LawFuel.com – 2 December 2015 (Berlin): Last month Hausfeld, a global claimants’ law firm dedicated to competition and other complex litigation and cross-border dispute resolution, announced its expansion in Germany. At the same time, Burford Capital (“Burford”), the leading global finance and professional services firm focused on law, announced that it was making available
International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to grow its international corporate practice with the recruitment of Partners Giles Beale and James Wilson who have joined the firm’s London office from Reed Smith. Giles and James specialise in corporate finance and international mergers and acquisitions, in particular involving the equity capital markets. They advise
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Oscar Pistorious faces 15-20 years in jail after South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals says the original trial made an error of law in convicting the former athlete of culpable homicide for the killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Justice Leach ruled on the legal principle of dolus eventualis and how it was applied in the case
DALLAS, TX – December 2, 2015 – Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Aaron S. Turner has joined the firm’s Dallas office as counsel in the Finance Group. He joins the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Aaron concentrates his practice on finance transactions, including acquisition financing, leveraged lending, investment-grade lending, and
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LOS ANGELES – A Northern California man who operated the Internet’s best-known “revenge porn” website was sentenced late this afternoon to 30 months in federal prison for hiring another man to hack into e-mail accounts to steal nude photos that were later posted on his website. Hunter Moore, 29, of Woodland, California, who
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WASHINGTON, D.C. AND LONDON – DECEMBER 2, 2015 – Consilio, a global leader ineDiscovery and Document Review Services, has acquired U.K.-based Proven Legal Technologies, an eDisclosure and forensic-consulting services provider and Relativity premium-hosting partner. This acquisition will fuel Consilio’s continued growth by deepening its team of experienced eDiscovery and forensics consulting resources in Europe and
Sullivan & Cromwell represents China Mobile Limited in connection with its subsidiary CM TieTong’s (China) agreement with TieTong (China), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile Communications Corporation, under which CM TieTong has agreed to acquire, and TieTong has agreed to sell, the Target Assets and Businesses for RMB31.88 billion (equivalent to approximately US$4.9 billion),
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McGuireWoods and the newly launched Shanghai firm FuJae Partners today announced a strategic alliance that will provide companies within and outside of China with ready access to leading lawyers in China and worldwide. Under the alliance, McGuireWoods and FuJae have agreed to work closely with each other to serve strategic international markets, including the People’s
Now we get some strange lawyer stories but this? A former legal high flyer charged with getting into bed with a woman he thought was a Panda bear? Dressed in fishnets and a g-string? Strange, but also strangely true. Desmond Moran, from Tipperary in Ireland had taken drugs and we know what can happen when
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Los Angeles –LawFuel.com – Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Russell “Rusty” Weiss has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss has built a substantial practice focused on the convergence of entertainment and technology. He is a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions practice and Media and
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