The devastation in the Ukraine rendered by Russian forces is one thing, but Moscow is being abandoned with growing force as big law firms continue to desert the Russian legal landscape.Six leading international law firms have announced plans to pull out of Russia today, including global giants Latham & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, while
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The UK House of Commons has once again debated the issue of London City law firms that are representing Russian oligarchs and others who are involved in organised crime, with Conservative MP Bob Seely leading the charge against what he says is a ‘corrupted’ legal system. This report is from the UK Law Gazette –
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Among the many thousands taking up arms against the Russian invaders in Ukraine are many lawyers and others, including a Judge from Ukraine’s Supreme Court, Ivan Mishchenko.Media reports say that Mishchenko, a judge of the Supreme Court in Ukraine with a background in commercial litigation, has joined one of the units defending the capital Kyiv
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Simpson Grierson’s Ukrainian
‘resistance fighter’ who seeks tougher sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs
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Samuel Reed Designed BitMEX as a Platform to Flout U.S. Anti-Money Laundering RulesDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAMUEL REED, one of three co-founders and a high-ranking executive of purportedly “off-shore” cryptocurrency derivatives exchange the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange or “BitMEX,” pled guilty today to violating the Bank
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National Press Club Inc Submission to Law CommissionThe National Press Club Inc takes the opportunity of drawing the attention of the Commissioners to the circumstances in which a known Russian oligarch funds New Zealand legal practices to engage in litigation in New Zealand.This submission follows a previous one filed on August 8 2021 in which
Next Saturday (12th March) sees our first ‘live’ art auction for 2022 here in Whanganui at Heritage House. There will be a maximum 150 entries and the auction should take no more than 2½ hours. Starting at 2pm this means that anyone living within 3-4 hours’ drive of Whanganui will be able to make a day
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Graham Sewell* On 31 January this year, the UK government announced they’re considering a change to the way medical negligence cases are handled. Proposing a cap on legal fees for cases has been put forward as a way to combat the financial strain the National Health Service (NHS) is facing under an increase in claims
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Cravaths’ ‘wow’ factor on mid-level and senior associates’ pay levelsThe Big Law salary scale just took another push from big law salary payer Cravaths . . Cravaths, along with Davis Polk and Milbank are the ‘troika’, as AbovetheLaw describes them, that lead the way on the big law salary scale and – once again –
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Here’s how to write content that is more persuasive, interesting, and impactful through these 10 effective legal copywriting tips that can provide valuable legal SEO fuelTim Absalikov* – SEO for lawyers means adopting the very best law firm SEO and law marketing generally. This involves an expert use of copywriting skills for both content marketing
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