A change of mayor in New York has started a rush for law firms to secure the legal talent that went with Michael Bloomberg’s NYC administration. And one lawyer who secured a top spot on Wall Street was David Karnovsky, general counsel of New York City’s Department of City Planning for the past 15 years […]
So how come a legal chief sent his indians to the beach with a $2000 payment to spend it anywhere in the world? The surprise happened at the end of last month when Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan chief John Quinn sent an email (see below) and told them that February and March were miserable
Flappy Bird was pulled from the iTunes App Store and Google Play because of issues other than the law, according to its creator Dong Nguyen The difficult and massively popular game was the subject of some accusations that it copied other games and had legal issues, but that was denied by Nguyen, the Vietnamese creator
Everyone knows that online dating scams have been around as online dating. But the reported $100 million+ losses incurred in the US alone are just the tip of the iceberg according to officials. Every day in just about every country there is another report about a dating scam and the sad tale of someone who
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Could figure skater Ashley Wagner help reconfigure Russia’s anti-gay law? Probably not, but she appears to be giving it a good try. The two-time national champion has been one of the few US competitors at the Sochi Olympics to speak out against the anti-gay laws. She told a reporter she loved the “very rainbow” colors
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Attorney General Eric Holder is applying same-sex marriage rules from a Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department’s conduct in same-sex matters. Holder announced on Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be required to give evidence against each other and should be able to file jointly for bankruptcy, as well as having the same rights in
Lawyers pop up in entertainment pretty often, maybe because they make interesting characters, or maybe because people in fictional shows have extra-complicated lives and frequently need legal advice. Sometimes these lawyers are very good, sometimes they are very bad, and sometimes they are outright bizarre. Here are a few favorites. The Good Perry Mason
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You’ve probably wondered why lawyers will always attempt to get their clients to push for bail, even if they’re going to do some jail time anyway. The truth is while you will get your pretrial jail time taken off your eventual sentence, it’s rarely a good idea to simply sit in jail. The economic reasons
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Retaining women lawyers in the profession has been a major problem for law firms in many – if not most- jurisdictions. The attrition rate remains high, the career goals remain unaccomplished and the ladies continue to leave the law, whether they wanted to or not. Various efforts have been made at different times to address
The rumors have swirled for days and lawyers have been leaving one of Canada’s most prestigious law firms and now the firm, Heenan Blaikie, has confirmed it is winding up its business. The firm was founded in 1973 and includes a number of prominent politicians, judges and others, including former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Prominent
