Large law firms are taking on partners. The issue is that they come from other firms and the trend is growing rapidly, according to figures released by the American Lawyer magazine this week. Corporate lawyers represent 17 percent of all the partner moves for the 12 month period ending on September 30 2013, which is […]
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Fraudulent lending practices by JP Morgan, which has seen the investment bank admit to improperly approving thousands of mortgage loans for Government insurance, abusing the privilege of providing home loans to Americans, agreeing to a $614 million settlement today. In a statement issued by US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara,
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Everyone advertising anywhere wants nothing more than a viral advertisement – or a Super Bowl viral advertisement. But how does a lawyer do it? A short video from personal injury attorney Jamie Casino has done so, with heavymetal music and words from the Old Testament. Casino calls his video “the most metal personal injury commercial
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Prince’s “New Girl” performance at the Super Bowl created a stir, playing himself in Fox’s “New Girl” episode going to air after the lopsided game. Prince may provide relationship advice for the main characters in the show but there are legal troubles out there for “New Girl” too. A lawsuit from screenwriters Stephanie Counts and
Sarosh Zaiwalla became the first Asian to qualify as a lawyer in the UK he would hardly have thought he would one day be hiring a future Prime Minister (even if it was only Tony Blair) and also setting up the first “non-white” law firm in The City with a firm turning over £3 million.
UK’s liberalisation of legal services under its “Tesco Law” has seen an equity group take a stake in the adminstrative services arm of an offshore law firm, Ogier. Last week insurers Direct Line and accountancy group PwC won licences to provide legal services. The Ogier deal sees it separate its adminstrative arm to the
Sex abuse allegations against writer/director Woody Allen have seen his lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz point the finger at Allen’s former wife, actress Mia Farrow with Allen to personally respond shortly. “It is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities,”
LawFuel.com – Allen & Overy announced the appointment of partner Aurélien Hamelle to the Paris dispute resolution practice. Aurélien specialises in financial and business criminal law, international criminal law as well as defamation, slander and privacy law. Aurélien joins from Metzner Associés, together with associates Léonor Hennerick and Ophélia Claude by the end of May
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We all know Facebook is a precocious success developed by a precocious 22 year old who turned down a billion for a company making losses. Now its worth $150 billion and faces some serious challenges from Google Plus and other social media developments. But privacy too is a major issue for Facebook, which collects data
It’s awards season and Woody Allen has received something he would never have dreamt of – an open letter to the New York Times alleging sexual molestation by the director against his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Posted on the blog of a friend, Nicholas Kristof, the letter explains details of the experience she recalls. Allen,
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