Mega law firm mergers have kicked off the year as three of this year’s biggest mergers involve law firms with over 1000 lawyers and the pace of law firms swallowing other large firms is set to continue. The reported merger between London-based Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy who are evidently talking with O’Melveny & […]
Seeking a law job can be challenging, but being an Uber-driving former Judge is a challenge that few lawyers may tolerate easily. Not for former Zimbabwe High Court Judge Ben Paradza who fled his homeland after being convicted for conspiring against former tyrant, the now deposed Robert Mugabe. The then-Judge fled Zimbabwe following a corruption
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found MICHAEL LITTLE guilty of charges that he participated in an 11-year tax fraud scheme in which he advised and helped an American family to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by hiding approximately $14 million
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Bell Gully – Bell Gully’s The Big Picture: Takeovers Update provides an analysis of key observations from takeovers announced in 2017. New Zealand listed companies attracted strong interest from buyers last year, producing the highest level of takeover activity seen in the past decade. In the fourth consecutive year of increased takeover activity in this
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Tokyo, 9 April 2018 – Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that a three-lawyer team has joined the firm’s new office in Tokyo, including Shri Maski and Gordon Palmquist, who join as partners in the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate & Securities practices, respectively, and Tomo Adachi, who joins as a senior associate in
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Locke Lord – In just a few weeks, on May 25, 2018, the EU’s new data protection law goes live. The General Data Protection Regulation, commonly known as the GDPR, is the biggest change to European data protection law in over 20 years and will seriously impact businesses across the U.S. and around the world.
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced the seizure of Backpage.com, the Internet’s leading forum for prostitution ads, including ads depicting the prostitution of children. Additionally, seven individuals have been charged in a 93-count federal indictment with the crimes of conspiracy to facilitate prostitution using a facility in interstate or foreign commerce, facilitating prostitution using
Marketing your law firm is a top priority for law firms, particularly smaller firms, and having a great Google presence is a key target for those seeking to achieve high law firm ranking. Increasingly it is the web – and mobile devices – that will be sending your firm new clients. Your website is your
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The Whanganui law firm owned by the late Graham Takarangi has been taken over by Treadwell Gordon. Mr Takarangi, who was principal of Graham Takarangi & Co, died on March 12. Treadwell Gordon, whose head office is in Whanganui, has been working with the administrators of Mr Takarangi’s estate and completed the acquisition of Graham
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