Dechert is opening an office in Singapore, eight months after applying for a licence, taking the firm to 27 offices worldwide. | 10yrs

Clyde & Co, Addleshaw Goddard and Stephenson Harwood have all been ordered to disclose documents relating to a client who was held to have deceived them. | 10yrs

A proposed ban on future Solicitor-Generals giving evidence in cases involving the state is being consulted on in Trinidad but has been attacked by a former Attorney General. | 10yrs

Baker & McKenzie and other law firms are offering dry runs on dawn raids and other forms of preparation as Chinese regulators up their enforcement activities. | 10yrs

A new set of rules has been introduced in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) - but they are 'largely intended' to bring the centre 'up-to-date', according to Allen & Overy. | 10yrs

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has expanded its legal clinic programme to cover 45 law schools, up from 26 a year ago. | 10yrs

Monica Ribbeck of Ribbeck Law Chartered in Illinois is the subject of an ethics complaint for allegedly filing a petition that was 'frivolous' in relation to the missing Malaysia Air plane 370. | 10yrs

Sven Thomas, a specialist in investigations and business crime defence in a small Dusseldorf law practice, was the main person negotiating Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's settlement with a German court over the last week. | 10yrs

General counsel are assigning more M&A matters, particularly with fees over $1 million, to second tier firms. | 10yrs

The loss of two restructuring lawyers in the Hong Kong office of O'Melveny & Myers means that 13 departures have taken place from the Singapore and Hong Kong offices since December. | 10yrs

M Adriana Koeck, who used to work at General Electric, has been accused of copying her hard drive and disclosing confidential information in it to the media and prosecutors. | 10yrs

Erwin Mayer, formerly a partner in the now-defunct Jenkens & Gilchrist firm, has been sentenced to a US$220m penalty and six months in jail for his part in a tax shelter fraud. | 10yrs

A senior source in the Goldman Sachs leveraged finance team has told Legal Week that it will not work with Linklaters 'unless it is forced to'. | 10yrs

Wang Canfa, founder and director of the Beijing-based Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, has been awarded the Ramon Magsysay Award, seen as Asia's Nobel equivalent. | 10yrs

Arbitration is increasing globally as corporates look to keep costs down, particularly when dealing with government disputes. | 10yrs

The Supreme Court of Illinois is expected to give its decision by the year end on whether a Chicago law firm will have to pay US$20m in a legal malpractice claim dating back to 1991. | 10yrs

Jones Day is being required by a US district judge to explain 'the impropriety of unspecified 'form' objections, witness coaching and excessive interruptions' as a result of the partner's behaviour. | 10yrs

Clifford Chance's managing partner Matthew Layton has used his new freedoms to replace the heads of the finance and capital markets practices. | 10yrs

UBS has disclosed that it has settled with the German authorities for €403m over an investigation that it had helped German clients evade taxes. | 10yrs