Court appearances are second nature to Anne Stevens, but last week’s admission to the Inner Bar saw the feisty barrister as nervous as she had ever been. At a special sitting in Dunedin’s ornate courtroom, presided over by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias the highly experienced criminal defence lawyer and former hippy who usually bikes […]
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Manatt’s Donna Wilson, CEO and Managing Partner-elect and leader of the privacy and data security group, and Bill Bernstein, leader of Manatt Health, were named to The 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America guide. This annual guide recognizes the best attorneys in a wide range of practice areas and geographic regions. Now in its 14th year, The Lawdragon 500 guide is
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Manatt – The California Consumer Privacy Act has been the subject of an infographic produced by Manatt’s Privacy and Data Security group covering the central elements of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The infographic lets you learn more about this important privacy legislation as you prepare for compliance by 2020.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANISLAV VITALIYEVICH LISOV, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Blackf” (“LISOV”), pled guilty today to conspiring to deploy and use a type of
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Winston & Strawn partner Neely Agin lost her daughter to cancer the antitrust lawyer decided she would do something to help find a cure for the disease that took her daughter. “My daughter, Alexis, battled a form of brain cancer called DIPG. She was a sweet and stubborn 4 year old who enjoyed art projects,
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Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL SIVA, a former stock broker, was sentenced today to eighteen months in prison for his involvement in an insider trading scheme based on material, nonpublic information misappropriated from an investment bank by Daniel Rivas, a former employee at the bank.
The first lawsuit to emerge from Australia’s Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been issued, with Australia’s leading class action law firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers taking on Westpac for providing loans in breach of responsible lending laws. The Royal Commission conducted seven rounds of public hearings over 68 days,
Proposals can be fraught affairs, but this Palm Beach lawyers went so far as to stage a fake trial, complete with defense attorney and client – not to mention Judge – to get to the high point: where he dropped to his knees to deliver his opening address. Brandon Ross Dinetz spent five months planning
Pundit, Knight, Author and Property investment supreme Sir Robert Jones has launched a blog to poke fun at a world “gone mad with political correctness”. His initial entry provides some advice for politician Jamie-Lee Ross, who Sir Robert castigates and notes that MP Sarah Dowie’s text that is the subject of police investigation is a
The Spy chiefs who fronted Parliament discussed New Zealand’s unique legislation and the ongoing cyber attacks we face. Read More Here
