The establishment of the new Junior Lawyers’ Union, the Aotearoa Legal Workers’ Union, a heavily industrialised-sounding title, is a development that has been simmering for some time and prior to the #Metoo scandal that rocked the legal profession. Attempts to secure better rewarded and generally more equitable conditions for younger lawyers is something that has
U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF MICHAEL AVENATTI FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD A FORMER CLIENT Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc. Geoffrey S. Berman, (left) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William
Former Wilkie Farr co-chair Gordon Caplan is facing jail time after pleading guilty in Boston federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in respect of the college cheating scandal in which he was involved, paying $75,000 to rig college board scores to get his daughter into a top school.
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John Bowie – The recent Crusaders’ crusade to South Africa, that Godless country of race-based infamy, has lead to the lofty elevation of employment lawyer Steph Dyhrberg, now variously and almost relentlessly described as the “prominent lawyer”, “leading lawyer”, “top lawyer” and even as a Queen’s Counsel by Newshub. Now Ms Dyhrberg is certainly more
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Century City – A highly regarded private equity team led by Mehdi Khodadad has joined Sidley Austin LLP from Cooley LLP, where Mr. Khodadad led that firm’s private equity practice. The team consists of Mr. Khodadad, partners Josh DuClos and Eric Kauffman, counsel Stacy Crosnicker and several associates. Mr. Khodadad, Mr. DuClos and Mr. Kauffmann are in Sidley’s Century
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WASHINGTON, DC (May 14, 2019) – Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Charles J. Monterio, Jr. has joined the firm’s IP Litigation Practice as a partner in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Monterio handles complex patent litigation cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, achieving four wins in recent years, including three trial wins. He also possesses extensive experience
Once again the billable hour is under attack. And once again it is about mental health issues with lawyers seeking to escape the torment of the billable hour. A Law.com article quoted Paula Davis-Laack, (right) a former Michael Best & Friedrich associate who is now founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, who
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MILAN, 16 May 2019 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, one of the largest in the United States, announced that effective July 1, 2019, it will combine with its longstanding ally Santa Maria Studio Legale, a truly elite Italian boutique, and simultaneously add stars in the real estate and finance fields from Freshfields in Milan. The result will
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The New York-based firm has continued its growth in the UK, after being in the country since 1972, although the firm’s origins trace back to 1873. The firm’s recent lift in first year solicitor salaries in London shows it is flexing its considerable financial muscle, with revenues approaching $US1 billion, to ensure it obtains top
The battle for the newly qualified lawyers in London continues with US-based Shearman & Sterling lifting its salaries by 14 per cent to £120,000. The hot competition for NQs in London has been driven by the major US law firms, but increasingly the Magic Circle firms have had to lift their offerings to compete, the
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