The ANZ has settled the multi-million dollar lawsuit brought by the victims of the Ross Asset Management ponzi scheme and where the 500 claimants accused the bank, which claimed to have accidentally destroyed RAM files, of knowing or should have known what was happening with the scheme. The investors were seeking $75 million from the […]
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP has appointed Sarah K. Solum as its new regional managing partner for the United States. She succeeds Matthew Herman in the role. Freshfields’ Senior Partner Georgia Dawson commented, “I am delighted that Sarah will be leading our US practice. Sarah’s appointment is a powerful affirmation of our commitment to ensuring the firm is driven by a
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The rules relating to ownership of law firms have been changing dramatically in recent years, including the previously forbidden rule of having non-lawyer ownership of law firms, but it is apparently a step too far for US regulators and law firms who continue to tread carefully in such waters. For the United States law firms,
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The New Zealand lockdown, if nothing else, provides an opportunity to examine our work, as well as home. You have a friend who is working two jobs and using the pandemic as a cover story, without telling either employer. You don’t believe it? Well, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal who talked
The Australian Association of Women Judges (AAWJ) joins with the manyinternational and national associations expressing their grave concerns about theunfolding situation in Afghanistan, particularly for women and girls.The AAWJ supports the efforts to evacuate Australian personnel and Afghan citizenswho worked alongside them. In addition, we urge the Australian Government toconsider the plight of women leaders,
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An Allen & Overy partner’s intimate encounter with a staffer was one that set up the unwanted viral phenomenon driving the firm’s PR side crazy, no doubt, and driving the partner to post his resignation letter. The video was going about WhatsApp with the footage explained by legal blog RollOnFriday where the A&O partner’s antics
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled civil fraud claims against TOWER MAINTENANCE CORP. (“TOWER”), a Long Island-based steel painting company. The settlement resolves the United States’ allegations that TOWER fraudulently obtained payments on two federally funded construction projects by causing
NESCONSET, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2021 LawFuel – Powering Lawyers— Answering Legal, a 24/7 phone answering service exclusively for the legal community, announced its participation in a new buyer’s guide from Legal Tech Publishing, which focuses on virtual receptionist, chat and text messaging and CRM solutions. The guide is produced in partnership with Above The Law and spotlights innovative legal technology
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The term ‘legal influencer’ is probably a misnomer, as these people are not like the Kardashians of the Internet (although Kim Kardashian has legal pretensions, of course) where they seek to endorse and pocket indecent sums of money from their ‘influence’. Remember, they are (mostly) lawyers, or former lawyers. Or legal academics. Or lawyer
