Former Chief Operating Officer from DLA Piper, Joanna Simon, has become the NZ Law Society’s new Chief Executive this week. This week the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa welcomed its new Chief Executive, Joanna Simon. Joanna joins us Based in Auckland but commuting between Auckland and Wellington she is the […]
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Is a legal blogger entitled to the protection of the mass media – even if writing ‘puerile posts’?
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Big deals, different deals and a ton of legal work is continuing to drive the growth of the largest US law firms during 2021. The Economist reports that almost 16,000 deals involving at least one American party were announced during the first six months of this year, which is half as many again as the
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It may be more usual for US law firms to steal a march on their City-based competitors in London, but for Freshfields’ their 2020 move to Silicon Valley and poaching of legal talent is paying off in terms of deals. Reuters report that Freshfields’ July 2020 launch of their Silicon Valley office has seen
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Donald Trump has started a class action lawsuit against Twitter, Google and Facebook, announced in a press conference on Wednesday and as a result of the tech companies banning or blocking him from posting on their networks. “We’re asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate halt
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The Law Firm Salary Wars Continue . . Everywhere Top law firm salaries and those from top law firms continue as Associates’ pay rates continue to go through the roof among US law firms and US-based London firms. Milbank started the rise with their 200k pay rates for Associates in June, but others have followed.
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Demand for associates continues to push up the legal salaries to eye watering levels Over two dozen of the largest law firms in America have now raised their pay for associates in a demanding market for associates as the market salary scale continues to rise with the floodgates well and truly opened for big money
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Milbank offer long-working first year lawyers to $200,000 a year . . but some are buckling under the pressure despite the money The pay war in London has been lead by US law firms, who continue to push the pay boundaries with $200,000 a year for first year lawyers now being paid by Milbank. The
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More lawyers are shifting law firms to avoid having to return to the office – But why? It appears that lawyers are going to extremes – in the United States legal scene at least – to avoid going back to their offices, including shifting firms to avoid that very prospect. Remote work for lawyers –
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But the Ashursts’ Chief is also aware of the global war for legal talent . . and his firm sees itself at the forefront of that battle Working out what is going to show major growth for law firms this year and beyond from a law firm leaders’ viewpoint is always an interesting insight and
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