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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Mannatt.com – In the continuing drama surrounding Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded to lawsuits by DraftKings and FanDuel by seeking a preliminary injunction to halt their operations in the state. Following news reports of insider trading and multiple lawsuits, the New York AG sent cease and desist letters to
Superseding Grand Jury Indictment Adds New Fraud and Money Laundering Charges against Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager, Beverly Hills Broker, and 2 Homm Employees LOS ANGELES – A former Beverly Hills stockbroker has been indicted – along with fugitive hedge fund manager Florian Homm and two others – in an alleged stock manipulation scheme designed
The lawyer who helped Kim Dotcom access his $50 million cash pool in Hong Kong is Gerald McCloy QC, the lawyer acting for Kim Dotcom in Hong Kong and who secured the release of $50 million for Dotcom’s extradition fight and for living expenses, was once tipped to be Hong Kong’s Director of Public Prosecutions
By Stephen Poor, Chairman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP* Altman Weil’s recent survey of CLOs found that 40 percent of law departments plan to decrease the spend on outside counsel over the next 12 months. This is hardly startling news. It simply continues the pattern we have seen in the industry for a number of years. What
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