Company Meetings – What To Consider Before A Virtual Meeting
Buddle Findlay – Mark Odlin – It’s hard to beat a face to face meeting as a means of conveying and receiving information and nuance. Although it has been legally and technically possible to hold meetings by audio, audio and visual, or electronic communication for some time, most companies have preferred the gold standard of
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The New Financial Markets Infrastructure Bill to Oversee NZ Financial Markets
Anthony Harper – The Financial Markets Infrastructures Bill, introduced to Parliament in December 2019 and reported back from the Select Committee late last week with few changes, will introduce a new regime to oversee New Zealand’s financial markets infrastructures – the plumbing that underlies and connects components of our financial system. This article provides an
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Digital Identity Trust Framework development confirmed
MinterEllisonRuddWatts – On 5 August 2020, Government announced that the development of the Digital Identity Trust Framework (Trust Framework) has been confirmed by Cabinet. The Trust Framework is intended to be a regulatory regime and accreditation framework for digital identity service providers, ensuring that identity information is being handled appropriately. The Trust Framework will be
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Second Aggressive Raid By Adelaide-Based Law Firm Takes Partners From Yet Another Global Big Law Player
Thomson Geer has raided yet another Big Law global firm by taking three partners and eight others from DLA Piper, hard on the heels of the Adelaide-based law firm’s Brisbane raid on Dentons. Thomson Geer raided 20 fee earners from Dentons in July. The raid on DLA Piper focused on M&A lawyers. The DLA Piper
Melbourne Law Firm Receives Criticism From Victoria Premier for COVID Approach
Law firm HWL Ebsworth has received barely veiled criticism from Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews for the way the firm approached the COVID crisis and the outbreaks at the firm’s office. The firm has two floors in Collins Street, Melbourne and although Andrews did not name the firm he referred to one that had “become a
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Family Lawyer Crisis – The Demand for Family Lawyers Accelerates with Lockdowns . . But Where Are They?
The well publicised demand for family lawyers after the lockdown last time has simply accelerated a problem that existed some years ago, according to family lawyers. Reports indicate that separation enquiries, among others, have exploded as relationships have buckled under lockdown pressures. As firms have moved away from providing family law services, combined with a
#DougHive – Who Is The Lawyer Who Would Be The First Male “Second Lady” to Veep Kamala Harris?
The anointment of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential nominee for presidential candidate Joe Biden sees her husband, a partner at DLA Piper, as the potential, first ever male ‘Second Lady’ at the White House. Douglas Emhoff, 55 has a quarter century legal experience, working as partner at the Century City office of DLA Piper, where
UK Listed Law Firm Keystone Sets Up Office in Middle East
Keystone Law announces today that it has finalised the arrangements for its first office in the Middle East. The establishment of Keystone Law Middle East LLP (“KLME”) has been now been approved by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”), the award-winning international finance centre located in the heart of the UAE’s capital city, Abu Dhabi,
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