The law relating to family trusts is changing and lawyers, settlors, trustees and beneficiaries need to be aware of the new obligations due to take effect next year – and whether the family trust is actually the best device any more. Henry Stokes* The lack of a national database or any requirement to report trust
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J Lo and husband Alex Rodriguez have hired Big Law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in their bid to buy Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, having beaten out the hedge fund mogul Steven Cohen who is now looking for separate representation to buy the Mets. Wachtell is representing Rodriguez, a former New York
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The need to ensure you are insured properly is something that is more important than ever, for lawyers and clients alike. Yet for many people the ‘she’ll be right’ attitude continues, as MAS consultant Dane Boswell knows from personal experience. Dane Boswell’s mother died when he was 20, following an accident on the family property
Upload NDAs, Sales or Purchase Agreements to Accelerate the Contract Review Process AUCKLAND, NZ – July 16, 2020 – McCarthyFinch, a leading innovator of legal AI solutions that automate the contract review process, today announced the release of Check This Contract, a contract review tool focused on the most common contracts to improve productivity: non-disclosure, sales and
The exodus of transactional lawyers from Irell & Manella continues with two corporate partners joining Reed Smith. Irell & Manella is abandoning most of its transactional practices in an effort to focus solely on high-value litigation work, in a move that’s lead to the departure of a number of partners, including two more this week.
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Confidence is high in the 2020 Bellwether survey, with 84% of firms stable or growing. Yet, paradoxically, 38% of solicitors are pessimistic about their client’s prospects, seeing COVID-19 as a critical threat for them. LONDON, 29 July 2020 – The latest Bellwether report titled “OMG or BAU – COVID-19 and the legal industry” was released today
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Other Executives Charged and Sentenced for Participation in Same Construction Kickback Scheme Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RONALD OLSON, a vice president and deputy operation manager for Turner Construction Company (“Turner”), pled guilty today to charges of evading taxes on more than $1.5 million in bribes
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Australia’s class action regime, including the role of litigation funding, has been an effective and reliable means of delivering access to justice, but contingency fees create undesirable ethical risks, the Law Council of Australia has told a parliamentary inquiry today. The Law Council of Australia President, Pauline Wright, told the Inquiry into Litigation Funding and the
The Pandemic and changed legal marketplace has focused increased attention upon the need for law marketers to act smartly and proactively. Debra Pickett wrote this piece for the Legal Marketing Association blog. Debra Pickett* Fundamentally, what so many of us do as marketers is to help people tell stories. This is a vitally important skill
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Powered by LawFuel – As leaders of our global Firm, we stand united with our US colleagues, especially our Black lawyers and business professionals, against racism and acts of violence, harassment, hatred and abuse. We have seen many tragic events unfold, like the recent killing of Mr. George Floyd in the US, with a mix
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