LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 19, 2019 – Buchalter is pleased to announce that James Andrew (“Drew”) Caprile and Gene Berk have joined as members of the Health Care Practice Group in Sacramento. Both were previously the founders and co-shareholders of Koenig, Caprile & Berk, a boutique health care law firm. Caprile and Berk both have extensive experience
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Leading law firm Russell McVeagh has today released its M&A trends for 2019 publication that looks back at its forecasts for 2018, which all largely eventuated, and considers what 2019 holds in store. Corporate partner Ben Paterson says, “2018 was a strong year for M&A, and we see that continuing into 2019 despite some increased global uncertainty. In terms of particular
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Anderson Lloyd – The Court of Appeal recently released a decision relating to the sale and purchase of a business. The result is that the purchaser has to pay a further $1 million for the business, based on the wording in the contract. The case serves as an important reminder that the words in the
Latham & Watkins – EU data protection authorities are imposing increased penalties under the GDPR, with more proceedings forecast for 2019. By Tim Wybitul, Prof. Dr. Thomas Grützner, Dr. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, and Dr. Isabelle Brams The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in effect since May 2018. Although the French data protection authority (CNIL) has imposed the highest
Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome Paula Ormandy as a partner to what is now a five partner national property team. Paula will play an integral role in strengthening our property practice nationwide. Paula joins the firm from Bell Gully and is a leading commercial property and construction lawyer with 12 years’ experience with top
The expanding role of General Counsel (or In-House Counsel) has expanded considerably in recent years, just as in-house legal departments have increasingly handled work undertaken by outside law firms. As a recent Thomson Reuters article pointed out the role of the modern General Counsel is as a “lawyer-statesperson” who is also a technical expert, “a
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Justice Patricia Courtney has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Justice Courtney had earlier been an insurance lawyer with McElroys, the insurance law boutique. >> See McElroys current legal role here Justice Courtney graduated with an LLB from the University of Auckland in 1982 and spent
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Big Bucks From Big Law = Toxic Work Environment Say, Junior Lawyers Tom Bowker – ‘Toxic’ work environments in law firms have been the subject of a contentious letter written by junior UK lawyers, following young laywers struck off after working in difficult conditions. The letter was sent to the UK Junior Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Kensington Swan – In a recent High Court judgment, Precinct Properties Holdings Ltd v OMV New Zealand Ltd[1],a dispute over unpaid rent was entangled in questions of untenantability, structural integrity and misrepresentation. While only a summary judgment application, the case sends warning signals to landlords who furnish seismic reports to their tenants. Background OMV leased premises in
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Bell Gully – The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has released a 339-page report on class action proceedings and litigation funders. The report comes off the back of significant growth in Australian class actions and litigation funding in recent years, which the Australian Institute of Directors has described as “unsustainable”. The New Zealand Law Commission is currently undertaking
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