Technology and Commercial lawyer Liz Blythe has joined Russell McVeagh as the firm’s newest Special Counsel. With an unerring drive and passion for ICT and commercial legal work, Liz joins the firm after years spent working in Technology and Commercial Contracts for US, UK and New Zealand law firms. Liz provides expert advice on a […]
Oct. 10, 2017, SAN FRANCISCO – Schiff Hardin LLP today announced the addition of Steven E. Swaney as a partner in the Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice in the San Francisco office. Swaney represents companies in product liability, class action, and multidistrict matters arising out of product defect, breach of warranty, toxic tort, and
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NewLaw is the new thing in the law ‘gig economy’ and more firms are beginning to make their mark in how technology is being used to provide legal services. And New Zealand firms – many of them new – are beginning to embrace the technology to deliver legal services and build their businesses. In the
Law Fuel | Content for Get Smart feature In March this year, leading law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts announced a market first for New Zealand – a joint venture to explore and capitalise on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for legal services. Law Fuel sat down with the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Mike Schubert to learn
LawFuel spoke with law tech pioneer Claudia King about her views on how kiwi law firms are dealing with developments in legal technology and artificial intelligence, as well as how in-house counsel are responding to the law tech opportunities. Taranaki-based Claudia King was one of the first Kiwi lawyers off the law tech rank with
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Big Law and big money seem to go together like bacon and eggs, but the massive profit margins that are often touted are false. So says American Lawyer writer Chris Johnson, lead ALM reporter in Europe with a detailed knowledge of the legal business and who penned an article for AmLaw that described the disparity
Russell McVeagh has acted on the A$1.585b trans-Tasman deal that will see the conventional upstream oil and gas production business of Origin Energy, Lattice Energy, acquired by Australasian oil and gas company Beach Energy. Russell McVeagh has acted on the sell-side for Origin Energy, with the company agreeing to sell Lattice Energy after revising earlier plans for an initial public
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Brooke Faulkner – Vaping and e-cigarettes began simply as a way for people to quit smoking and in a short time they have become a cultural phenomenon! From casual vaping to competitions and conventions, society’s fascination with e-cigarettes has become a hobby for many as much as an alternative to simple smoking. Studies show that
When there’s a $27 billion dollar industry about there are also big law firms seeking an equally big slice of the action. But not always. The franchising boom in New Zealand has seen a small boutique firm –successfully carve out a niche for itself and largely dominate the ‘franchise space’ and providing leading
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September 25, 2017– DLA Piper announced today the addition of Douglas Emhoff as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice and its Media, Sport and Entertainment sector. Emhoff will be based in DLA Piper’s Los Angeles and Washington, DC, offices. Emhoff joins from Venable, where he was the chief architect of
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