2019

Three Jackson Lewis Attorneys Named as 2019 Client Service All-Stars

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WHITE PLAINS, NY (March 28, 2019) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Principals David G. Islinger, Ryan P. Lessmann and Daniel D. Schudroff have been recognized by The BTI Consulting Group as 2019 Client Service All-Stars. According to BTI, the Client Service All-Stars deliver incomparable levels of client service excellence, demonstrate an unrelenting pursuit

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Tompkins Wake CE Calls For Firms to Commit to Gender Equality Charter

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Tompkins Wake chief executive Jon Calder is calling on other Waikato law firms to support the Law Society’s Gender Equality Charter. At an Institute of Directors lunch earlier this month, Calder spoke about his firm’s commitment to the Charter and the work it is doing to meet the Charter requirements – and issued a challenge.

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Skadden Named A Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality

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Once again, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has named Skadden one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality. For the 10th time in 11 years, the firm received a perfect score of 100 percent on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index. The 2019 index evaluated LGBTQ-related policies and practices, including nondiscrimination workplace protections, domestic

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Former Chief Operating Officer of Asset Management Company Allegedly Defrauded Company to Fund a Lavish Lifestyle

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            Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, announced that RICHARD DIVER was arrested on fraud charges in connection with his embezzlement from the asset management company where he worked as

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Chinese Money Transformed California Houses Into Illegal Marijuana Grow Houses

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            LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today returned a 19-count felony indictment charging two men with participating in a scheme where nine residential homes in San Bernardino County were purchased, mostly with money wired from China, and then the homes were converted into illegal marijuana grow houses.             Lin Li, a.k.a. Aaron Li, 37, of

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Good Lawyers Are Hard To Find, So Why Aren’t Law Firms Doing More To Keep Them?

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Good lawyers are increasingly hard to find with demand set to grow. However, recent research uncovers that many firms may be under-utilising key tools & strategies available to attract top talent. Salaries have remained flat despite obvious, and continuing, high demand for quality personnel. These are among the top findings of the 2019 Australasian Legal Practice

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Clifford Chance appoints François Bonteil as Global Real Estate Head

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that François Bonteil has been appointed the new Global Practice Area Leader for the firm’s well-regarded Real Estate practice, succeeding Jonathan Solomon from 1 May 2019. François, who joined Clifford Chance as a partner in the firm’s Paris office in 2004, is a long-standing and integral member

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Will The Royal Commission of Inquiry Be Dame Sian’s First Post-CJ Job?

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The Government has announced that a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosques terror attack may feature former Chief Justice Sian Elias QC as its head, according to sources. The inquiry was announced this week by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, following the attack that killed 50 people and injured dozens more, which raised serious

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M&A Work Not Just For the Big City Firms – Sharp Tudhope Trumpets Their Success

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When it comes to M&A work it’s not just the big city firms doing all the heavy listing. Take Bay of Plenty’s Sharp Tudhope, for instance, who recently announced that they had completed $150 million in M&A deals since mid 2017 said ST’s Richard Hoare (left). “The participants have been local and international, trade buyers

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