A midsized commercial law firm based in Birmingham is set to become the first law firm in the UK to go public, listing on the AIM market with an IPO set to raise US$15 million for expansion. Gateley is a firm with six British offices and another in Dubai. The public funds would be used
Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago. This article was first published in the Huffington Post. The Supreme Court plays a central role in the American legal and political system. In recent years, it has decided profoundly important cases involving such issues as campaign finance regulation,
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An intricate neo-Nazi plot has involved a Jewish Melbourne lawyer in a nasty ISIL threat and a swirling controversy over his alleged claims for genocide for Palestinians has been revealed. The odd twist of events involved Australian neo-Nazis who wrote in an online forum about “all out war” against ISIL and the lawyer, Josh Bornstein,
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Issues of rape and sexual assault are too frequent on many university campuses and Oxford University has just resisted a legal challenge brought by a former student who sought to challenge the university’s restrictive approach towards inquiries into such matters. Elizabeth Ramey took a judicial review proceeding to the High Court but the court refused
Jenner & Block have announced that highly experienced bankruptcy lawyer Richard Levin, the man who helped draft the US Federal Bankruptcy Code, is to join the firm. Levin has been chair of Cravath Swaine & Moore’s bankruptcy group since 2007 and his role in the area has helped shaped US bankruptcy law since his days
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Anyone for a law firm shoot? As in smart pictures, celebrity endorsements and anything else that can make your law firm site truly shine? Well, we’ve had all of that with a lot of law firms but now a firm from Russia has surely taken the cake. The website has the partners and staffers posing
The changing dynamics of the law market also create major changes in the areas that firms place their resources into. Smaller firms are generally hidebound by their practice areas, which mean they are more susceptible to cyclical trends and practice downturn. Accordingly firms are increasingly focused upon areas of activity that will be counter-cyclical or
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Amal Clooney is never one to avoid the spotlight, be it her marriage, her social life or her lawyering. This time, fresh from the NY Met social event its takng on former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath as someone involving in the authorising the torture of detainees in Northern Ireland in a controversial case
2015 has seen a slower start for the larger law firms, according to Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group’s recent survey. The survey showed that revenue growth was modest and demand was essentially flat in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year. Gretta Rusanow, senior client adviser at Citi Private Bank’s Law
Matt Barnes comments to a fan were beyond rude in the view of many, including the NBA who imposed twice the fine the player expected when he received a $50,000 fine for his “inappropriate language at a fan”. The object of Barnes’ abuse was Houston guard James Harden’s mother, Monja Willis in Game 2 in
