It’s an embarrassment for the privacy law firm if true. And we think it may be. A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging to the Big Law firm Jones Day – an expert in data privacy and cyber security law – and posted many of them on the dark web. Jones Day is the
Have Hackers Hacked Jones Day, The Privacy Law Experts? Read More »
Every industry has its insider secrets. Law is no exception. However, there are many more secrets in law, because the law itself is so complex most of us can’t interpret it, particularly when it comes to personal injury lawsuits. Furthermore, we rely on attorneys to help us navigate the legal system, often when we’re in
Personal Injury Lawyer Secrets, what lawyers won’t tell you Read More »
London Barrister Jolyon Maugham hit the social media headlines for killing a fox with a baseball bat over a year ago. At least one big law firm hasn’t forgotten. It’s a ‘shocking abuse of power’, he says. Jolyon Maugham is a director of the Good Law Project, and claims that ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Allen &
If lawyers needed to read a brief written with a certain hard-biting verve then they need look no further than the Smartmatic defamation case filed against Fox News, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell. Smartmatic are an election tech company, based in Florida and run by Antonio Mugica (pictured below)
Dr. Carissa Véliz, best-selling author of Privacy is Power and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Ethics in AI at University of Oxford, and Jonathan Kewley, Partner and Co-Head of the Tech Group at Clifford Chance provide illuminating answers to this and other insightful questions posed by Clifford Chance associate, Herbert Swaniker in
Clifford Chance: What are your hopes and fears for Tech in 2021? Read More »
On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected victims around the globe and caused millions of dollars in damage in recent years. The law enforcement actions against Netwalker and Emotet are the
Alston & Bird: US Disrupt Different Malware Strains With Global Co-Operation Read More »
Taking on work for Donald Trump for his record, second impeachment trial is not necessarily the sort of brief many lawyers would scramble for, but for Montgomery Country’s former top prosecutor it plays to an infamy as a power lawyer that doubtless suits him just fine. But for Bruce Castor, 59, Montgomery County prosecutor from
Donald Trump’s New ‘Power Lawyer’ You May Not Have Heard Of . . But For Bill Cosby Read More »
The world’s highest-grossing law firm, Power Law firm Kirkland & Ellis, is on track to post record annual revenue of ~$5 billion for the 12 months ending in January, according to the Financial Times. Despite a sagging global economy, Kirkland & Ellis has surged with growth in its three main areas of operation —private equity, restructuring, and
The chief executive of law firm Knights has sold a £61.2m (US84 million) stake in the company after it underwent a secondary placing and has already joined the Sunday Times Rich List as one of Britain’s new Power Lawyers. The firm, originally back by Dragons’ Den principal James Caan (pictured left) in 2013, as we
The Morgan Lewis ‘Spotlight’ blog looks at developing trends with law firms, including this interview with Andrew Gray, a partner in Morgan Lewis’s intellectual property practice who advises companies on blockchain, cryptocurrency, computer and internet law issues, and financing and transactional matters that involve technology firms and the sale and licensing of technology. Currently, Andrew
