The impending insolvency crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic raises key questions for company directors and lawyers – such as what choices directors should make in the ‘insolvency environment’. A seminar on the insolvency law landscape and its effect upon the legal profession is the subject of a forthcoming webinar coming in the
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The lawyer who defended Charles Manson has died at age 100. Irving Kanarek (pictured above in 1970) defended the cult killer Manson whose macabre killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others created international headlines and intrigue. The national spotlight that focused on Kanarek made his disruptive circus of courtroom tactics almost as fascinating as
Mintz Law – Last week, the plaintiffs in three related children’s privacy class actions sought preliminary approval of proposed settlements with sixteen defendants in those coordinated actions. The matters—known as the Kiloo Action, the Disney Action, and the Viacom Action—are pending in the Northern District of California, case numbers 3:17-CV-04344-JD; 3:17-CV-4419-JD; 3:17-CV-4492-JD. The motion, which can be found here, will be heard
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Accidents inevitably lead to a multitude of issues, not the least being an equal multitude of questions about legal liability and the evaluation of any claim resulting from the injury. It is a circumstance where it seems everyone has advice, but that obtained from a specialist personal injury attorney who can properly and honestly review
The startling fall from grace of blue-blooded Melbourne SC Norman O’Bryan, a barrister of such repute that he held the Order of Australia, has rocked both the local Melbourne bar and reverberated about the Australian profession. O’Bryan could barely have had a more distinguished legal pedigree. Both his grandfather and father were both Supreme Court
Russell McVeagh has advised UDC on the establishment of its landmark $2 billion AAA rated auto and equipment finance-backed syndicated securitisation programme, New Zealand’s largest ever non-bank securitisation. Partner Deemple Budhia, working closely with senior associate Jesse Fairley, led the transaction. Partner Fred Ward provided tax advice. Support was also provided by senior associates Lucy Becke and Ling Yan Pang and solicitors James Horner and
Daniel Kamensky Allegedly Extorted a Rival Bidder to Abandon a Higher Bid and Engaged in Obstruction of Justice by Asking the Rival Bidder to Cover Up the Crime Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field
Listing law firms was an exciting – and profitable – game for some time but the pandemic has seen millions of pounds disappear from the value of the UK listed firms, according to recent research. The Law Gazette reports that Like-for-like comparisons to six months ago – when coronavirus was on the eve of locking
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The Law Foundation congratulates Professor Richard Boast QC, VUW Law Faculty, for being awarded this year’s JF Northey Prize for the best book published in 2019 by a New Zealand author:The Native Land Court Volume 3 1910-1953: Collectivism, Land Development and the Law Professor Boast’s work on the Native Land Court has produced three substantial
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Let us know who you think should be on the 2021 Power List LawFuel uses a range of lawyers in private and public practice to assess the significant ‘power’ players on the New Zealand legal scene at present. We list our annual 50 ‘Most Powerful’ and also welcome feedback from our subscribers and others able
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