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in response to her mother's imprisonment. | 14yrs

Spain is increasingly coming into line with international arbitration laws, says David Arias | 14yrs

Ireland, with all its resources, is increasingly lauded as the centre of excellence for green finance, says Angela Madden | 14yrs

Jean-Marie Burguburu has been elected as the President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), the most longstanding international lawyers' association. | 14yrs

Bristol-founded law firm Osborne Clarke has boosted its European offering with the launch of a Hamburg office. | 14yrs

Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is set to initiate legal action against the UK's Serious Fraud Office following his arrest as part of an investigation into the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing last year. | 14yrs

Cycling's governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, has come under fire from Australian sport wear manufacturer Skins, which is seeking US$2 million in damages after claiming its brand has been damaged by the Lance Armstrong doping controversy. | 14yrs

Pennsylvania-headquartered confectionary manufacturer The Hershey Company is facing allegations relating to cocoa derived from forced child labour in West Africa. | 14yrs

A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global private practice | 14yrs