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The Hollywood Law Dozen – The Heavy Hitting ‘Big Deal’ Entertainment Lawyers

Lawyers have always been a major part of the Hollywood scene and always will be as delivery systems change with the advent of streaming services like Netflix and Disney and as movies use multiple platforms to generate revenues – as actors become influencers and producers become multi-faceted, multi-platform content creators. As Hollywood changes some of

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The Retiring Lawyer – Is There An Age Discrimination Issue Here?

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An Australian case involving one of the Big Four accounting firms has raised the issue of retirement age for lawyers as well as accountants. Given that most large law firms have a mandatory retirement age provision, the case involving Deloittes will have firms thinking. According to many, the rules relating to professional service partnerships with

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Acting US Attorney for Southern District On Non-Compliance With Rikers Consent Judgment re NYC Jails

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Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has entered into an agreement (“Remedial Order”) with New York City and the New York City Department of Correction (“DOC”) to address ongoing non-compliance with core provisions of a Court-ordered Consent Judgment entered in October

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Foley Adds Partner Stephen Meli, Bolstering National Fund Formation Practice and Continuing Boston Office Growth

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Powered by LawFuel – 03 August 2020 – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Stephen Meli has joined the firm’s Boston office as a partner in its Business Law Department and Fund Formation & Investment Management Practice Group. Meli comes to Foley from Proskauer Rose LLP, where he was a partner in the Private Investment

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New Zealand pathology business to be acquired by NZ Super and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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Healthscope has agreed to the sale of its New Zealand pathology business, Asia Pacific Healthcare Group (APHG), to New Zealand Superannuation Fund and the Canadian Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), each taking a 50 per cent share. The sale is valued at more than NZD$550 million and is subject to customary approvals including approval from

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SFO welcomes court decision enforcing its secrecy requirements

The Serious Fraud Office has welcomed a court decision confirming the confidentiality of material that was inadvertently disclosed by the agency to the defendants in the National Party donations case. The material was disclosed recently during the course of the agency’s compliance with its normal disclosure obligations. The SFO acted with an abundance of care

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Court of Appeal Hear Grace Millane Murder Accused’s Trial Miscarried

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The man found guilty of the murder of Grace Millane is having his appeal against conviction and sentence, arguing that the manner in which the trial was heard was miscarried. The man, who has name suppression, has life sentence with a minimum sentence of 17 years for the ‘rough sex’ murder case that transfixed both

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