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Five of eight new 'preferred' advisory places on a short list have gone to US firms and the UK-based bank has also reviewed its long list of 'approved' legal firms and cut that number by 30 per cent. | 12yrs

Harbottle & Lewis, the law firm acting for convicted entertainer Rolf Harris, has been criticised by the British media for trying to keep his arrest out of the papers. | 12yrs

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto has lost its managing partner Colleen Tracy. | 12yrs

A surplus of lawyers in England and Wales is affecting employment for recently graduated law students. | 12yrs

Massive compensation bills in the banking and oil sector are now looking likely to be followed up by a multi-billion bill for General Motors which is now attempting to resolve its ignition switch problems. | 12yrs

Lawyers and others who seek to act as arbitrators in the US financial sector could see their chances of being appointed severely cut back under proposals being examined by the SEC. | 12yrs

BNP's former head of compliance, Vivien Levy-Garboua, and its head of ethics and compliance for North America, Stephen Strombeline, are among 13 executives leaving the bank. | 12yrs

Northern Ireland's senior coroner has warned the British government of a breach of international law if it continues to inadequately resource inquests into historic Troubles killings. | 12yrs

The Beijing office of King & Wood Mallesons has helped Walmart win a landmark employment dispute in front of a Chinese arbitration panel. | 12yrs

Bond Dickinson LLP and the British Retail Consortium have found that almost a third of retailers do not fully understand the implications of the Woolworths case for their collective consultation obligations. | 12yrs

Going to court to litigate patents is costly and does not produce value for money, according to a new report. | 12yrs

Lawyers in British Columbia are protesting for a month over the decrease of legal aid funding. | 12yrs

The top-tier firm is to launch a new career framework that includes associates and managing associates. | 12yrs

Eric T. Schneiderman filed civil charges against Barclays over its private stock trading platform on Wednesday. | 12yrs

Worldwide penalties in response to antitrust violations are likely to reach record levels by the close of 2014, according to a report from Allen & Overy. | 12yrs

Paul Daugerdas, who, in his role as tax head, brought down Jenkens & Gilchrist, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in a US$8b fraud. | 12yrs

Samsung and Quinn Emanuel are to pay Nokia about $1.5m and about $894,000 to Apple for breaking a court order protecting a confidential patent licensing agreement. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up on moves across the globe. | 12yrs

The Bank of England more than doubled its legal costs to £5m. | 12yrs