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Hinshaw Adds Five Lawyer Group to Consumer Financial Services Practice in New York

Press Releases, US Law / February 25, 2020

Brian S. McGrath & Victor Matthews Join as Partners along with Three Associates Team Brings Extensive Complex Litigation and Compliance Experience New York ‒ February 24, 2020 ‒ The U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner Brian S. McGrath and a team of four attorneys have joined the firm

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Wing-Clipped Nelson Lawyer Banned for Bad Behaviour Fails in Air NZ Injunction Liftoff

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News, NZ Top in LawFuel / February 24, 2020

A Nelson lawyer’s attempts to have a travel ban imposed by Air New Zealand lifted after a display of bad behaviour n the Koru Lounge has been dismissed in a High Court decision by Justice Davison in the High Court, Auckland. The lawyer, Anjela Sharma had sought an interim injunction to overturn the one-year ban

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Wells Fargo’s $3 Billion Mistake

Press Releases, US Law / February 24, 2020

Powered by LawFuel – Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations into Sales Practices Involving the Opening ofMillions of Accounts Without Customer Authorization $3 Billion Payment Result of Deferred Prosecution Agreement in Criminal Matter, Settlement of Civil Claims under FIRREA, and Resolution of SEC Proceedings LOS ANGELES – Wells Fargo

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QC Works to Reinvigorate Legal Aid as Senior Barristers Seek to Stem the Tide of Decline

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News / February 24, 2020

Maria Dew QC’s efforts to reinvigorate the attractions – if that is the word – of legal aid is designed to help reverse the dramatic decline of legal aid suppliers, driven by remuneration and compliance problems. Writing in the Law Society’s weekly bulletin, Ms Dew referred to the death of her own civil legal aid

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Senior QC Announced As Head of Criminal Cases Review Commission

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / February 23, 2020

Wellington Colin Carruthers QC has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the Criminal Cases Review Commission for an 18-month term, effective from 1 February 2020. The Commission will be based in Hamilton, with Justice Minister Andrew Little saying it is important that the CCRC is independent from the big bureaucratic and judicial centres, Auckland and Wellington. Mr Little

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“Extraordinary growth” See Meredith Connell Move

Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms, NZ Top in LawFuel / February 23, 2020

Meredith Connell have well and truly overcome the tough times when the Auckland Crown warrant was split in two, quoting “extraordinary growth” that has seen the firm’s 240 staff moving to new premises next year. The NZ Herald quoted Meredith Connell Chief Executive Kylie Mooney saying the growth over the past four years has been

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The Grace Millane Killing and The Rise of the ‘Grey Shades’ Defence To Rough Sex Murder

Featured, Headlining NZ / February 22, 2020

Victoria Thomas – The New Zealand murder of British tourist Grace Millane, whose unnamed killer was this week sentenced to life imprisonment with a 17 years non-parole condition, has highlighted a significant rise in the so-called ‘Grey Shades’ defence of sexual consent in ‘rough sex’ cases internationally. The Millane case has also showcased, if that

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Why Are These Lawyers Choosing to Earn Less? Linklaters Lawyers Sign On For Reduced Salary

Featured, Law Firms, NZ Top in LawFuel / February 21, 2020

More Linklater lawyers are signing on to earn less money in a scheme permitting German non-partners to work 40 hour work weeks for reduced earnings. The number of Linklaters lawyers who have signed on to the firm’s fixed-hours and reduced-rate pay career has doubled in less than three years, reports show. Linklaters have taken an

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Labor Law Leader Littler Expands to Austria

Press Releases / February 20, 2020

(February 18, 2020) – Powered by LawFuel – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, is pleased to announce that Gerlach Rechtsanwälte, a labor and employment law firm in Austria, is joining its global platform. The move follows the recent opening of Littler’s Singapore office, its first in Asia, along with its expansion

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US Law Firm’s Take Home Big Dollars with Record Profits

Law Firms, UK Law, US Law / February 20, 2020

Record profits have been recorded by a number of the US major law firms the Financial Times reports, with profits of $3 million on average. The FT report that US firm results show double-digit revenue growth during 2019, driven in part by some major deals like the Bristol-Myers Squibb $93 billion takeover of Celgene. Increase

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