Press Release Powered by LawFuel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Jeannie S. Rhee, a former United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General and most recently a leading prosecutor in the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is joining the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in the Washington, DC […]
Press release from Alan Dershowitz reported on NewsMax: “David Boies, his law firm, and his client Virginia Giuffre, have falsely accused me of sexual misconduct with a woman I have never met. Giuffre, represented by the Boies firm, is now suing me for truthfully denying the false charge. Among the most important witnesses proving that
Robinson + Cole – Two law firms were among the latest victims of the GozNym malware attack that caused a combined loss of more than $117,000. Law enforcement authorities recently announced the dismantling of a cybercrime network that used this GozNym malware to attempt to steal an estimated $100 million from victims in the United
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In 2018/19 Taylor Wessing achieved continued UK and global revenue growth to highest levels yet. UK profit rose by 10% and profits per partner by 13%. Taylor Wessing has announced its 2018/19 unaudited financial results, achieving a 9% increase in fee billing and an 8% increase in overall UK revenue to £156.6m, its highest level
JD Supra – For decades, law firms big and small have been creating marketing content about changes in the law to clients and prospects as part of their marketing and business development strategy. These law firm branded pieces authored by lawyers are typically called “client alerts” or similar terminology such as “client insights” or “legal
A Russian-born lawyer has claimed that her attractiveness has hindered her ability to achieve good looking results via a law career. The lawyer, Irina Kova, says that being beautiful has meant she has not been taken seriously, even though she has taken steps to downgrade her appearance (sorry brunettes and spectacle wearers) by dying her
U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF MICHAEL AVENATTI FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, ENGAGING IN A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD A FORMER CLIENT Avenatti Separately Indicted on Previously-Announced Charges Relating to a Scheme to Extort the Athletic Apparel Company Nike, Inc. Geoffrey S. Berman, (left) the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William
Freshfields’ announcement to significantly push up its associate pay is a major and dramatic move by the giant law firm. The announcement from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was the highest real term pay rise by any large City firm for a decade and takes the rate for a newly qualified lawyer from £85,000 to £100,000. The
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Ali Kourani Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component and Gathered Intelligence in New York City in Support of Attack-Planning Efforts Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict today against Ali Kourani, a/k/a “Ali Mohamad Kourani,” a/k/a “Jacob Lewis,”
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a new 35% gender target for the proportion of women in its global partnership, by 2023. By 1 May 2023, women will comprise 35% of: partners; and, partner leadership roles. In 2014 the firm led the way in the legal profession to publicly set international gender targets, within a specific
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