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MoFo Hosts 2014 Berlinale Film Festival Panel “Hollywood & Germany – Some Like it Close”

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On February 7, the day after the Berlin International Film Festival’s overwhelming opening with Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, a U.S.-German co-production, Morrison & Foerster, together with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) convened a high-profile panel titled “Hollywood & Germany – Some Like it Close,” which brought together industry veterans from both sides of […]

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The Big Law Firm Branding Problem (4 of them, actually)

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Law firm branding has become a more important issue for law firms in a post-recession environment.  But according to one branding agency, law firm branding is in regression. Why? Because for some reason brand awareness and related issues are dropping along with the quality and quantity of law firm branding. Greenfield Belser decided to poll

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New York Attorney Names New Terrorism & Public Corruption Appointments

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  Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the appointments of Brendan McGuire as Co-Chief of the Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit and Arlo Devlin-Brown as Chief of the Public Corruption Unit. Mr. McGuire joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2005. Prior to being named Co-Chief of

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Statement on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Environmental Lawsuit

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  TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed today seeking a declaratory judgment establishing the liability of BP and other companies for the natural resource damages sustained by the State of Florida as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “Today’s filing is a crucial step toward securing

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Making the Grade: Choosing Candidates for Lawyer Coaching

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The good news is that lawyers are an industrious and intelligent bunch.  Unfortunately, they’re often busy and averse to risk.  While the explosion of the Web has helped many lawyers become visible on search engines, leading to more clients and money, others are reluctant to try digital advertising. Coaches help lawyers become more productive and

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Defamation-by-Tweet

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In a legal first, a former High School student in Australia faces a $105,000 damages award over comments made about his music teacher on Twitter. It is the country’s first defamation by tweet and Fairfax Media reports that Andrew Farley was ordered to pay $85,000 in compensatory damages, plus a further $20,000 in aggravated damages

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UK Law Review Will See Penalties for National Minimum Wage Breaches Rise to £20k

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A change to UK employment laws will see rogue employers that fail to pay their staff the National Minimum Wage receiving fines of as much as £20,000. The current laws state that businesses breaking this UK employment law pay all unpaid wages plus a penalty of 50% of all underpaid workers’ total underpayment up to

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