Initiative sets a new precedent that funds legal support for vulnerable individuals, while meeting the needs of business clients seeking socially responsible suppliers. Bindmans, an award-winning multidisciplinary law firm with a 50-year human rights and social justice record, has today set a new precedent in the legal industry by announcing the launch of its 10%
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Evading Sanctions and Export Controls, Defrauding Financial Institutions, and Violating the Bank Secrecy Act Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, a 22-count indictment was unsealed charging Iurii Gugnin with wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), operating an unlicensed money transmitting
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Who Is The Gold-Plated Lawyer Peter Cooper? John Bowie, LawFuel publisher In the 1980s when I started the first ‘Rich List’ for the NZ Financial Review there were few lawyers who made the List – perhaps only Michael Friedlander – but as the world changes. The NBR bought the Review and the Rich List and
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Auckland Law School Merger Rejected The University of Auckland’s controversial plan to merge its Law and Business faculties is officially dead. >> Your new law job here . . After months of resistance and razor-sharp critiques from legal minds across New Zealand, Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater’s proposed merger has been, in bureaucratic terms, “paused.” In plain
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Delta Law Corporation, a boutique corporate and commercial law firm, proudly announces its launch in the heart of Singapore’s heritage-rich Keong Saik district. Delta Law’s Partners Cephas Yee, Sean Lee and Joshua Tan set-up office in Keong Saik Founded by long-time friends and former classmates from Singapore Management University — Joshua Tan, Cephas Yee, and
Washington, D.C. — Fenwick today announced that Jerzy Piatkowski has joined the firm as counsel in its government contracts & public sector procurement group. He will be based in Fenwick’s Washington, D.C. office. Piatkowski’s arrival reflects the firm’s continued investment in its regulatory capabilities and sustained growth in the region. Piatkowski joins Fenwick following a
Mayer Brown announced today that Rick Nowak has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Chicago. Rick, an experienced trial lawyer and nationally recognized Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigator and former Co-Chair of the ERISA Litigation practice, returns to Mayer Brown from Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity,
The King’s Birthday Honours List has reinforced the central role the law plays in Australia’s national life with the awarding of Orders of Australia to several prominent legal figures. President of the Law Society of NSW Jennifer Ball congratulated all recipients and said the awards, including to a judge of the nation’s highest court, recognise
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Global legal giant Norton Rose Fulbright is set to become even more formidable, announcing a full integration of its Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) and Australian operations, effective July 1, 2025. The move brings together two well-established branches of the firm into a single, fully integrated entity with over 1,800 lawyers – including more
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The Asia Pacific region includes some of the fastest-growing markets in the world and presents unique opportunities for Norton Rose Fulbright and its clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has operated across East Asia, South East Asia and Australia for many decades with deep synergies between these regional practices. To leverage the firm’s existing strengths and to
