The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has registered about 150 lawyers to deal with new Hague Convention provisions on child abduction - but there are fears that not enough speak English. | 10yrs

Corporate conflict is on the increase with large disputes in particular showing a rise, despite the fact that corporates do not want to resort to litigation. | 10yrs

As the current counsel in the White House, Kathryn Ruemmler, is said to be stepping down, speculation is emerging as to who will replace her. | 10yrs

Three Chinese lawyers have given details of torture that was inflicted upon them over two weeks as they sought to protect clients within the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. | 10yrs

New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was beaten only by local firm Kim & Chang in the Bloomberg M&A advisory Q1 league tables for 2014. | 10yrs

Fennemore Craig, a Western US law firm, is using unreleased Google Glass technology to help injured clients explain and illustrate their daily life to the practice's personal injury lawyers. | 10yrs

New tribunal laws in the UK mean that the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) will now be the first stop for unhappy employees. | 10yrs

Schemes from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the EU to encourage whistleblowers are likely to deter some frauds and speed up the detection of others, according to specialist lawyers. | 10yrs

Cravath Swaine is working with a new lobbying group - including Apple, Ford and Pfizer - which is trying to stop new controls on patent trolls backfiring on companies which rely on patents. | 10yrs

The Malaysian government is to examine the legal implications of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. | 10yrs

Credit Suisse has increased its litigation from US$1.3b to US2.6b in its 2013 annual results. | 10yrs

A €37m EU fine on Goldman Sachs could lead other groups to change their structures in order to reduce the risk of financial penalties. | 10yrs

US law firm Shulte Roth & Zabel is opening a London-based European practice to help activist hedge fund clients turn their attention to UK and European targets. | 10yrs

A UK ABS (alternative business structure) is planning to acquire law and accountancy practices in order to expand its services to its wealthy clients. | 10yrs

Bird & Bird in Frankfurt has recruited Peter Veranneman while Taylor Wessing in Munich has become the new home of Walter Henle. | 10yrs

Law firms Proskauer Rose and Withers are among the professional practices which are gearing up to deal with more demand on corruption-related issues in Asia. | 10yrs

National US construction litigation firm Watt Tieder has lost 17 of its lawyers who are setting up a new firm based in San Francisco. | 10yrs

An Illinois judge has thrown out the first legal action over the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 after a chorus of criticisms from other lawyers. | 10yrs

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan has given the go-ahead to Chevron Corp to pursue Patton Boggs, the lawyers of its opponent, in relation to a US$9.5b judgment against the oil giant awarded in Ecuador. | 10yrs