Former lawyer Andrew Neill Simpson has been sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty on 27 November 2019 to 13 charges of money laundering under section 243(2) of the Crimes Act 1961. Mr Simpson surrendered his practising certificate upon his guilty plea. In his 25 February 2020 sentencing notes (R v Daniels and
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If you have lost your driver’s license as the result of an OUI conviction, or perhaps as the result of some type of alternate deal that you reached with the courts, then you may be able to apply for a hardship license that will give you restricted driving privileges for a period of time so
Fallout from the coronavirus continues as Latham & Watkins calls off its global partnership meeting in New York and in London Baker McKenzie reopens its office, which has over 1000 employees, after an employee had suspected symptoms. They tested negative to the COVID-19. The Latham conference, due to occur this week with partners coming from
Powered by LawFuel – Gadens has appointed Mark Pistilli as the new Chief Executive Officer of its Melbourne and Sydney partnership. Mark joins Gadens from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he was a legal partner on PwC’s legal leadership team and practising across corporate and commercial matters including in M&A, strategic Boardroom advisory, major projects and litigation
Tompkins Wake has added five new lawyers across three of their four offices, further bolstering the firm’s capability across a broad range of legal sectors. Senior Solicitors Jasmine Findlater and Michelle Urquhart will be based in the Rotorua office, Solicitor Charlotte Lunt, and Associate Wendy Embling in Hamilton, and Senior Associate Juliet Short in Auckland.
The largest legal expense in the Donald Trump campaign is not a big name Washington or New York legal outfit, but a little known Beverly Hills law firm – but why? Harder LLP has been taking the lion’s share of Trump’s legal expenditure with a $2 million payout in the past two years and more
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Elliott Kanter*Medical malpractice suits are brought before a court or settled outside of court when a plaintiff was injured due to a healthcare professional’s recklessness or negligence. The person they injured was under their care, and they had both a legal and moral obligation to ensure their patient would be protected. And they are to
Powered by LawFuel – March is Women’s History Month, and MoFo has a number of events planned to honor the contributions made by women throughout history and in modern society. Making this year’s celebration even more noteworthy is the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The
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Victoria Hudgins*The mountain of emails greeting a lawyer when they start their work day can be a daunting task. Add in a steady avalanche of emails throughout the day, and a lawyer can easily feel besieged and stressed. Being inundated with emails was one of various work stressors that the “Friend or Foe: Tech and
