Headlining

Mishcon de Reya’s Latest Major Money Move: Litigation Funding

London Law

London lawyers Mishcon de Reya, already preparing for a stock exchange float, has started a litigation funding division with Harbour Litigation Funders, one of the largest litigation funding operations in the world. A report in the FInancial Times says that Harbour is to invest £150m in the new fund which will see Mischon de Reya […]

Mishcon de Reya’s Latest Major Money Move: Litigation Funding Read More »

Why Does The Law Society Stand Silent On An Important Issue of Judicial Conduct?

silence

Karl du Fresne* The Dominion Post’s Marty Sharpe reports this week that human rights lawyer Tony Ellis has asked Attorney-General David Parker and Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann to take action over two senior judges who intervened in a Family Court case that didn’t involve them. Readers of this blog will be aware of the background to this

Why Does The Law Society Stand Silent On An Important Issue of Judicial Conduct? Read More »

Surprise Resignation of Recently Appointed Boies Schiller Deputy Chair

Boies Schiller’s Deputy Chair Natasha Harrison is to leave the firm following disclosure of a memo sent around the troubled firm recently with more than one third of the partners having left in the past year. Harrison was appointed to the role Her departure follows the departure at the end of last year of then

Surprise Resignation of Recently Appointed Boies Schiller Deputy Chair Read More »

The Highest Paid In-House Counsel List – But How Should Their Pay Be Ranked?

And the gender diversity issue that persists with In-House Counsel too Pandemic or not, 2020 was generally a very good year for partners at Big Law, but General Counsel in the US Fortune 1000 companies ‘suffered’ a relatively flat years according to Corporate Counsel’s recently released 2021 GC Compensation Survey. The average salaries were in the

The Highest Paid In-House Counsel List – But How Should Their Pay Be Ranked? Read More »

On A Scale of 1-5 – Where Does Your Law Firm Sit for Law Firm Job Satisfaction?

The American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings show the ‘most satisfying’ law firms to work for . . but law firm jobs satisfaction was just one factor that featured The latest American Lawyer midlevel associate rankings have McDermott Will & Emory taking the top spot in the rankings, completed by 3700 mid-level associates – being associates

On A Scale of 1-5 – Where Does Your Law Firm Sit for Law Firm Job Satisfaction? Read More »

Why Is The US Holding Out on the Non-Lawyer Ownership Of Law Firms Change?

fields of law practice

The rules relating to ownership of law firms have been changing dramatically in recent years, including the previously forbidden rule of having non-lawyer ownership of law firms, but it is apparently a step too far for US regulators and law firms who continue to tread carefully in such waters. For the United States law firms,

Why Is The US Holding Out on the Non-Lawyer Ownership Of Law Firms Change? Read More »

How Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Cuomo Set The Stage For David Boies To Sue Prince Andrew

  Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Andrew Cuomo might not seem the names to help victims of sexual predation, but legal legend David Boies seized upon a law change that involved all three to launch his legal action against Price Andrew.   Boies is bringing the action on behalf of client Virginia Giuffre who says she was

How Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Cuomo Set The Stage For David Boies To Sue Prince Andrew Read More »

Scroll to Top