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Scott Russell Named 2025 NZ Lawyer of the Year After $100M Banking Class Action Victory

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The Class Action That Redrew Banking’s Rules When a relatively unknown litigator forces two of the country’s most powerful banks into a nine-figure reckoning, you don’t call it luck. You call it LawFuel’s 2025 Lawyer of the Year. Scott Russell of Russell van Hout has been named LawFuel’s 2025 New Zealand Lawyer of the Year, […]

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History-Making Verdict Delivered Against Johnson & Johnson

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Minnesota Jury Delivers $65.5 Million Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson December 19, 2025 PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million to a 37-year-old mother of three minor children after finding in her favor in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, concluding that the company’s talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to

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Why Jennifer Newstead’s Surprise In‑House Switch from Meta to Apple Matters for Big Tech Lawyers

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Jennifer Newstead’s Big Meta to Apple Move Meta’s chief legal officer Jennifer Newstead is exiting Menlo Park and heading to Cupertino, where she will join Apple in January as senior vice president and take over as general counsel on 1 March 2026, replacing longtime GC Kate Adams, who is retiring. In a single move, Apple

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The Legal Stars Who Made Netflix’s 83bn Warner Deal

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LawFuel Premiers The Legal Stars Behind The Netflix Mega-Deal Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer Hollywood finally did what everyone feared it might do and handed the keys to the Warner Bros kingdom to the world’s rrichest and determined binge machine, Netflix in an $82.7 billion deal that has involved platoons of lawyers. The deal is

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Who Is Trump’s ‘BBC Attorney’ Alejandro Brito?

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Trump’s Media Law Hit Man Alejandro “Alex” Brito has emerged as one of the most signifcant litigators in America right now due to his track record of representing President Donald Trump in his fight against media outlets like – most recently – the defamation claim against the BBC. The Miami-born trial lawyer, once known primarily

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The UK Bar’s Law Star ‘Devil’ – Sir James Eadie KC

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UK Government’s Supreme Court Champion – The ‘Treasury Devil’ For Sir James Eadie KC, Britain’s Supreme Court could well provide a sleeping arrangement for one of Britain’s outstanding, leading Silks, whose near-standard appearances in the highest court in the country are countless. James Eadie is both Whitehall’s secret weapon in constitutional battles and a barrister

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Meet Sigrid McCawley The Lawyer Who Holds Power to Account

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Law Star Sigrid McCawley’s Royal Litigation Credentials Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor If you only know Sigrid McCawley as “Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer,” you’ve missed the plot. The Boies Schiller Flexner co-managing partner is the litigator who made banks, boardrooms and Prince Andrew all do the math on enabling abuse. A recent profile in The Times

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Four Decades of Silk – A King’s Counsel Reflects on New Zealand’s Legal Evolution

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As New Zealand celebrates the appointment of twelve new King’s Counsel for 2025, we have published some reflections from the doyen of the New Zealand Bar, James Farmer KC, who marks an impressive four decades since his own appointment to Silk. Jim Farmer’s reflection include reference to Tiana Epati, a groundbreaking figure as the first

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Steve Witkoff’s Career From Lawyer to Billionaire to Peace Dealmaker

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The Stunning Steve Witkoff Career Moves Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Before Steve Witkoff became a commanding presence in international real estate, and an unlikely Middle East diplomat, he was doing what thousands of law graduates do: practicing law at a New York firm, navigating contracts, and learning the intricate mechanics of deal-making. But Witkoff,

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