A Brisbane-based law firm has raised issues over class action supremos Slater + Gordon adopting the trademark tag: ‘Slater + Gordon. We win cases like yours.’ The lawyer, Nicole Murdoch of Eaglegate Lawyers, is exhorting Australian lawyers to resist the application’s acceptance by IP Australia “I don’t think IP Australia is going to accept it […]
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Source: Pixabay Invasion of Privacy – A Marital Misconduct Jenny Harrison* Ethically, it is illegal to break into someone’s personal devices as it violates their privacy. Spying means that you are snooping into someone’s tech device and reading all the data and conversation without their consent. When it’s a stranger spying on you, the rules
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John Bowie* Willkie Farr & Gallagher has placed its co-chairman, Gordon Caplan on a leave of absence following the US college fraud scheme that has lead to the arrests of dozens of people and embroiled actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlan. The scandal involves bribes used to get the children of wealthy individuals, including CEOs,
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Sanford Millar* Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for president Donald Trump was sentenced to a term of 47 months in prison this week and ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution. He will also be assessed a 75% tax fraud penalty. Some have argued that his prison term was far to short and
Mark Donovan* It’s a big deal if it’s correct, but according to reports from CNN, Cohen dangled the prospect of a pardon in ‘evidence’ that may actually be supported. Cohen is not known as being the most reliable of witnesses, given his self-declared ability to tell lies, but on this occasion it appears that an
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Rachel Croyden* We here good and bad coffee reports almost monthly. Is it good? Is it bad? Will it fight disease? Will it help hasten your demise? However, for coffee lovers – like those hard-working lawyers, business people, professionals and others who need their once- twice- or more daily coffees, there is some good news.
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Law Rocks 2019, the nonprofit organisation running a ‘battle of the bands’ series kicks off it U.S. Tour: Lawyers by Day, Rock Stars by Night Nonprofit organization hosts legal professionals in a “battle of the bands” concert series to raise donations and gifts for local charities LOS ANGELES (March 6, 2019) – Law Rocks USA., the
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An actor-turned-attorney has developed a starring role in the #Metoo movement in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment revelations. An entertainment lawyer of the year in 2015 she is a former actress, singer and dancer she told ‘Variety’ that she attributed her success in the area by remaining ‘cool and credible’. A partner
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Diminutive music lawyer Farrah Usmani is stepping into a new world. The 5 foot, 3 inch , 135 lb Loeb & Loeb music lawyer, Farrah “H-Town Hustler” Usmani, will enter the ring tonight to take on Jenny Sciullo to raise money for the Nashville-area charity, The Charley Foundation. As the headline fight, the women have already raised
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STANISLAV VITALIYEVICH LISOV, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Blackf” (“LISOV”), pled guilty today to conspiring to deploy and use a type of
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