Neil McDonald, formerly head of the Asian business restructuring and insolvency practice, is understood to have stood down recently in order to join Kirkland & Ellis. | 10yrs

Bingham McCutcheon's London managing partner James Roome is said to be considering defection if the practice merges with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. | 10yrs

The 150-lawyer financial services practice BuckleySandler is to open a London firm to help clients meet growing international compliance requirements. | 10yrs

The biggest law firms in the world will be among UK bases investigated by specialist teams to see if they are enabling criminals to launder money. | 10yrs

Slater & Gordon has acquired a ten-strong PI team as it marks the international Australia-based firm's plan to spread geographically in the UK. | 10yrs

Ian Savage, president of the Calgary Defence Lawyers Association, spent three hours in a holding cell after a dispute with a judge over an impaired driving case. | 10yrs

A 63-year old lawyer who applied for bankruptcy this month has been arrested after 25 people claimed that deposits they had put down on property had disappeared. | 10yrs

Fines imposed on banks are growing so fast that legal risk is starting to be a bigger threat to banks than credit risk, according to researchers and experts. | 10yrs

Phil Sanderson, lawyer to Jimmy Choo and Phoenix Equity, is jumping ship from Travers Smith to Ropes & Gray. | 10yrs

The 600-person, international IP practice Rouse has appointed two specialist patent litigators to boost their office in Thailand. | 10yrs

Clyde & Co is understood to be in the process of making lateral hires of three senior aviation specialists to beef up its airlines and insurance presence. | 10yrs

Lord Neuberger, president of the UK's Supreme Court and also a Hong Kong judge, has defended controversial Chinese judicial reform plans for Hong Kong. | 10yrs

A white, 60-year old male lawyer has failed in his attempt to show that his firm's 'action steps' to improve female retention meant he was discriminated against over pay. | 10yrs

Former UK partners of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf could be sued by BDO, the liquidators, unless they have already contributed to a partner contribution plan (PCP). | 10yrs

The law will 'undergo dramatic changes' as a result of the 3D revolution, according to the litigation practice of Greenberg Taurig. | 10yrs

Washington DC-based, 225-lawyer Dickstein Shapiro is to refocus itself more as a niche practice, having lost 40 per cent of its professionals over the last five years. | 10yrs

A subsidiary formed just four months ago by McDermott Will & Emery in Washington DC is winning business that might have eluded the law firm, according to the leader of the new team. | 10yrs

While the level of new investment has fallen in India over the last three years, lawyers are seeing an increase in demand for environment lawyers to rescue businesses from pollution penalties. | 10yrs

Apple may have been awarded $1 billion in its dispute with Samsung but a judge has ruled the company cannot claim for its legal fees. | 10yrs