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
Some key facts about Mother’s Day that you may not have known by anyone, lawyers included. For instance, the Courts heard custody hearings on Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis always considered Mother’s Day her intellectual and legal property and wasn’t afraid to lawyer up in its defense. She included a warning on some Mother’s Day International Association
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May 7, 2015 – DLA Piper announced today that Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Tenorio-Kutzkey focuses on white collar matters in all phases of federal government investigation. She has particular experience in antitrust cartel investigations and defense, in which she represents Fortune 500 companies
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Human Rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin – Mrs George Clooney, in other words – has apparently created a major stir by looking ravishing. Why? Because here John Galliano gown gave rise to some controversy over Galliano’s anti-Semitic past. Mrs Clooney appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with George Clooney. In 2011, Dior announced they had
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