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Several leading employment law firms have joined forces to launch an international network aimed to provide legal advice for international executives and employees on employment law issues. | 13yrs

Two of Australia's richest and most influential women have teamed up to win a £130 million court ruling against British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. | 13yrs

Donald Trump has cranked up his legal challenge to the Scottish Government's support for an offshore wind farm to be built near his luxury golf course by vowing to take Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond 'to hell'. | 13yrs

A Slovakian bank and its shareholder have announced they have filed a ground-breaking international arbitration claim against Greece arising out of the country's sovereign debt restructure in March last year. | 13yrs

A teenage star who voiced Dora the Explorer on US television network Nickeloedeon has failed in an attempt to re-open a $10 million lawsuit that she settled for $500,000. | 13yrs

A US federal judge launched a scathing attack on copyright lawyers who allegedly coerced people to settle porn copyright lawsuits or else be revealed as illegal porn downloaders. | 13yrs

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has paid out $2.2 billion to US group Dow Chemical to settle a dispute between the companies over a failed joint venture plan dating back to 2008. | 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

The introduction of a draft bill on what is known as 'employment securing ' could offer more flexibility for employers and more security for employees. But is this a possible win-win deal or a marriage doomed to fail, asks Christine Hillig-Poudevigne. | 13yrs

BP is facing around 2200 lawsuits as companies and government bodies move to meet a three year deadline for claims connected with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. | 13yrs

Corporates in Europe are demanding new ways to pay for legal advice in high value disputes, according to recent research. | 13yrs

Investors who lost money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme are pursuing HSBC in a major court case in Ireland. | 13yrs

A Swiss lawyer is calling on Australia to change its laws to provide animals with lawyers. | 13yrs

Despite a win, the Beach Boys will receive little benefit from an arbitration over memorabilia. | 13yrs

Squire Sanders has set up a Women's Practice in its Riyadh office following recent moves to allow women to practice law in the country. | 13yrs

Voluntary concessions made by US technology firm Google to appease European Commission competition watchdogs have been lauded by lawyers as a sensible strategy. | 13yrs

A major clampdown by Australian enforcers on foreign bribery has created a 'mountain of work' for lawyers, a Jones Day partner in Sydney has said. | 13yrs

A scatter bomb approach to tackling piracy has seen 20th Century Fox appear somewhat clumsy in their efforts to protect prized assets such as Emmy Award-winning drama Homeland. | 13yrs