Media Law Recruitment Continues The growth of media business with social media’s continued growth has seen greater movement among firms for media experts. In London, Cooley has recruited Bryony Hurst, who has an extensive list of top content and media companies she advises. She was referred to in the firm’s media statement as a ‘next […]
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Tom Girardi Conviction Former Hollywood-based celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been found guilty of defrauding clients out of tens of millions of dollars in a jury verdict in Los Angeles. Girardi, 85, took the pollution case that lead to the Oscar-winning Erin Brockovich movie and was the estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
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A Former Corporate Lawyer’s Bold Career Move In a bold career move, a former corporate lawyer recently traded her high-paying position in Big Law for a role in the nonprofit sector handling work that certainly paid less financially – but paid off more personally. After four years in at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Priscilla Hamilton
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Crypto Lawyer List Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing writer Crypto law is one of those fast-growing 21st century legal practice areas that continues to demand expertise from tech-savvy lawyers and forensics experts who can unscramble the intriciacies of the blockchain and the associated cmponents of the digital economy. Their specialized knowledge and experience make them essential
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Top Female Lawyers – But Challenges Remain Asian Legal Business (ALB) has released its 2024 ranking of the Top 15 Female Lawyers in Asia, the fourth annual ranking highlights outstanding female attorneys who have made their mark on the Asian legal landscape. The list, compiled from over 155 submissions spanning 13 Asian jurisdictions, recognizes lawyers
Lopez Divorce Lawyer The ‘Bennifer’ divorce lawsuit – anticipated so much in recent weeks – has occurred with Jennifer Lopez filing on August 20, 2024, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. But interestingly the divorce documents were not filed by a lawyer, and there was no attorney present when Lopez submitted the paperwork. So who
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Ayla Ronald, the New Zealand lawyer who survived the tragic sinking off Sicily of the yacht owned by British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch had worked on the high profile case that saw Lynch win a massive fraud and conspiracy case brought against him in the United States. Principal lawyer in the case for Lynch was
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Kerri Durso Joins Paul Weiss New York, August 19, 2024 – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Kerri Durso has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Group within the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Durso’s practice focuses on broad-based over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives and the negotiation of complex derivatives
Natalie Coates, LawFuel’s 2023 Lawyer of the Year, is leaving Kāhui Legal, the boutique firm specializing in Māori legal issues, to join Thorndon Chambers. Thorndon Chambers has 21 barristers, headed by Sir Terence Arnold KC, and specializes in commercial, international and public law issues. >> Latest Law Jobs on New Zealand’s Best Law News &
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Uber Counsel Tony West Helps The Family Out Tony West, Chief Legal Counsel at Uber, has taken leave to help out his sister-in-law, Kamala Harris, with her presidential bid. West has been a key player in Uber’s development, currently overseeing its global legal, compliance and ethics and security functions. he also helped Uber with its
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