Any drop in the rates of youth justice supervision should be cause for celebration, but the report of a slight reduction over the past five years in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW) Youth Justice Report only serves to highlight systemic problems. The detailed statistics from the AIHW’s report continues to paint a picture of an Australia
DLA Piper’s New Zealand office has cut partner drawings and staff pay by up to 30 percent but avoided making redundancies, as the firm joins others in its battle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. As LawFuel recently reported on moves by global law firms to cut drawings and pay during the ‘coronapocalypse’, the moves
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Bob Jones – The NZ Herald recently highlighted the suicide of a young self-employed butcher who saw his life’s work go down the drain by the utterly insane edict that meat could only be purchased at supermarkets. The farcical rule was subsequently wiped but here’s the question. Who made up all of these unnecessary and often mind-blowingly
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NEW YORK, May 15, 2020 – Fish & Richardson announced today that Scott Flanz has joined the firm’s New York office as an associate in its Litigation Group. He joins Fish from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a fourth-year associate in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He was a summer associate at Fish for two
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The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers is pleased to announce that the following officers have been elected for the 2020-21 term:–Kirk Jenkins of San Francisco, President –Raymond A. Cardozo of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco, First Vice President –Michael G. Colantuono of Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC in Pasadena and Grass Valley, Second Vice President –Laurie J.
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LOS ANGELES – United States Attorney Nick Hanna is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the ability of many people to pay rent on time
The coronavirus crisis has seen many law firms cancel their summer intern programs, but many firms are continuing to pay their associates as much as $3600 a month despite reducing their summer intern programs. The pandemic has created a range of reactions from law firms, which would normally see market leaders set the framework for
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The 2020 Budget delivers Pro Bono Clearing House funding The New Zealand Bar Association is delighted that, in amongst the unique aspects of this 2020 Budget, there is a much smaller line item that is still a significant milestone for access to justice. The Government has, for the first time, delivered funding allocated for the
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A Former District Attorney and Atlanta lawyer who arranged the murder of his wife 18 years ago has died in prison. Fred Tokars had been found guilty of his wife’s murder in 1997 but had been convicted of his involvement in a cocaine distribution ring four years earlier, when he reportedly invested the proceeds from
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that Shaun Langhorne will join its Singapore office next week as partner in the firm’s international Restructuring and Insolvency team. Shaun is a senior practitioner with vast experience in complex, multi-stakeholder and cross-border restructuring matters covering contentious and non-contentious situations across the Asia Pacific region. Kai-Niklas Schneider,
