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The Big Law Pro Bono Winners – The US Law Firms That Give Back Most

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The coronavirus crisis has been one of many when law firms have provided invaluable legal services to those in need. This year’s honors to those law firms that have dealt with some of the largest issues confronting everyone have been outlined by the National Law Journal. Access to justice and dealing with issues ranging from

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Women in Law Initiative – Jay Kugler DeYoung Named Chair of Fish & Richardson’s EMPOWER Women’s Initiative

Boston, MA, May 7, 2020 – Fish & Richardson announced today that Jay Kugler DeYoung, a principal in the firm’s Boston office, has been named chair of the firm’s EMPOWER Women’s Initiative. In 2009, Fish created EMPOWER – which stands for Enrichment, Mentorship, Partnering, Opportunities, Wisdom, Excellence, and Responsibility – to promote the recruitment, retention and advancement of

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Stroock Leads Coalition of Law Firms, Legal Aid Organizations to Launch Small Business Legal Relief Alliance

New York, NY – In an effort to provide substantive legal counsel to the New York businesses and organizations most directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, together with partner law firms and legal aid organizations, has launched the Small Business Legal Relief Alliance (SBLRA). The SBLRA is a collaborative effort

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US Justice Department Recover More In Largest Ever Civil Forfeiture Claim in Bribery & Money Laundering Scheme At $1.1 Billion

Bribery

United States Reaches Settlement to Recover More Than $49 Million of Assets Acquired with Funds Misappropriated from 1MDB LOS ANGELES – The Department of Justice has reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture cases against more than $49 million worth of assets acquired by Khadem al-Qubaisi using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia’s

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UK Law Firm Survey Shows Many Are In Dire Financial Straits

business of law

A UK law firm survey has indicated that over half had insufficient cash on their balance sheets to cover one month’s operating expenses and almost 40 per cent were unable to meet one month’s salary costs. The fact that so many firms are under-capitilised and face major problems dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic was reported

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James Hardie’s significant downsize in New Zealand unlikely to stall $200 million plus class action

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Powered by LawFuel – James Hardie’s release to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday – that it ultimately intends to “cease all manufacturing of products in New Zealand”, at the cost of some 120 Kiwi jobs – is unlikely to stall the class action brought by over 1,000 leaky home owners.  Adina Thorn, the lawyer leading

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LexisNexis New Zealand’s Social Justice project delivers FREE legal guidance to New Zealanders during the pandemic crisis

Market Research

Tenants’ rights, employees’ rights and immigration measures guidance notes are available through the LexisNexis New Zealand COVID-19 Information Centre AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND –  LexisNexis New Zealand,  a leading provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics to the legal industry, announced today   www.lexisnexis.co.nz/COVID19. This information for the general public is an extension of the

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NZ Lawyer’s Innovative Law Firm List Lists Apps . . But The Pandemic Creates a Whole New Issue For All NZ Law Firms

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Christine Lloyd* Building law lists is an entire industry, but the problem with generating a list of ‘innovative law firms’ is made more difficult because there are few euphemisms more abused by law firm profiles than the word ‘innovative’. Yet the coronavirus pandemic will unquestionably change the practice of law forever, with one of the

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