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Fees of US$994,000 run up by Akin Gump have been criticised as being 'excessive and unreasonable' by the bank. | 10yrs

The head of the US roads safety body has called on the auto sector to put its own standards in place - to reduce the risk of hackers taking control of the wheel when drivers are on the road. | 10yrs

Littler, the employment law firm, is opening a new office in Austin - which it describes as 'one of the nation's most dynamic and growing cities' - by relocating three of its shareholders from Dallas. | 10yrs

Six out of ten law firms working in conveyancing are planning to adopt the digital platform PEXA (Property Exchange Australia) within two years, according to a survey of 500 practitioners. | 10yrs

The 450-lawyer, Boston-based practice is no longer to offer European patent prosecution from its London office after the departure of three patent lawyers to Cooley and the decision of the office head, Julian Crump, to leave to set up his own firm. | 10yrs

A 'phenomenal' upturn in work, thanks to Chinese investors, is having a 'very positive impact on workflow' on law firms in the big cities of south-eastern Australia, according to a Brisbane law firm. | 10yrs

New York City's right to regulate law firms if they act as debt collectors has been upheld in a long-running litigation battle by a decision in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. | 10yrs

The two law firms face accusations that they did not reveal alleged false testimony made by their client, Mitsubishi, in court hearings. | 10yrs

The Liaoning Xin Min Gong law firm has told the shipping sector that it misunderstands basic legal concepts and needs to be 'regulated with more accuracy'. | 10yrs

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into the 'business and accounting practices at Quindell', the company which more than halved its 2014 legal revenue figure this week when it restated the accounts. | 10yrs

The world's largest employment law firm acting for management has opened in Toronto, taking six lawyers from boutique Kuretzky Vassos Henderson and a seventh from Cassels Brock. | 10yrs

Brus Chambers from Mumbai is operating a 32-lawyer team in New York alongside three other US offices, following its launch in the country in May. | 10yrs

Companies increasingly link their litigation and media strategies as part of an increased awareness of the negative effects of some disputes on their reputation, according to a Gilbert + Tobin disputes resolution partner. | 10yrs

Cooley, the California-based practice that opened in London with 50 lawyers in January, has added a patent team from Mintz Levin. | 10yrs

Simpson Thacher is being sued, alongside its client JP Morgan, over a $1.5bn error made by a paralegal at Mayer Brown and not spotted by either Simpson Thacher or JP Morgan. | 10yrs

Australia could be a 'fabulous place' for international arbitration but its geographical location is a disadvantage and so far it 'just hasn't taken off', according to a leading barrister with experience of Australia, Singapore and London. | 10yrs

Germany's biggest bank has warned that it might not reach its 2020 performance goals if it has to continue to make large payments becuase of regulatory fines and settlements. | 10yrs

The international firm has recruited a former UBS Securities managing director in order to carve out a new group in the US, after nine lawyers left from New York and Washington DC for Paul Hastings in July. | 10yrs

Lawyers and others involved in the US's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative face numerous difficulties in the tracing, tracking and identifying of the assets as well as issues of political will, according to a specialist at McDermott Will & Emery. | 10yrs