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Former Liquidator Geoffrey Smith Gets Four Year Prison Term for Fraud

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A former Auckland liquidator has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Geoffrey Martin Smith (67) stole approximately $130,000 from two companies while acting as their liquidator. He was convicted in September following a judge-alone trial on two counts of ‘Theft by person in a special relationship’ and

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Litigation Funding: LPF Director Says Supreme Court Decision Stresses Importance of Access to Justice

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  Phil Newland, founder and director of LPF Group, New Zealand’s leading litigation funder, said the principles of access to justice are critical to LPF, yet because legal action can be expensive, uncertain, and take a long time, it can be out of reach for most ordinary New Zealanders.  “The Supreme Courts’ decision in Ross

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The Splendour & Sustainability of Chapman Tripp – Who Said The Law Office Was Dead?

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Chapman Tripp’s new digs in the Commercial Bay development spare little expense, as befits one of the country’s leading law firms who have made 2020 a year to remember (pandemic excepted). The firm, which undertook a mid-year ‘brand refresh’ will undoubtedly be establishing in tangible fashion far more than prestige, class and an appropriate level

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts Sells AI Innovation Product To Realise Full Potential

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— Leading AI business, McCarthyFinch, is selling its business to Onit, a leading provider of enterprise workflow solutions including enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management and workflow automation. McCarthyFinch was co-founded by top tier law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts in 2017. The firm notes that the timing is ideal to hand over the reins to Onit – enabling McCarthyFinch and

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Perkins Coie Continues Labor & Employment Practice Growth in LA

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LOS ANGELES (November 17, 2020) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Neal A. Fisher Jr. has joined the firm’s expanding Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Neal is the ninth addition to the national practice since July 2019, the most recent being Chris Wilkinson and Sarah Flotte in Washington, D.C., and

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6 Simple, Fast-Start Law Firm Marketing Tips For 2020 – And Beyond

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Brian Major* Law firms face an increasingly intense competition in the marketplace.  The COVID pandemic has only added to the increased competition that has emerged in recent year and the need for market advice has never been more important. This year a report on the state of competition in the law market Report on the

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Trump Lawyer’s Alleged Harassment From Big Law Kirklands

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A Philadelphia lawyer running her own firm and representing Donald Trump’s campaign has complained of harassment from Kirkland & Ellis, dropping a lawsuit challenging the election results. Linda Kerns did not give harassment as a reason for dropping out of the lawsuit, but a court filing indicated that a short voice mail from a lawyer

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NZ Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal – Southern Response v. Ross

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[adrotate banner=”97″] SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LTD v BRENDAN MILES ROSS AND COLLEEN ANNE ROSS (SC 105/2019) [2020] NZSC 126 PRESS SUMMARY This summary is provided to assist in the understanding of the Court’s judgment. It does not comprise part of the reasons for that judgment. The full judgment with reasons is the only authoritative

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Law Firm SEO Made Simple: How Your Law Firm SEO Can Crush It On The Search Engines

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  Search engine optimization (SEO) for lawyers and law firms has become something of a byword for most law firms, from the smaller firms to the largest with high-ticket SEO agencies and other assistance, but to absolutely succeed with your law firm SEO there are some key steps that are more important than ever. What

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