For the second time in three years, Davis Polk received the “Award for Excellence” in “Securities Regulation (including Advisory, Enforcement and FSR)” at the Chambers USA annual awards dinner, which took place on May 22, 2014. “Awards for Excellence” recognize achievements over the past year and are based on research for the 2014 edition of […]
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Florida personal injury attorney Spencer Aronfeld is an author and civil rights activist who writes in the Huffington Post that the Florida “Stand Your Ground” law is both volatile and controversial Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is probably one of the most controversial and volatile pieces of legislation I have seen in my 25 years
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Mandatory retirement age restrictions have been a bugbear for employers – and employees – for as long as there has ben retirement. But for a Vancouver law firm, the issue has been taken to the Supreme Court of Canada, which has ruled that law firms and other partnershps can force partners to retire. Why? Because
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Could Led Zeppelin have stolen the intro for the now-standard “Stairway to Heaven?” A lawyer representing deceased Spirit guitarist Randy California is making the claim and seeking to prevent the release of their reissue “Led Zeppelin IV” album according to Bloomberg Business. “Stairway to Heaven” was recorded in 1971 and the claim from lawyer Francis
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The problem or issue of the rain-making, king-hitting “gorilla” lawyer, the ones that are the big billers and big earners, is something that most firms value of necessity. But is that a correct standpoint. Legal consultant Tony Williams is a princpal of London-based Jomati Consultants and has worked internationally as a worldwide managing partner of
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Mountain View, CA (May 16, 2014) – Fenwick & West, one of the nation’s premier law firms providing comprehensive legal services to high technology and life science clients, today announced the results of its First Quarter 2014 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey analyzed the valuations and terms of venture financings for 156 technology and
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Law firms are “late developers in talent management” according to Mary Cranston, former chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and successful class action litigator and company director. Interviewed by LawFuel publisher John Bowie, Mary Cranston has established herself as an innovative pioneer in terms of diversity employment practices, starting with her role as Pillsbury
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Pop-up shops are all the rage in some metropolitan areas, but having a pop-up law firm is quite another thing. However, a DC architecture practice, Gensler have created “the law firm of the future” as an exhibit at the Association of Legal Administrators annual conference and expo in Toronto this week, showing fesatures including open
Jodi Ettenberg is a former corporate lawyer who now travels the world – not billing out by the hour, but eating and looking at things, just like a real traveller might. She also writes the popular Legal Nomads site, which she started so her mother could keep track of her movements about the globe. It
Minimizing and managing legal and other risks around the globe requires a holistic corporate compliance program that is designed to satisfy the needs of the global organization. For companies currently operating or desiring to expand internationally, there are multiple areas of compliance that should be considered for each stage of expansion efforts, as well as
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