If you’re interested in using LPO, or Legal Process Outsourcing, you’ve probably got an idea in your head of what the service could help with. Maybe you’ve got a ton of backlogged discovery and research to do, or maybe you need help with filing and scheduling and you can’t count on any of your lower-level
Catherine Ashurst* When it comes time to upgrade your fleet/company vehicles, businesses are faced with the decision buy or lease? It is important to take some time and weigh up your options when it comes to making that financial commitment. There are benefits for both options, although ultimately it will come down to your companies’
Who is Richard Coleman QC? A member of Fountain Court Chambers,Richard Coleman QC is a leading barrister practising in commercial dispute resolution, banking, financial services and professional discipline. His practice has ranged across banking and regulatory disputes incuding Bank Charges litigation, the PPI judicial review, the FCA’s investigation into LIBOR manipulation, the misselling of interest
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Phil Newland, Director of litigation funder LPF Group, is calling for the Government to hold a public inquiry into the conduct of large insurance companies on the back of an investigation published today by Newsroom, one of New Zealand’s leading independent news and current affairs websites. “The Newsroom article (https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/10/14/271831/uk-qc-questions-fairness-and-bias-in-chief-justices-judgment) examines one particularly concerning example
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added new attorneys to its Chicago, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Diego and Washington, D.C., offices. Stephanie Duffy is of counsel in the Columbus office, where she is a member of the Real Estate Department. She brings 15 years of experience and a strong reputation in the industry, focusing
The New Zealand Law Society says it totally rejects reported assertions that it goes easy on lawyers in large law firms in order to continue collecting revenue from practising certificates. “The Law Society regulates all 14,000 lawyers with a New Zealand practising certificate without any preference. To suggest that a lawyer would not be disciplined
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Leading Global Law Firm Baker McKenzie has retained its position as the World’s Strongest Law Firm Brand in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. The Firm received an overall score of 100 which is 51 points ahead of the firm ranked in second place and ranked top for each of the brand
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM McFARLAND was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 6 years in prison for the following criminal conduct to which he had pled guilty: one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in
John Bowie Give Russell McVeagh in their annus horribilis one major credit: they “exited” the partner most recently found responsible for bad behaviour with rather more decisiveness than they handled the earlier sexual harassment claims. The cries of ‘too little too late’ will doubtless be heard far and wide, but the firm has front-footed the
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Todd Mackey* Okay, so Brett Kavanaugh got the top job, but at what cost? And what can lawyers seeking a new job learn from that inquisition? There are some lessons any job seeker can learn from the way he handled the now infamous congressional hearings prior to his landing his Supreme Court gig? Well there
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