A former Open Country Dairy Limited (OCD) group market manager has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $250,000 in kickbacks from an overseas customer, following a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. Simon Stewart has entered a guilty plea in the Manukau District Court to one representative charge of acceptance of gift by agent under section
Linklaters has intensified its push into the US legal market with the hire of veteran litigators H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel Levi from Paul Weiss, bolstering both its disputes capability and its global sports practice. Boehning will chair Linklaters’ Global Sports Practice and US Strategic Disputes group, bringing heavyweight clients including FIFA and Regeneron. The
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Dunedin-based boutique law firm Reid Cooper Gray has strengthened its leadership structure, announcing the promotion of litigation specialist Charlotte Moran to Principal. Moran joins co-founders Michaela Ryan and Warren Moffat at the helm of the firm, which launched in November 2024 with a mission to challenge traditional legal sector norms. The three Principals are long-time
Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) has retained its status as Australia’s leading legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions, topping three league tables for H1 2026. The firm ranked: Andrew Rich, Corporate M&A partner, said it has been a busy year for dealmaking so far despite the uncertainty that marked the
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Bell Gully was the only New Zealand law firm ranked among the top 20 advisers in Bloomberg’s H1 2026 Global M&A Legal League Tables for the Australasian market. Bell Gully ranked 14th in Bloomberg’s Global M&A league tables for Australasia based on announced transactions with a value of US$7.8 billion (NZ$13.7 billion). The ranking reflects
National law firm Foot Anstey has launched a dedicated ‘supervising solicitor’ service in Manchester to support other lawyers across the city dealing with urgent imaging orders, search orders and other court-led processes involving digital evidence. The new service line meets a growing demand for experienced supervising solicitors as commercial disputes increasingly involve digital evidence held across email
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The Financial Conduct Authority has charged former London solicitor Richard Bloomfield with five counts of insider dealing linked to the acquisition of maternity fashion retailer Seraphine Group PLC. The regulator alleges that Bloomfield, 38, obtained confidential information while working on the proposed takeover of Seraphine and used that information to trade in the company’s shares
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MinterEllisonRuddWatts has announced a series of senior appointments and promotions within its market‑leading Construction and Infrastructure practice, reflecting strong momentum, continued growth and confidence in the future of the sector. The firm has promoted Natasha Hood and Vimal Nair to Partner and welcomed leading projects and infrastructure expert Tom Fail back to the partnership. It
UK-based Michelmores is one of the law firms who are deploying a newbreed of executive who are not litigators, rainmakers or tax specialists but chief innovation officers, chief technology and AI officers, legal operations directors and heads of digital transformation. The titles differ, but law firms are scrambling to keep pace with the industry’s technology
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Article source: Umansky Law Firm Sovereign immunity often sounds like a concept reserved for courtroom dramas, but it impacts real people more than you might think. This legal doctrine can block individuals from suing state or local governments when things go wrong, such as accidents or negligence that cause personal harm. Each U.S. state has
