Winston & Strawn partner Neely Agin lost her daughter to cancer the antitrust lawyer decided she would do something to help find a cure for the disease that took her daughter. “My daughter, Alexis, battled a form of brain cancer called DIPG. She was a sweet and stubborn 4 year old who enjoyed art projects, […]
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Proposals can be fraught affairs, but this Palm Beach lawyers went so far as to stage a fake trial, complete with defense attorney and client – not to mention Judge – to get to the high point: where he dropped to his knees to deliver his opening address. Brandon Ross Dinetz spent five months planning
Big Bucks From Big Law = Toxic Work Environment Say, Junior Lawyers Tom Bowker – ‘Toxic’ work environments in law firms have been the subject of a contentious letter written by junior UK lawyers, following young laywers struck off after working in difficult conditions. The letter was sent to the UK Junior Solicitors Regulation Authority
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White & Case are only part way through their globe-girdling growth path but have now cross over the $2 billion mark in revenues, growing revenues by $246 million in 2018. An ALM report on the firm showed that revenue per lawyer jumped 7.8 percent to $954,000, and profits per equity partner increased 6.2 percent to
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Ben Shepardson* Being a business owner is never easy. Whether you’re a law firm, a startup or a small business, you’ve got the unenviable task of standing out from a sea of competitors, and that means building a reputation for yourself. Yet a smaller business doesn’t always have the resources of more well-established ones. This
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Global law firm White & Case LLP arbitration partners, Dipen Sabharwal (pictured) and Aloke Ray, have been appointed Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, David Gauke MP, following consideration by the independent Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. “A huge congratulations to our two partners, Dipen Sabharwal and Aloke
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LOS ANGELES – Members of a federal task force have arrested an attorney on narcotics distribution charges that allege she illegally sold oxycodone pills after offering drugs for sale on Craigslist. Jackie Ferrari, 36, a resident of Downey, who investigators believe recently started a new job at a Beverly Hills law firm, was arrested late
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Farella Braun + Martel – Two United States congressmen introduced legislation in late December that would exclude certain digital currencies from being defined as securities – a bill that, if enacted, may finally provide the cryptocurrency industry with regulatory clarity regarding when the offer and sale of digital tokens must comply with federal securities laws.
The survey, conducted in partnership with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, finds that tech and auto leaders and regulators believe a comprehensive, coherent regulatory regime is needed for consumers to feel secure buying and using driverless cars. January 14, 2019 – The most critical driver for consumers’ adoption of autonomous vehicles, above technological advancement
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Robinson + Cole – Late last week, several major news organizations were hit with a ransomware attack believed to involve Ryuk ransomware that affected several Tribune newspapers around the country and two newspapers formerly owned by Tribune. Ransomware cyber-attacks typically attempt to disable systems and infrastructure and block access until ransom is paid as opposed
