The Opportunity For Lawyers and Others to Auction Estate and Other Art Creates Welcome Competition and Reduced Commissions Aimed at serving the lower North Island and providing an alternative to Wellington, September 1 sees the launch of Heritage Art Auctions, New Zealand’s newest, and only totally dedicated, Art Auction House outside of Auckland. The auctions
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Management changes at Slaughter & May have seen the Magic Circle law firm dispensing with its executive partner and practice partner roles, replacing the positions with chief operating officer from outside the firm partnership. The move echoes what firms are beginning to practice or at least examine as they modernize their management structure to make
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Goodwin Procter has boosted its its technology practice with the addition of twelve lawyers — including seven partners — from rival firms in New York, Silicon Valley and Washington DC. Goodwin has been elevating its tech law practice recently with nearly 50 lawyers joining the firm this year and has taken four partners from Boston-based
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The quest for office efficiency lawyers – or anyone – is always top-of-mind for fee earners, but we’ve looked at five of the best for lawyers working both at the office and at home. 1. The Echo Spot ‘Alarm Clock’ (That’s Much, Much More) Our number one pick is the Echo Spot – which is
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH MELI was sentenced today to 37 months in prison in connection with MELI’s participation in a fraudulent Broadway ticket investment scheme wherein MELI purported to use investor funds to purchase tickets to Broadway shows for resale on the secondary
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Legal Directories are not old hat . . but remain significant sources of new business for lawyers. Here are 7 of the best lead generation directories? Directories and similar sites can generate leads for lawyers if used properly – and some investment in time and money is made – but which lead generation sites for
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The New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has found James Desmond Gardner-Hopkins, a former Russell McVeagh Partner, guilty of misconduct on six charges brought by a National Standards Committee on behalf of the New Zealand Law Society. In his evdience, Gardner-Hopkins described his perception of the culture of the firm, and in particular the
The New Zealand Bar Association has welcomed the announcement of 10 new Queen’s Counsel. >> Legal Drafting Roles – Banking – Property Law – New Roles on the LawFuel Network The new Silks are Lynda Kearns, Stephen McCarthy, Ron Mansfield, Fletcher Pilditch, Davey Salmon and Laura O’Gorman (all from Auckland), Greg Arthur, Michael Colson and
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Four women among the 10 Announced by Attorney General Today Prominent criminal lawyer Ron Mansfield and leading civil litigation barrister Davey Salmon are among the 10 silks announced today, which also includes former Chapman Tripp partner Victoria Heine in Wellington and Christchurch’s Kerryn Beaton, who had worked assisting Khmer Rouge Trials in Cambodia The full
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Fish & Richardson principal Michael Portnov was interviewed by Corporate Counsel Business Journal for the article, “Staying Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Curve.” Corporate Counsel Business Journal: How did you get involved in artificial intelligence (AI) patent work? Michael Portnov: I’ve been working with AI and machine learning technologies for about eight years now. When I
