Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a partnership with UNSW Law in Sydney to establish the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre. The Centre will strengthen research and partnerships in international business and economic law relevant to China in the 21st century, and particularly to the Australia-China trading corridor. The five-year […]
Samantha McKenna* When a potential client publicly announces what exactly is keeping her up at night, you can be confident that she is in a position to pay attention to your advice on the very issues that are troubling her. And when that happens, your business development gains focus: you now know what to say and to whom,
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At 87, this retired police colonel is about to embark on a new career, training as a lawyer But at 87, Ibarra Mariano is not yet done ticking off his checklist in life as he pursues his dream. On Sunday afternoon, Mariano was among the first to come out of University of Santo Tomas after finishing
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Achieving gender equality is one of the law profession’s major issues and so when a major firm – particularly one as gold-plated as Cravath Swaine & Moore – announce that their latest partner intake not only comprises mainly women, but only women, then it’s three cheers for them. It isn’t the first time Cravath has
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He’s one of New Zealand’s more successful appellate lawyers. He’s also one of the longest serving prisoners and Arthur William Taylor has scored another appellate success with his Supreme Court appeal regarding the voting rights of prisoners. Taylor has long been regarded as a frequently highly effective ‘jailhouse lawyer’ and LawFuel is aware that one
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(November 8, 2018, San Francisco, CA) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, todayannounced that Arif Virji has joined the firm as a labor and employment and professional liability partner in its San Francisco office. Virji, who has three decades of experience, will also co-manage the San Francisco office with Katherine
DALLAS (November 6, 2018) – Barnes & Thornburg has added Luke Wohlford, an experienced trial attorney, as a partner in the Litigation Department in Dallas. Previously, Wohlford was a director at Crowe & Dunlevy. Wohlford concentrates on corporate and fiduciary litigation, complex contract litigation, product liability, antitrust, and class action litigation. His clients include public entities, private companies,
Detroit – October 30, 2018 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Kenneth J. Sachs to its Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group as a Member of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Sachs joins Dykema after practicing in the Troy, Mich., office of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., for more than a
Man Accused of Being Serial Fraudster Taken into Federal Custody for Allegedly Bilking People while Free on Bond in Prior Case LOS ANGELES – A West Hollywood man was taken into federal custody today in relation to new fraud charges that alleged he participated in a series of scams while free on bond and after pleaded
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