Powered by LawFuel – TEL AVIV, ISRAEL JANUARY 15, 2020 Verbit, the leading AI-powered transcription platform, today announced the close of a $31 million Series B funding round led by Stripes, a leading New York-based growth equity firm. Existing investors Viola Ventures, Vertex Ventures, HV Ventures, Oryzn Capital and ClalTech are also participating in the
Solicitor Boon Gunn Hong was ordered to pay the Auckland Standards Committee $35,850 at a late December hearing of the Tribunal. That followed an earlier hearing where he was found guilty of wilful misconduct. His actions consisted of a wilful contravention of trust accounting regulations by obstructing a trust account inspector from completing a review, the tribunal found. He refused repeated requests for
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Such is the state of the #Metoo movement in the legal profession that Magic Circle firm Linklaters has launched a ‘sober supervisor’ scheme to avoid bad behaviour after boozy lunches and social gatherings. The seemingly growing array of prosecutions and cases of sexual harassment and other incidents has lead to what some may see as
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Axiom Managed Solutions Relaunches as Factor Powered by LawFuel– After Spin-Out from Axiom, Legal Innovator Enters New Phase of Growth; Investors Double Down on their Commitment to the Company New York – January 15, 2020 – Building on its position as the leading provider of solutions for complex legal work at scale within the New Law sector,
Strength and capacity has been built and effort recognised at leading national law firm Lane Neave with five promotions. Taking effect from 1 January 2020, the firm announces the promotion of: Mike King, Christchurch, Litigation – Senior Associate Jacob Nutt, Auckland, Corporate (Banking & Financial Services) – Associate Julia Strickett, Auckland, Immigration – Associate Josh
Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome Liz Lim as a partner to the national banking and finance team. Liz will play an integral role in growing the practice nationwide from her base in Auckland. Liz is a specialist banking and finance lawyer with over 15 years’ experience working in New Zealand and internationally. She has
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Tony Hubbard – Who said Judge’s were over-paid? And why should ‘public service’ alone be sufficient to attract new judges to the bench? The Remuneration Authority has decided that Judges, particularly District and Maori Court Judges, deserve more and – in a recruitment initiative focused on money rather than public service – they have decreed
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Crowell & Moring has continued its practice of making high profile hires for its London office after taking on a “go to” senior litigator from Squire Patton Boggs. Nicola Phillips has been recruited for Crowell & Moring’s international dispute resolution group and is the seventh hire from Squire Patton Boggs in the past year. Legal
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Powered by LawFuel – Washington – January 14, 2020: Andrew Pruitt has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in its Litigation Group, strengthening the firm’s ability to defend global corporations in complex commercial litigation, enforcement matters, and investigations. Pruitt is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and will focus on defending Fortune 500 clients in
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