[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Alan Burgess* We all know that lawyers and other work every hour God gives them – it’s all part of the grand plan to ‘being a successful lawyer/banker/accountant. But hard work can also create problems for the male libido and other factors affecting male health. Well, maybe. But it’s also potentially killing the male […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wellington barrister and recently retired Chapman Tripp partner Pheroze Jagose has been appointed to the High Court, the Attorney General announced today. Mr Jagose was a telecommunications and commercial litigation specialist at Chapman Tripp, before leaving to join the bar in 2016, where he worked in competition, trade practices and other areas of litigation.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]First Two Years of a Business Are Critical Tim Moynahan* By now, it is more or less common knowledge that more businesses fail within the first two years of launching than at any other period in the company’s existence. There are good reasons for this dramatic failure rate. Why is the new business failure rate
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Who would have thought it? Well, most of us if we think long enough about the Davina Murray and her undying love for former client Liam Reid, serving a 23 year sentence for raping and killing deaf victim Emma Agnew in 2007 and who today married the former lawyer. Reid also attempted to murder
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The US government’s claim over $540 million in assets that it claims were stolen through money laundered through a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund that has seen actor Leonardo DiCaprio gifted artwork purchased through theft – what the government calls the “astonishing greed” of a small number of Malaysian kleptocrats. DiCaprio has already turned over
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law jobs come and law jobs go . . but fortunately there are some industries that are creating more opportunities for lawyers than others. One of them is the $100 billion gaming industry, for instance. Like the entertainment and sports businesses, the burgeoning gaming industry creates a vast array of legal work – ranging
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] While many people like to believe discrimination against women in the workplace is a thing of the past, it unfortunately is still prevalent in many different industries. While more women are choosing to take on more demanding work roles, such as becoming an attorney, there are still many issues they face in their daily
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jaron Rubenstein* By In a recent survey conducted by Robert Half Legal, 45 percent of lawyers anticipated boosts in their marketing budgets within the year. While you’re unlikely to see it happen in the form of music festival sponsorships or televised Super Bowl ads, according to research by Gartner, CMOs are predicted to spend more on technology than
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Exams can be tough enough without tedious fact situations, but London’s School of Economics (LSE) has once again become somewhat controversial by presenting a ‘fact situation’ for a tort test that features individuals named “Donald” (as in you-know-who) and “Nigel” (as in Farange). The LSE exam for first year law students’ tort exam. Law
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The New Zealand copyright battle between its major political party and the publishers of Enimen’s hit “Lose Yourself” are poe-faced and serious listening to the recording that’s the center of their attention in the Wellington High Court this week. Did anyone enjoy the music . . or just the fees going with this major
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