Law firm mergers have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Mergers dropped by 43 per cent last year as partners grappled with financial uncertainties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an Altman Weil MergerLine report released Tuesday. Deal activity declined sharply starting in March of last year leading to only 65 combinations in
ATLANTA, Jan. 4, 2021– LawFuel – Powering Lawyers – King & Spalding has unanimously re-elected Robert D. Hays, Jr. as its chairman in a vote that will usher in his sixth term at the helm of the international firm. His new three-year term began on January 1, 2021. “Robert Hays continues to bring unparalleled strategic
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Boston, MA, Jan. 5, 2021 – Fish & Richardson has elevated 14 attorneys to principals at the firm, effective January 1, 2021. The new principals in the firm’s Litigation Group are Matthew Colvin (Dallas); Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto (Delaware); Nitika Gupta Fiorella (Delaware); Conrad A. Gosen (Twin Cities); Andrew G. Pearson (Boston); Katherine Reardon (New York); and
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Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP Opens with Over 20 Lawyers and Staff in New York LawFuel – Powering Lawyers – One of the nation’s most successful and longest-established insurance recovery practices, led by noted policyholder advocate Robin Cohen, is launching its own law firm. Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna opens with over 20 lawyers
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LOS ANGELES – The former president of a Colton-based labor union was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $800,000 from the union’s health plan trust fund, which he used to pay for personal expenses including legal bills and a car loan for his son’s sports car. John S. Romero, 74,
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The death on Christmas eve of one of Britain’s leading barristers, Edmund King QC, was an untimely passing, but his recently written witty and wise article on civil litigation – ‘How to Lose a Case’ – has perhaps become something of required reading for lawyers of all persuasions and jurisdictions. The article published by Essex
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Linklaters: The Australian Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has recommended that the Australian Government enact legislation to establish a worldwide human rights sanctions regime. The Committee’s proposed model is informed by Canadian, UK and US models, but has notable unique features. The inquiry into an Australian human rights sanction regime
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SEATTLE (January 4, 2021) Powered by LawFuel —Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that 26 counsel and senior counsel have been promoted to partner. The new partner class of 2021 includes: · Sumedha Ahuja · Jessica Batzell · Craig A. Beaker · Josh Boehm · Miguel J. Bombach · Aria C. Branch · Alisha C. Burgin · Amanda R. Callais · Nancy Cheng
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LinkedIn for lawyers requires some special work in specific areas – including some of these top law firms who are killing it on LinkedIn – check here for the LInkedIn for Lawyers key tips
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Iran’s execution methods are simple and in a series of photographs of a recent near-execution demonstrate how a forgiving murder victim’s mother was able to save the murderer from hanging. In the case of a murder in Iran, the victim’s next of kin is allowed to pull the stool out from under the condemned person.
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