NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. December 8, 2015— Irvine Company Office Properties announced today that Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, LLP has signed a lease extension for 265,000 square feet at the 48-story office tower at 71 South Wacker Drive, one of the most sought-after addresses in Chicago. The celebrated law firm has called 71 […]
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrest of XU JIAQIANG for theft of a trade secret, in connection with XU’s theft of proprietary source
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Riverview Law is a new-age, revolutionary law firm developing . . well, robots, actually. The innovative firm has spent 18 months investigating an automated, in-house team of virtual assistants that will make fast and (hopefully) accurate decisions. Dubbed “Kim” (which stands for knowledge, intelligence and meaning), the virtual assistants combine their robotic powers with data
Schneiders & Schneiders, experts in the personal injury law field, will be opening a third location in Quincy, Massachusetts in addition to its two existing offices in Canton and Boston, respectively, in order to better serve clients. Schneiders & Schneiders, a prominent personal injury law firm operating in the south eastern Massachusetts area, is opening
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Glendale – LawFuel.com – LegalZoom Legal Services Ltd (‘LegalZoom UK’), the UK arm of the leading US legal brand, today announced an agreement to acquire Beaumont Legal, an award-winning law firm based in Wakefield, Yorkshire. The acquisition is expected to be complete by the end of the year subject to regulatory approval. Recognized as one of the UK’s fastest
Clifford Chance – 2015 has been a bumper year for M&A, with over US$ 4.28trn of deals announced to date, according to a preview of international law firm Clifford Chance’s latest Global M&A Trends report. Global M&A value has reached record levels, with 2015 lining up to be the strongest year ever for M&A. While
It was a bizarre media statement. The San Bernardino shootings have lead to a lawyer for the Farook family making a number of odd comments about the tragic incident, rantikng from Britney Spears’ music to the need for greater tolerance for Islam. “Until there is absolute clear evidence, every headline doesn’t have to say ‘Muslim
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Starting a law firm is a business fraught with risk and frequently blessed with reward too. But there are traps and the path towards success can be pockmarked by financial, regulatory and lifestyle issues that can imperil the lawyer entrepreneur. Recruiter Harrison Barnes has written of the top 10 reasons why you should NOT start
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Baker Donelson – The Federal government is engaging tough measures to ensure corporations take safety seriously. First, OSHA is in the process of implementing changes to its penalty calculation system, which includes increasing penalty amounts as much as 82%, and extending the time period for consideration of repeat violators and penalty reductions based on history
LeClairRyan – Simply put, “privity of contract” is “‘the relationship between the parties to a contract, allowing them to sue each other but preventing a third party from doing so.” The existence of ‘privity’ had long protected an architect in a contractual relationship with an owner or some other entity from potential liability to a
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