Washington, D.C. – Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation partner J. Robert “Robby” Robertson has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. Robertson’s induction took place at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the College in London, England.
Washington, D.C. – September 16, 2014– Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that Haydn Richards, director of the firm’s Financial Industry Group and leader of the Financial Services Regulatory and Compliance practice, was recently selected as one of just eight Top Mortgage Regulatory Compliance Lawyers for 2014 by Mortgage Compliance Magazine. The publication
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Susan Cartier Liebel has written for legal consultants Trebuchet about what she would l ike to have known before going to law school I was recently asked by a friend and solo practice guru, Jay Foonberg, if I would canvas my Solo Practice University students and readers. He wanted to know what skills new law school
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Writers and other creative artist often find themselves the subject of litigation, particularly if their works are super-successful like “Avatar” creator James Cameron. –> Try Freelance Writing? Read the Fast Track Freelance Review – Click Here Cameron has just won the fourth lawsuit this year with a Judge in New York throwing out a copyright
The ex-employee menace: 89% retain access to Salesforce, QuickBooks & other sensitive corporate apps Intermedia’s 2014 SMB Rogue Access Study explores the security threat posed by former employees. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—August 12 — Every month, hundreds of thousands of Americans leave their jobs. And they’re bringing their IT access with them—from passwords to the corporate
By John Bowie. John Bowie publishes LawFuel and has written extensively about how law firms can market their services online effectively. Law firm marketing frequently involves blogging – and rightly so – but if you want to get through the content clutter on the Net and command attention what are the easiest ways of doing
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Detroit’s bankruptcy has lead to a number of interesting and challenging issues, but the public apology from law firm Kirkland & Ellis and its client, a bond insurer, has been somewhat extraordinary. The apology was for “any unfounded aspersions” that were cast on the mediators acting on the city’s bankruptcy and were made by the
The so-called “puppy mills” that allegedly permit large dog breeders who provide poor living conditions for dogs, has seen a federal judge in Cook County delay the new law targeting them. –> How to Potty Train a Cairn Terrier Pup: The law was originally due to take effect on October 1 and the case is
George Leef is director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and wrote this piece for Forbes. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. One of the Bard’s often-quoted lines is Dick the Butcher’s admonition
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Blakes is pleased to announce that our Tax group has been awarded the 2014 “Canada Tax Firm of the Year” for the sixth time in the last seven years. Blakes also received 2014 “Tax Court of Canada Firm of the Year” and an additional award for a private equity transaction. The awards were presented at
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