More than four years in the making, Hong Kong has finally implemented much needed reforms to modernise its trust law in December 2013. These reforms are seen as pivotal to strengthening the competitiveness and attractiveness of Hong Kong’s trust services industry, and follow a similar exercise in England (2001) and in Singapore (2004). Whilst most […]
Searching the cellphones of those arrested is available only after a search warrant, the US Supreme Court has ruled in a decision welcomed by those concerned about privacy in the age of digital communication. The Chief Justice, John Roberts referred to the power of cell phones, saying because they contain so much information the police
International law firm Taylor Wessing today announces the opening of two representative offices in the USA. The offices, in Palo Alto and New York, will both open in September this year. Taylor Wessing is a leading firm for M&A and inward investment from the US into Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Combined with a
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West Palm Beach, June 24, 2014 – Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Robin King has joined the firm as Counsel in the Private Client Department. King concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, guardianship administration, probate administration, and trust administration. She works with non-traditional families regarding all types
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Bernard Madoff Steered Dozens of Customers to Use the Defendant’s Services, and Madoff Personally Sought Tax and Business Advice from the Defendant Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAUL J. KONIGSBERG – a lawyer and accountant who provided services to numerous clients of Bernard L.
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The long running phone hacking case at the Old Bailey has come to a dramatic conclusion with Andy Coulson being found guilty of conspiring to hack phones while heading Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper. Coulson is British PM David Cameron’s former press secretary and took over from Rebekah Brooks a confident and protege
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At the Financial Times’ inaugural Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers awards ceremony on June 10, Skadden won the “Innovation in Finance Law” award for international firms in recognition of our representation of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. We also were shortlisted for the “Most Innovative Law Firm” award for international firms and the “Innovation for International Strategy” award
It’s not often that mug shots – even of the oft-arrested celebrity – go viral, but less so when the alleged felon is unknown to everyone except the police. But in the case of Californian Jeremy Meeks, 30, the handsome face of the man has gone viral on social media, attracting more than 33,000 “likes”
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It’s been a tough law jobs market for some years and the situation in the US affects not just big law firms but also public law jobs, in house counsel positions and others have been badly hit. BusinessWeek reports that law has been particularly hard hit by the slump in services since 2008. Work dried
The death of DJ Casey Kasem has unleashed a potential elder abuse lawsuit by his daughter against her estranged stepmother in an area of law that continues to grow in importance, for lawyers and clients alike. The Kasem issue arises from various claims relating to his widow’s alleged cheating on Kasem prior to his death,
