Senior Ashurst lawyer Bernd Egbers, based in the firm’s Munich office, has been as to leave the firm due to “conduct which is contrary to (the firm’s) values’. The actual ‘conduct’ referred to is not disclosed in the statement, but Egbers joined the firm in 2006 from Norton Rose, handling cross-border financial transactions. He became
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (June 13, 2019) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Danielle M. Ryman has been named Managing Partner of the firm’s Anchorage office. Danielle succeeds Eric Fjelstad, who served in the role since 2007. “Danielle is a widely respected attorney with a strong reputation across Alaska,” said John Devaney, Perkins Coie’s Managing Partner.
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Ructions at the New Zealand Transport Agency have impacted the legal team, including many from its Land Transport Rules Team and as a result of the Agency’s new focus on technology and its apparent aim to transform from a traditional transport funder and safety regulator to a digitised transport service provider. The legal team at
The explosion in legal tech ‘apps’ will result in some massive consolidation, says an expert in the area, Professor Daniel Katz. Katz is professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law as well as having a major hand in legal tech himself, via his vice-president role in the global law tech company Elevate. There would
Justice Kit Toogood’s character analysis of defamation litigant Colin Craig may have rocked the former Conservative Party chief somewhat, having been described variously as being intelligent and articulate on the one hand, but “self absorbed”, “lacking insight” and “hypocritical” on the other. The seemingly endless Craig litigation drama, which LawFuel uncatalogued earlier, needed to be brought
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The Supreme Court hearing in respect of Kim Dotcom and his co-accused who face extradition to the United States has seen Dotcom’s former marketing manager Finn Batato finally appoint a lawyer to represent him. But the lengthy last ditch attempt by the Dotcom team to avoid extradition to the US also saw the Supreme Court
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(June 11, 2019) – As the U.S. commercial real estate sector prepares in the downswing of an extended economic expansion, executives and investors continue to be highly optimistic about the market and the overall U.S. economy, according to an annual survey by top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP. The tenth annual Akerman U.S. Real Estate Sector
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AI-powered application enables legal teams to assess audio, video and text-based documents at the top of the case funnel to drive efficiency, time and cost savings Veritone Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence (AI), aiWARE™, today announced Veritone Illuminate, an AI-powered solution that enables legal and law enforcement investigative
While the pay rate increases may excite the interests of young lawyers, it also comes at the cost of smaller associate teams required to hit higher billing targets.
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A foreign exchange broker whose company is in liquidation has entered no plea to fraud charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Russell Maher (52) appeared at the Auckland District Court today charged with 47 counts of ‘Using forged documents’. The charges relate to Forex Brokers Limited (FBL), through which the defendant provided foreign exchange
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