The former head of global legal giant Baker McKenzie’s London office is facing prosecution for alleged sexual harassment, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said today with the former chief and his former firm instructing partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to represent them. Gary Senior, who left the firm last year, has been referred to … [Read more...]
The Harvey Weinstein Case: Harvey Weinstein’s Anti-Metoo Lady Lawyer (And 5 Things You Should Know) . . Updated
5 Things To Know About Harvey Weinstein's 'Bulldog' Lawyer Image: Chicago Magazine Harvey Weinstein's trial is now - at last - about to be heard. After two years of legal and public turmoil with the disgraced movie mogul forming the epicenter of his greatest prodution: The MeToo Movement, he has a top attorney who is 2 things that might surprise. First, she's a woman and … [Read more...]
Harvey Weinstein’s #Metoo Budget May Be $44 Million
Harvey Weinstein's biggest epic may have been the creation of the #Metoo series, which continues to rumble through the world, including the legal world, and may come in at a $44 million cost. The producer who faces multiple claims of sexual harassment and worse may be settling the disputes at a cost of $44 million, according to reports Weinstein's prolific abuse of women … [Read more...]
LawFuel New Zealand Lawyer of the Year: The Harassment Victim
The victims of sexual harassment are LawFuel's 'Lawyer of the Year'. For the New Zealand Law Society 2018 has been a year of almost unparalleled disruption and upheaval. There have been other such years, of course. Major world events, firm defalcations and failures, but the issue of sexual harassment and bullying has been exceptional as much for the intensity of … [Read more...]
While We Await Russell McVeagh’s Next Statement, Let’s Consider The WTF Jerk Lawyer Issue
From a special LawFuel contributor, a senior female lawyer. What is it about people with initials and delusions of grandeur. Some were blessed with grandeur - think of the presidential offenders, JFK WJC or OBJ, before we even get to Trump and those with TWO initials (did I mention OJ?). But others were lesser mortals who simply loved the moniker use it as a kind of … [Read more...]
Forget the Weasel Words: What Are Big NZ Law Firms REALLY Doing To Change Their ‘Culture’?
John Bowie The Law Society's efforts to ensure workplace culture improves for lawyers has seen 15 of New Zealand's largest law firms post their updates to the LawTalk showing how hard they have been working. Despite a 400 word limit, the firms took the opportunity to explain exactly why they were 'making a difference' - our words, not theirs. Time will tell, but we … [Read more...]
Law Society Statement Over #Metoo Email Blunder
The further #Metoo debacle encircling the Law Society has lead to a press statement today correcting any impression that there was an attempt to hide a breach of privacy. The situation with the so-called 'super injunction', the gag order legal device used in the UK and elsewhere to prevent embarrassing information becoming public. It is believed to be the first such … [Read more...]
