Gordon Dadds LLP agreed to merge with Ince & Co29/10/2018We are pleased to announce that the members of Ince & Co International LLP have approved the terms of a merger with Gordon Dadds LLP to create Ince Gordon Dadds LLP, the UK’s largest listed law firm. The parties are now engaged in the detailed contract […]
DEAN SKELOS, FORMER NEW YORK STATE SENATE LEADER, SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS, SON ADAM SKELOS SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURTRobert Khuzami, Attorney for the United States, acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to 51 months in
Law firm King & Wood Mallesons has achieved a ‘first’ – the first Australian law firm receiving a notice from the occupational health and safety regulator, WorkSafe Victoria for improving working conditions for its lawyers following increased workloads resulting from the Australian inquiry into the financial sector.The high volume of work has led junior lawyers
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Leading Global Law Firm Baker McKenzie has retained its position as the World’s Strongest Law Firm Brand in the 2018 Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index. The Firm received an overall score of 100 which is 51 points ahead of the firm ranked in second place and ranked top for each of the brand
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Todd Mackey* Okay, so Brett Kavanaugh got the top job, but at what cost? And what can lawyers seeking a new job learn from that inquisition?There are some lessons any job seeker can learn from the way he handled the now infamous congressional hearings prior to his landing his Supreme Court gig?Well there are at
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip Bartlett, Inspector-In-Charge for the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that STEVEN L. HENNING, a certified public accountant who was a Managing Partner at a Manhattan accounting firm, was charged with wire fraud
The outspoken thoughts of one of the UK’s top lawyers Lord Sumption, will be closely listened to when he delivers key lectures on the BBC next year.The broadcaster announced Lord Sumption, the snowy and wild haired former academic and QC, as delivering the renowned Reith Lectures on its Radio 4 next year in a series
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Dentons – Some of the most glaring risk prevention tools are relatively simple to employ, and, in their absence, can create headaches for lawyers.There are significant amounts of data regarding legal malpractice claims against lawyers, including the frequency, type of law, size of firm or even amounts of damages sought. This information can be quite helpful
The use of social media – or its misuse – is something affecting every business and profession – not the least being barristers with the President of the New South Wales Bar Association issuing an edict on the matter following recent, unspecified incidents.Arthur Moses SC (right) referred to a number of recent incidents that had ‘prompted’
Managing law firms in an increasingly challenging, complex and competitive legal marketplace presents many potential obstacles. LawVision principle Susan R Lambreth wrote this piece on how to fix issues relating to law firm practice managemnt structures.I recently got a call from a firm that wanted to talk about changing their practice management structure. They had
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