Could Led Zeppelin have stolen the intro for the now-standard “Stairway to Heaven?” A lawyer representing deceased Spirit guitarist Randy California is making the claim and seeking to prevent the release of their reissue “Led Zeppelin IV” album according to Bloomberg Business.“Stairway to Heaven” was recorded in 1971 and the claim from lawyer Francis Alexander […]
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The problem or issue of the rain-making, king-hitting “gorilla” lawyer, the ones that are the big billers and big earners, is something that most firms value of necessity. But is that a correct standpoint.Legal consultant Tony Williams is a princpal of London-based Jomati Consultants and has worked internationally as a worldwide managing partner of Andersen
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Law firms are “late developers in talent management” according to Mary Cranston, former chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and successful class action litigator and company director.Interviewed by LawFuel publisher John Bowie, Mary Cranston has established herself as an innovative pioneer in terms of diversity employment practices, starting with her role as Pillsbury where
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Pop-up shops are all the rage in some metropolitan areas, but having a pop-up law firm is quite another thing. However, a DC architecture practice, Gensler have created “the law firm of the future” as an exhibit at the Association of Legal Administrators annual conference and expo in Toronto this week, showing fesatures including open
Jodi Ettenberg is a former corporate lawyer who now travels the world – not billing out by the hour, but eating and looking at things, just like a real traveller might. She also writes the popular Legal Nomads site, which she started so her mother could keep track of her movements about the globe. It
Lawyers representing former New England Patriots tight Aaron Hernandez have been kept busy by the footballer as he faces two counts of first degree murder in 2012 and were seeking the dismissal of a first degree murder indictment for a fatal shooting in 2013. Hernandez is currently in jail on the separate, 2013 killing of
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a quite surprising decision against Google which has significant implications for global companies.On May 13, 2014 the ECJ issued a ruling which did not follow the rational eor the conclusions of its Advocate General, but instead sided with the Spanish data protection authority (DPA) and found that:•individuals have
Inhouse counsel may occasionally have the appearance of having life easy, particularly compared to the Big Law jobs that sap energy and soak up every second of the day with world-beating deals and mind-twisting litigation. So what is the perspective on making yourself a top lawyer so that you not only enjoy your job but
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Comedian Russel Brand landed a good punch line when he obtained substantial damages from the Sun on Sunday, who claimed he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. The newspaper published an apology and paid his legal costs.Brand was not at London’s high court for the settlement of his action against News Group Newspapers over a
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The American Lawyer’s annual law firm rankings show some of the biggest are using a Swiss legal partnership to keep country profits separate. All of the firms have set up “vereins”—a Swiss legal partnership that lets the law firms maintain separate national or regional profit pools under a single brand. The AmLaw rankings also
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