Freshfields’ announcement to significantly push up its associate pay is a major and dramatic move by the giant law firm. The announcement from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was the highest real term pay rise by any large City firm for a decade and takes the rate for a newly qualified lawyer from £85,000 to £100,000. The […]
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Ali Kourani Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component and Gathered Intelligence in New York City in Support of Attack-Planning Efforts Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict today against Ali Kourani, a/k/a “Ali Mohamad Kourani,” a/k/a “Jacob Lewis,”
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a new 35% gender target for the proportion of women in its global partnership, by 2023. By 1 May 2023, women will comprise 35% of: partners; and, partner leadership roles. In 2014 the firm led the way in the legal profession to publicly set international gender targets, within a specific
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Kim Kardashian has bragged of ‘acing her Torts’ exam as the nation absorbs the news of having her as a lawyer. On Wednesday, the 38-year-old shared the exciting news about her torts test with a mere 60 million social media followers. The Twitter post was complete with the necessary emojis. The “Keeping Up with the
With 68th office opening, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani expands reach, services to every state Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani (GRSM) has opened its 68th office, creating the world’s first 50-state law firm. Name partner Miles Scully heralded the move as a game-changing moment in the legal services industry. “As the first and only law firm to
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury indictment filed late Wednesday charges high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti with a host of fraud and tax offenses that allege, among other things, that he stole millions of dollars from clients and millions of dollars of employment taxes that his coffee company should have paid to the Internal Revenue Service.
Former Willkie Farr & Gallagher co-chair Gordon Caplan has had ties with his former firm severed as he pleads guilty in the college admissions scandal and apologizes for his actions. “I take full and sole responsibility for my conduct,” he said in a statement last week. “I want to make clear that my daughter, whom I
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CRAIG CARTON was sentenced to 42 months in prison for securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses. CARTON was convicted after a one-week trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed today’s
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SHANNADE CLERMONT was sentenced to one year in prison for making and attempting more than $20,000 in fraudulent charges using debit card information she stole from a man who died during the course of a prostitution date with
The 1639 Painting by Salomon Koninck Titled “A Scholar Sharpening His Quill,” Was Looted by the Nazis from the Schloss Family During World War II Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the return to its rightful owner of a painting looted by the Nazis during
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