After former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s ‘great escape’ from Japan, the Big Auto Boss has blasted Big Law’s Latham & Watkins – along with the “rigged” Japanese Justice sytem, for his incarceration. In a made-for-Netflix escape, Ghosn absconded from Japan concealed in a double-base case via private jet with former special forces soldiers posing as […]
Powered by LawFuel.com – The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced management changes to its governing Board and other leadership positions, effective Jan. 1. Board Changes Russell Clifford (London), Nazir Dewji (London), Rebecca Nelson (St. Louis), Cliff Stricklin (Denver) and Patrick Watson (Atlanta) will join or have been reelected to the
Powered by LawFuel – Firm’s latest addition to East Coast litigation bench arrives from Office of the Solicitor General + Mueller probe Washington, DC – January 6, 2020 – Elizabeth Prelogar has joined Cooley as a litigation partner based in Washington, DC, where she will focus on appellate and white collar matters. She arrives from the
Brian Holmes – Remember Dewey & LeBoef? Just one of the last decade’s law firm failures, some of which BloombergBigLaw have kindly catalogued as a decade send-off for the failed firms. Law firms fail for a large number of reasons, but one of the unique aspects to major law firm failure is the unique nature
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Powered by LawFuel – Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath announced today the combination of their law firms, following an affirmative vote by the partnerships of both organizations. The combined firm will begin operations as Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (Faegre Drinker) on Feb. 1, 2020. With more than 1,300 attorneys and consultants
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is facing further #Metoo problems as it implements a fine penalty for offending partners and staff. Nicholas Williams has been a firm partner since 2017 and left on 11 December following the misconduct allegations. Freshfields said in a statement: ‘We can confirm that following an internal investigation, Nick Williams has left the
Mental health issues in the law have been a weeping sore for the legal profession for longer than most can remember. The issue of lawyer-suicide is one that has occupied the attention of Law Societies in the US, the UK, Australia and elsewhere. The ABA Journal carried a major piece on the issue early this
Global legal giant Baker + McKenzie have been under some stringent criticism for the way in which they handled the issues relating to the former senior partner, Gary Senior, who faces charges of sexually harassing a younger female solicitor. The criticism came at the 15 day hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) where lead
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Milton Cheng, new Chair at Baker + McKenzie
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