No sooner had LawFuel reported on the growth of one major scottish law firm when another – Semple Fraser – has placed 100 law jobs at risk over its three offices and called in administrators. Reports indicate that semple Fraser has been seeking to merge, failing which it will be broken up. However managing partner […]
Scottish law firm Harper MacLeod is reversing the bad news coming out of many law firms in the UK and elsewhere by expanding its workforce with the employment of anywhere from 15 to 20 new lawyers in the coming months. Further, the hires could be lateral as well with several at either partner or associate
Sydney – Lawfuel.com : Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the Lowy Family Group on the A$663.7 million sale of its 7.1% interest in the ASX-listed Westfield Retail Trust. The head of the Lowy Family, Mr Frank Lowy, is the co-founder and current chairman of the Westfield Group, which has interests in and
LawFuel.com – US Attorney Announcements and News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JACQUES WAJSFELNER was sentenced today to six months of probation, including three months of home confinement, for willfully failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBARs”) with the IRS,
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March 5, 2013 (New York) – LawFuel.com – The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Martin J. Nilsen has rejoined the firm as counsel in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department in New York City. Nilsen has more than 35 years of experience in the insurance and financial services
LawFuel.com – US Attorney News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Toni Weirauch, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of
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LawFuel.com – International law firm Clifford Chance advised Royal Dutch Shell plc on its acquisition of part of Repsol S.A.´s LNG portfolio outside of North America for a cash consideration of US$4.4 billion. The transaction includes plant capacity and supply positions in Peru and Trinidad and Tobago, a 25 per cent stake in a power
Philadelphia, February 28, 2013 – LawFuel.com – Camille Miller, co-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, was named a Client Choice 2013 winner on February 27, 2013 at a gala dinner held in London. The Client Choice survey was conducted by International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology,
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Reuters report that major Washington DC-based Patton Boggs has laid off staff in further legal cutbacks that continue to plague the law profession in the US. Patton Boggs has over 550 lawyers spread over nine offices internationally and the layoffs will not be welcome news to the industry, or to those looking for law jobs.
ALM Legal Intelligence and the International Paralegal Management Association (IPMA) invite both law firms and law departments to participate in the 2013 ALM/IPMA Compensation Survey for Paralegals and Managers. The survey collects salary, bonus, and overtime data on 13 paralegal positions as well data on benefits and management practices. This essential guide to paralegal compensation
