In today’s digital landscape, safeguarding your personal information is more important than ever. Whether you’re signing up for a new service, creating accounts on social media, or completing online transactions, sharing your personal phone number can expose you to risks such as spam and data breaches. To avoid this, one of the best solutions is
Portland, Ore. (Nov. 18, 2024) – Stoel Rives LLP, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce the election of six attorneys to the firm’s partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The members of the 2025 partner class are in five practice groups – Corporate, Energy, Environmental, Intellectual Property and Real Estate – and are located
Last week week, a landmark decision was handed down supporting a precedent set last year which removed barriers to compensation for survivors of child sexual abuse. The High Court of Australia has ruled that a permanent stay of proceedings will not be entirely granted in the case of Willmot v. The State of Queensland. Slater and Gordon
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Dentons has announced its leadership by Kate Barton as the firm’s new Global CEO, following a detailed selection process by the firm’s board of directors and Global Advisory Committee. She succeeds Elliott Portnoy. Dentons’ polycentric approach and global presence in over 80 countries require someone with unique abilities to continue to growth at a time
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Singapore – K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, continues its expansion, welcoming partner Brad Roach and senior associate Alexandra Jones to the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources (EIR) practice. The duo joins from Gibson Dunn where Roach was a co-chair of its global Oil and Gas practice group. Roach has been based in
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US law firm Milbank is ringing in the holiday season early with the announcement of substantial year-end bonuses for its associates. The firm is known as a generous bonus payer, as we have reported recently. Milbank said this week that lawyers can expect to receive bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000, based on their level
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DWF, the UK-based integrated legal and business services provider, has added a nine-partner insurance litigation team from national firm Hall & Wilcox to boost its Australian business, after commencing a major Australian move in 2019. DWF sharply reduced its Australian team in 2021 and the new team, led by partners Matt Curll and Rachael Arnold,
The King’s Counsel who have urged the Prime Minister and Attorney General to scrap David Seymour’s bill include the following – Nigel Hampton, Sir Hugh Rennie, Sarah Armstrong, Kerryn Beaton, John Billington, Bronwen Carruthers, Margaret Casey, Anita Chan, Nick Chisnall, Jenny Cooper, Tiffany Cooper, Vivienne Crawshaw, Catherine Cull, Dr James Every-Palmer, Karen Feint, Antonia Fisher,
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The idea of proprietary trading firms, as we recognize them today, emerged in the 1980s, coinciding with the growth of hedge funds. Traders and investors who desired autonomy but were not interested in handling client funds discovered a perfect option by becoming proprietary traders. They set up traders to participate, using combined capital to achieve
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Ted Olson, a legal giant who shaped American law for over half a century, and who served as Solicitor General, died on Tuesday at 84. Ted Olson was the lawyer other lawyers dreamed of becoming, arguing some of the most important cases of our time with a mix of brilliance and grace that made even
