The news that Prince Andrew has settled his highly publicized and damaging sexual abuse case involving Virginia Giuffre is good news for his mother, Queen Elizabeth, as well as a number of lawyers who will share the estimated £10 million or so in settlement monies. Although the actual settlement is private, informed sources indicate the
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Leading law firm, MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised Soul Machines on its USD70 million capital raise led by Japanese venture capital firm, SoftBank. The Auckland based AI start-up plans to use the new funds to expand its research into mimicking human intelligence, and boost its teams based in Auckland and at its second research centre in Arizona. The
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Increased regulatory and enforcement action will be a key driver shaping the litigation landscape in the year ahead, say MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ leading dispute resolution team in its annual Litigation Forecast 2022. >> Latest NZ law jobs Here . . New jobs daily Partners and co-leaders of the national law firm’s Dispute Resolution team, Jane Standage and
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An arrest warrant has been issued for one of two former Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) employees facing Serious Fraud Office charges. The SFO has filed charges including conspiracy to commit an offence, namely obtaining by deception; money laundering; and causing loss by deception against the former OFC employees. The charges, filed late last year, relate
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>> Latest law jobs here Name suppression has lapsed for a former East Wind Company senior employee facing Serious Fraud Office charges. Yuko Hanyu faces a charge of theft by a person in a special relationship and six representative charges of false accounting related to her role with East Wind. East Wind Company was part
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Auckland lawyer Juliet Moses writes in The Spectator on Whoopi Goldberg’s attempts to universalize the Holocaust Juliet Moses – Sometimes there is a TV moment that reveals or causes a fissure in the fabric of our society – whether that be political, cultural, ideological or otherwise. Think the Frost/Nixon interviews, the broadcast of Roots, and of
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The barristers’ horsehair wigs have been around since the 17th century, but a leading black barrister claims they are ‘culturally insensitive’ and should be prohibited. Leslie Thomas QC says the white Georgian-style wigs are ‘ridiculous’ and are fashioned for ‘caucasian hair’ Wigs first appeared as part of the legal profession dress code during the reign
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Ron Arieli has joined Duncan Cotterill in Auckland from Haigh Lyon >> See the latest New Zealand law jobs on the LawFuel Network New Zealand law firm Duncan Cotterill has announced the appointment of commercial law partner Ron Arieli to its Auckland team, continuing a strong period of growth marked by the opening of its fifth office
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‘What pandemic?’ the legal services markets seem to say . . Legal services revenues have not been touched by the pandemic during the past year, according to figures in the UK that show a major growth in revenues for the sector – a fact that is also evident with the US legal sector. The UK’s
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Charles W. Miller III brings previous in-house and private law experience February 10, 2022 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Charles “Chuck” W. Miller III has joined the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group as a partner in the Iselin, New Jersey, and New York City offices. Formerly with Parker Ibrahim & Berg (PIB Law),
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