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Afghan Heroin Traffickers Get 25 Years’ Prison For Attempts to Smuggle to the US

Press Releases / September 17, 2018

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAJBAR LAJAWARD KHAN, a/k/a “Haji Lajaward,” and AMAL SAID SAID ALAM SHAH, a/k/a “Haji Zar Mohammad,” were sentenced to 15 years and 131 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to import large quantities of heroin into the United States,

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NZ Law Tech News – Dragon Dictation Goes Mobile . . Big Time

New Zealand Law News / September 17, 2018

The ability of new technology to increase the lawyers’ efficiency continues to expand along with the technology driven by new AI apps. But now, with the introduction into New Zealand of the Dragon ‘Anywhere’ app, there is a true ability for an increasingly mobile legal workforce to maintain and increase their productivity with the power

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NZ Law – AMINZ Appoint New President

WELLINGTON — Royden Hindle is the new president of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand. Mr Hindle, an Auckland-based arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator with Bankside Chambers was elected to the position by members of AMINZ. He also teaches dispute resolution at AUT University, and will continue in the role of AMINZ Director of

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The Legal ‘Bash’ That Went Seriously Wrong For Two Female Lawyers

Australia Law News, Featured, LawStars / September 15, 2018

What happened with the lady lawyers at the swanky Sydney legal bash? And it was an incident involving a leading woman lawyer who spoke recently about ‘getting to know women as individuals’ and the enlightened approach her Chambers take towards gender equality and other issues. Is ‘bash’ the word? It would appear so as the

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High Profile Global Drug Kingpin Arrives in US After Massive Cocaine Conspiracy Indictment Unsealed

Featured, Press Releases / September 14, 2018

LOS ANGELES – A high-level member of a global drug ring arrived in Southern California last night after being extradited from Colombia on charges that he conspired to transport cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars from South America to Mexico for eventual sale in the United States. The extradition resulted from a coordinated, international law

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Law Firm Warshaw Burstein Represents NYC Restauranteur Kristin Vincent in Montauk Purchase

Law Firms, Press Releases / September 14, 2018

The Former Site of Zum Schneider in Montauk to Open as Vincent’s Sel Rrose Oyster Bar and Restaurant in 2019 New York, September 13, 2018 – The law firm Warshaw Burstein, LLP represented the owner of the New York City restaurant Sel Rrose in purchasing the Montauk building that formerly housed a branch of Zum Schneider. Sel Rrose will

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Artificial Intelligence & The Law: Will It Take Us To Dark Places Too?

Briefings, Featured, New Zealand Law News, NZ Press Releases / September 14, 2018

Otago University’s artificial intelligence research will help shed light on the effect of AI innovations on law and public policy in New Zealand, including a look at some potentially harmful implications from the powerful and fast-developing technology.The Otago initiative, Artificial Intelligence and Law in New Zealand, is funded in part by the Law Foundation and

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UK Personal Injury Consumer Research Report 2018

Press Releases, UK Law / September 13, 2018

MAJORITY OF CLAIMS ARE VALUED AT UP TO £5,000 BUT MOST INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT TAKING THESE CLAIMS ON THEMSELVES The latest consumer research findings from IRN Research show that a clear majority of claim payouts – 65% – are up to £5,000, and these would fall under the new small claims limit set to

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8 Reasons Why Lawyers Should Blog

Law Marketing / September 13, 2018

Strange Law Firm One question that lots of lawyers and law firms do not think nearly enough about is how often they blog. Apart from performing legal work for clients, many lawyers and law firms spend lots of time doing lots of tasks. But one thing most lawyers and law firms do not spend any

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Legal AI: Coming Ready or Not

Briefings, Featured / September 13, 2018

Baker Donelson – Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled legal tools are reaching the market at an incredible pace. Understanding and vetting such technology is critical to ensuring better outcomes for legal projects. Every day, news articles in my social media feed address some new legal technology powered by AI. The promise of legal AI is incredible.

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