A new report on law firm diversity statistics shows continued improvement among US law firms The survey from The National Association for Law Placement indicates that there are more women, people of color and LGBTQ associates at law firms than ever before, increasing from over 36 per cent to over 41 per cent – the […]
New Zealand Capital Letter editor Geoff Adlam has written about the David v. Goliath Lawsuit against LawFuel pubisher John Bowie, in New Zealand, from a Russian billionaire, which has engendered strong interest among media groups in four countries. The Capital Letter article is reproduced here. Geoff Adlam – A short High Court decision in December allowing
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced that IRVIN CARTAGENA, a/k/a “Green Eyes,” was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court with a narcotics conspiracy in which he distributed the fentanyl-laced heroin
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Former Miss USA and attorney Cheslie Kryst’s death has left obvious sadness, but has also served to further highlight the issues of lawyers’ mental health – an issue that has affected lawyers everywhere. Kryst died last Sunday after she jumped from the 60 story Orion building in New York and had shortly before the jump
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The filing, submitted by New York Attorney General Letitia James, comes several years after a ProPublica investigation revealed conflicting financial details the Trump Organization filed for its downtown Manhattan skyscraper at 40 Wall Street. Heather Vogell ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re
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A survey from UK legal blog Roll on Friday identifies the top paying UK law firms – and the irony (perhaps) is that the top echelons of the rankings are all US-based law firms, which have lead the rush to increase associate pay levels to unprecedented levels. Top firm in the rankings with a 92
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Profile London law firm Mischcon de Reya has postponed its planned Stock Exchange float – again – amid volatility on the market and following the issues we recently reported in LawFuel. The IPO was anticipated to have seen Mischcon obtain a valuation of £750m, making it easily the most valuable listed law firm in the
The UK media report on oligarchs and wealthy clients using big name law firms to intimidate and silence journalists, threatening freedom of the media and giving rise to a cross-party effort to prevent such intimidation and misuse of wealth. The Guardian and legal media report that a a cross-party group of MPs is seeking to
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Finding the right legal help has been a perennial problem for legal clients, but former Clio executive Daniel Steinberg has raised funds to launch a legaltech firm to handle that problem online. Lawbrokr has raised $785,000 CAD to get its legal marketplace platform in place much as a dating app might. Lawbrokr closed its pre-seed
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A legal commentary on the MSC Newswire outlines the case against Prince Andrew and its legal antecedents Shakedowns for Prince’s Uncles Edward Duke of Windsor and George Duke of Kent The Duke of Windsor was blackmailed at least twice and the Duke of Kent was also blackmailed. In all these instances no money
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