Widespread redundancies and the need for businesses to re-invent themselves in a Covid-19 New Zealand has led to a spike in trade mark applications from Kiwi businesses particularly in Auckland, a leading local trade mark law firm reports.Speaking at the opening of Zone Law's new offices in the newly refurbished St Kevin's Arcade, on Karangahape Road, the founder and one of … [Read more...]
‘Rolls Royce’ Fraud Specialist Joins Quay Chambers
Former Meredith Connell and Russell McVeagh litigator Michael Thomas, who worked on major prosecution against Rolls Royce some years ago has joined Quay Chambers, Auckland.He specialises in fraud law issues including anti-money laundering, internal investigations, professional discipline, regulatory proceedings, sports law, and health/medical law.He has expertise in … [Read more...]
NZ Law: Influencers – identifying advertisements on social media
Bell Gully - Last week the Advertising Standards Authority ('ASA') issued a ground-breaking decision upholding two complaints that Simone Anderson, a social media influencer, had not sufficiently identified that certain Instagram posts were in fact commercial endorsements. This was the first time the ASA Complaints Board has dealt with substantive issues about influencer … [Read more...]
LawTalk’s Adlam Takes Capital Job
Long-time LawTalk editor Geoff Adlam has joined the team at The Capital Letter.Adlam was most recently communications manager and the editor of LawTalk and Law Points at New Zealand Law Society. and previously worked at legal information services firms Thomson Reuters and Brookers. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1991.Joshua Riddiford becomes the … [Read more...]
Meredith Connell Grows Litigation Expertise With Boutique Merger
Meredith Connell has expanded its litigation practice with the recent merger with Auckland-based Prestige Law.Prestige Law specialises in cross-border and cross-cultural litigation and disputes resolution, “serving a demographic of New Zealand that is in desperate need of high-quality legal services,” the firm said in a statement.Meredith Connell has been growing its … [Read more...]
Bogus Companies Set Up To Scam Unemployment Benefits Sees Indictments
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today arrested eight individuals named in a federal grand jury indictment charging them with creating nonexistent businesses and then claiming more than $1.1 million in unemployment benefits for purported employees of those fake … [Read more...]
Phillips Nizer Adds Five Attorneys in Patent Litigation, Matrimonial Law, Commercial Litigation
New York, NY (July 6, 2020) Powered by LawFuel –Phillips Nizer LLP has added two partners and three counsel to its premier intellectual property, family law and commercial litigation practices.Tod M. Melgar will lead the firm’s Patent Litigation and Prosecution practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Melgar joins from Sills Cummis & Gross. Gerard … [Read more...]
