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“No Pressure” Say Spy Bosses on Huawei Decision, Confident in NZ’s Unique Legislation

The Government’s controversial decision to block Chinese tech giant Huawei from building the country’s 5G network was not the result of ‘Five Eyes’ pressure, say the top spies. Security Intelligence Service chief and LawFuel Power List member Rebecca Kitteridge and GCSB Director General Andrew Hampton fronted Parliament’s intelligence and security committee, saying that the decision […]

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Buchalter Expand Health Care Practice in Sacramento

LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 19, 2019 – Buchalter is pleased to announce that James Andrew (“Drew”) Caprile and Gene Berk have joined as members of the Health Care Practice Group in Sacramento. Both were previously the founders and co-shareholders of Koenig, Caprile & Berk, a boutique health care law firm.  Caprile and Berk both have extensive experience

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Russell McVeagh Releases M&A Trends Report for NZ

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Leading law firm Russell McVeagh has today released its M&A trends for 2019 publication that looks back at its forecasts for 2018, which all largely eventuated, and considers what 2019 holds in store. Corporate partner Ben Paterson says, “2018 was a strong year for M&A, and we see that continuing into 2019 despite some increased global uncertainty. In terms of particular

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5 Ways for Companies to Limit GDPR Penalties

Latham & Watkins – EU data protection authorities are imposing increased penalties under the GDPR, with more proceedings forecast for 2019. By Tim Wybitul, Prof. Dr. Thomas Grützner, Dr. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, and Dr. Isabelle Brams The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in effect since May 2018. Although the French data protection authority (CNIL) has imposed the highest

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Kensington Swan’s New Property Partner

Kensington Swan is delighted to welcome Paula Ormandy as a partner to what is now a five partner national property team. Paula will play an integral role in strengthening our property practice nationwide. Paula joins the firm from Bell Gully and is a leading commercial property and construction lawyer with 12 years’ experience with top

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Why General Counsel Need Smart Technology to Work Smarter

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The expanding role of General Counsel (or In-House Counsel) has expanded considerably in recent years, just as in-house legal departments have increasingly handled work undertaken by outside law firms. As a recent Thomson Reuters article pointed out the role of the modern General Counsel is as a “lawyer-statesperson” who is also a technical expert, “a

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Former NZ Insurance Lawyer Appointed to Court of Appeal

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Justice Patricia Courtney has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Justice Courtney had earlier been an insurance lawyer with McElroys, the insurance law boutique. >> See McElroys current legal role here Justice Courtney graduated with an LLB from the University of Auckland in 1982 and spent

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Big Bucks From Big Law = Toxic Work, Say Junior Lawyers

Big Bucks From Big Law = Toxic Work Environment Say, Junior Lawyers Tom Bowker – ‘Toxic’ work environments in law firms have been the subject of a contentious letter written by junior UK lawyers, following young laywers struck off after working in difficult conditions. The letter was sent to the UK Junior Solicitors Regulation Authority

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