Stress for lawyers has always been present, but a recent UK survey of over 1000 employees found that they lie second as the most stressed professionals in the country. There is little to suggest that the results would not be similar in other jurisdictions where such findings are almost commonplace. The survey, undertaking by the
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By Staff, LexisNexis* Fifty-seven per cent of the world’s population lives outside the shelter of the law. Legal Publisher LexisNexis is playing its part to bring that figure down. The rule of law, put simply, is the idea that “no one is above the law”. It is the fundamental basis on which prosperous societies rest.
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LOS ANGELES – The lead defendant in a federal hate crimes indictment has pleaded guilty to five charges and admitted he organized a group of street gang members who firebombed African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Boyle Heights “in order to force the African-American victims to move from the [development].” Carlos Hernandez,
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LawFuel says – Tompkins Wake is another firm that is expanding its footprint, with a growing Auckland office, but trying hard to also retain its smaller firm culture and feel. Generally well liked by staff and alumni alike, the firm is one to consider in the second tier Big Law group. Tompkins Wake says –
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“Dynamic Dealmaker” Joins Loeb & Loeb LOS ANGELES — April 8, 2019 — Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Los Angeles transactional lawyer Eric C. Lee has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice. Lee focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters. He has represented strategic and financial clients on
Former Willkie Farr & Gallagher co-chair Gordon Caplan has had ties with his former firm severed as he pleads guilty in the college admissions scandal and apologizes for his actions. “I take full and sole responsibility for my conduct,” he said in a statement last week. “I want to make clear that my daughter, whom I
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LawFuel says – A busy place, Simpson Grierson, although it can also be somewhere that has occasionally struggled to ensure staff are receiving all the attention they need. Recently upbraided publicly for ‘removing’ wine glasses from a social event via Photoshop, demonstrating the lengths the firm is going to to put its best foot forward.
LawFuel says – Following the 2018 Annus horribilis Russell McVeagh has had the spotlight shined upon it and needed to overhaul its culture to remove the stigma of its sexual harassment scandals. However it remains firmly entrenched as one of the country’s pre-eminent law firms, demanding the most of its lawyers and generally compensating them generously.
LawFuel says – Like all the large law firms, MinterEllisonRuddWatts creates a work hard environment, although there are reports of a culture that remains open to improvement. Although the NZ firm has stars like LawFuel’s former Lawyer of the Year Stacey Shortall, the firm continues to demonstrate a strong move towards technology innovation. MinterEllisonRuddWatts says
