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Former Congressman Michael Capuano Joins Foley in Boston

Law Firms, Press Releases / March 2, 2019

FOLEY ADDS FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL CAPUANO IN BOSTON BOSTON, MASS. – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that former U.S. Congressman Michael Capuano has joined the firm’s Government Solutions Practice as a public affairs director, splitting his time between the firm’s Boston and Washington D.C. offices. He joins Foley’s team of former Congressmen, which includes public affairs directors Dennis Cardoza and Scott Klug,

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By Day a Music Lawyer . . By Night A Boxer

Featured, Lawyers / March 2, 2019

Diminutive music lawyer Farrah Usmani is stepping into a new world. The 5 foot, 3 inch , 135 lb Loeb & Loeb music lawyer, Farrah “H-Town Hustler” Usmani, will enter the ring tonight to take on Jenny Sciullo to raise money for the Nashville-area charity, The Charley Foundation. As the headline fight, the women have already raised

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Lime-Riding Lawyers Keep in Indoors

Lawyers, New Zealand Law News / March 1, 2019

Lime scooters have been in the news with wheel-locks and gridlocks with Councils, but one law firm has trialled them successfully . . in their own offices. Dunedin’s Jenny Beck Law have been scooting the corridors of law after discarding the idea of taking Limes to the Emerson’s brewery on eight Limes. Instead they took

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Litigation Funder Hits Paydirt Again . . How Will It Affect the Law Commission Review?

New Zealand Law News, Power List / March 1, 2019

John Bowie – The Mainzeal case was a win for litigation funder LPF Group, which hit the trifecta after succeeding in the PSA kiwifruit case and the earlier settlement in the PwC claim involving Dave Henderson’s property group. But it will also place litigation funding into sharp relief with the Law Commission’s imminent review of

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Freshfields Announce New Leadership for Global Financial Investors Group

Big Law, Press Releases / February 28, 2019

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has announced new leadership for its Global Financial Investors (GFI) group. The changes will see Charles Hayes take the helm as joint leader of the GFI group globally from 1 May 2019 alongside Markus Paul. In December this year, Arend von Riegen will succeed Markus whose term will end after

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US Magic Circle Spoilers Continue to Disrupt The City

Headlining, Law Firms, UK Law / February 28, 2019

LawFuel subscribers will recall our June 2018 article about London’s top-earning lawyers, which featured David Higgins, among others, who left Freshfields to join the aggressively expansive Kirkland & Ellis. Higgins, a private equity lawyer, made the move that some saw as insulting to his old firm and the Magic Circle, but it was nonetheless followed

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Buchalter Law Firm Signs New Seattle High Rise Lease

Press Releases / February 27, 2019

Seattle, February 26, 2019 – Buchalter is pleased to announce that the Seattle office has relocated to its permanent space in the premier downtown Seattle US Bank Centre located at 1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3100. “Finding a permanent home in Seattle has been a high priority for us. We chose US Bank Centre because of its location

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Technology law firm Simmonds Stewart invites applications for its 2019 techlaw intern programme

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Press Releases / February 27, 2019

Victoria Stewart on LawFuel Power Lawyer List

Today, technology law firm Simmonds Stewart launched its 2019 techlaw intern programme in conjunction with the Law School at the University of Auckland. The programme, first run in 2018, offers law students paid intern positions at companies in the high-growth tech sector. The programme is a first for New Zealand law students (and, as far

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Mainzeal Directors Found Guilty & Owe $36 Million

New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases, Power List, Press Releases / February 25, 2019

Dame Jenny Shipley and her fellow directors of failed building company Mainzeal have been found liable for $36 million in damages, a ruling from Justice Francis Cooke has found. The company, which went into liquidation in 2013 had been trading while insolvent despite its high profile – and creditors would have been better off if

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Former Milbank Transactional Attorney Joins Baker + McKenzie

Press Releases / February 25, 2019

Baker McKenzie has added highly regarded transactional lawyer Mark Mandel in New York. Mark brings nearly 30 years of experience advising public and private companies and financial sponsors in connection with a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, unsolicited and friendly tender offers, private equity transactions, public offerings and private placements of securities,

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