We reported last week about the aggressive stance taken by Cleary Gottlieb over the departure of a senior legal team to Freshfields. We now see The Lawyer has written about the ‘doomed’ lockstep model, with New York legal recruiter Mark Rosen, chairman of Mark Bruce International, predicting the end of the lockstep era. The reason
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For the past two years, Fish has been named a “BTI Business Development Badass Powered By LawFuel –Boston, MA, November 8, 2019 – Fish & Richardson today announced that Rachel Merrick Maggs has joined the firm as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer (CMBDO). Merrick Maggs will be responsible for building and implementing the firm’s global business development (BD) and marketing strategy.
An exclusive, disruptive and indispensable brand with creative, jovial and hard-working people: from this narrative of legal practice Harmos Horton Lusk (HHL), the initial concept for the firm’s architectural transformation was conceived as ‘Traditional with a Twist’. When HHL sought out Warren and Mahoney, the firm occupied a prominent position on the 37th floor of well-known Auckland tower the Vero
Auckland criminal lawyer Ian Brookie has hit the headlines with his latest case, defending the alleged murderer of English backpacker Grace Millane. Named by LawFuel as one of the up-and-coming litigation stars, Brookie is a former Meredith Connell prosecutor, where he worked for a period with Rudd Watts and Stone (now MinterEllisonRuddWatts) until establishing criminal
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LawFuel’s article on the lack of criminal lawyers practising in Mangere – and other observations made by Childrens’ Commissioner Andrew Becroft, prompted a response from long-serving Hawkes Bay legal aid lawyer Paul Harman. Paul Harman – Where are all the lawyers – an almost farcical to ask that question. For me the Margeret Bazley (pictured,
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Sean Royall, Olivia Adendorff and Richard Cunningham have joined or will soon be joining as partners of the Firm. Ms. Adendorff and Mr. Cunningham have already completed their transitions to Kirkland. Mr. Royall will do so upon finalizing obligations to his current firm. Mr. Royall, Ms.
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Linklaters has been working to create more sports law work and has promoted a Managing Associate to Co-lead its Sports Sector A press release from the firm shows that the firm remains committed to empowering junior lawyers by creating leadership roles for them. The press release – Linklaters has appointed Sînziana Ianc, a Managing Associate
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LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department has announced the formation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) that will focus on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes – such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes – which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central
Law firms are carefully examining the ethical and risk issues attaching to accepting crypto currency payments The ‘feared’ litigation juggernaut Quinn Emanuel has indicated it will take crypto currency payments after examining the options of doing so. The firm that is regarded by some as the firm most lawyers are afraid of seeing on the
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Powered by LawFuel – New York, November 6, 2019 — Stroock has tapped partners Michele Jacobson (below) and Jennifer S. Recine (left) to lead its New York General Litigation and firmwide Real Estate Litigation practices, respectively. Michele is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a co-chair of its Insurance and Reinsurance Group. Over her more
