Courtroom clashes can become intense, but when a judge repeatedly calls a lawyer “stupid” in an Australian case, the rules of conflict became more than blurred. The case involved a local lawyer, Benjamin Lindner, appearing before Victorian County Court Judge Mark Dean, who told the lawyer: “I cannot believe what has happened in this trial,
It’s a competitive world out there in Big Law – and promoting the right “culture” can be a task bigger than even Horatio might accomplish. It’s just a big ask at Big Law. But why exactly are the big firms so darn miserable, so unpleasant, so damn toxic? It’s a question asked by Law360 who
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John Bowie* Few law firms are going to turn down the chance to get new clients – still fewer are going to use the opportunity to lose existing clients. That’s where a good content marketing strategy pays dividends for law firms. So as law firms increasing find the increased competition, increased pressure from low-cost law
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LOS ANGELES – An independent film producer has been charged with interstate transportation of stolen property related to the theft of nearly $1.5 million that should have gone to his partner in a film production deal. Julio Caro, 56, of Calabasas, was charged on Tuesday with moving money to New Jersey that had
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Annual policy survey ranks MoFo among top five firms in California; honors achievement in part-time and flex-time policies For the third year in a row, Yale Law Women has named Morrison & Foerster to its annual Top 10 Family Friendly Firms List. We also were honored as one of the Top Five Firms in California.
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Morrison & Foerster* – Earlier this year I helped moderate a lively panel discussion on the social-media business and legal trends. The panelists, who represented well-known brands, didn’t agree on anything. One panelist would make an observation, only to be immediately challenged by another panelist. Hoping to generate even more sparks, I asked each panelist
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One of the most powerful way lawyers can generate new clients is through client testimonials – but also the just-as-powerful case results. Many lawyers overlook the importance of putting case results into their website and prepared and presented in a manner that will generate better results in terms of marketing for new clients. Properly presented
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LawFuel.com – The operator of a popular restaurant chain in Perth is facing legal action and an ongoing investigation over alleged serious breaches of workplace relations laws relating to overseas workers. Facing Court is Tram Hoang Han, who controls the Han’s Café franchise and directly owns two restaurants. Three companies of which she is currently
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SANTA ANA, California – A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades appeared in federal court this morning after agreeing to plead guilty to stealing from the mail and selling at least 6,240 credit cards. Chinh Vuong, 48, was summonsed into federal court this
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LawFuel.com – Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has announced that Harold Birnbaum, Leo Borchardt, Andrew Ditchfield, Derek Dostal, Lee Hochbaum, Darren S. Klein, Gabriel D. Rosenberg, Jesse Solomon, Shane Tintle, Veronica M. Wissel and Yan Zhang have been elected partners of the firm, effective today. Mr. Birnbaum is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department
