A new report indicates tougher times ahead for law firms as they take a gloomy approach to looming recession and declining M&A activity. The report from Thomson Reuters showed that the Thomson Reuters’ Law Firm Financial Index (LFFI) remained at its all-time lowest score, exacerbating concerns for how 2022 will end in the third quarter. […]
In a major deal for the US Attorney’s office they have seized “an historic” $3.36 billion in cryptocurrency from a man who had obtained more than 50,000 bitcoin from the dark web market Silk Road over a decade ago. The statement from the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (published below) says
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Lawyers made major money from the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk – as much as $100 million in legal fees for the on-and-off again deal – but it was the social platform’s top lawyer who has made the most, leaving the room with up to $12 million, as well as earning $17 million a
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Work-Life balance issues have long dominated discussion about Big Law work, but now a legal leader has landed a heavyweight document to counter the issue by providing better life for its lawyers – but at some cost, too. Slaughter & May have decided to relieve their lawyers from checking emails in the hours between 10
Measuring success with big law firms usually comes down to running the rule over their profits per equity partner (PEP) and other such calculations. But success today is more than just great PEP. The Financial Times have done the sums on Big Law success factors which largely involves the culture and values of the law
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The Law movies you don’t want to miss “A good lawyer makes you believe the truth, but a great lawyer makes you believe in the lie!” This is the basic disposition associated with lawyers and when it comes to law movies made this century we have the list. They weren\’t all academy award winners or
“It was like a frat house” – she said of one law firm Queenstown mayoral candidate Olivia Wensley is one of the new entrants on LawFuel’s soon-to-be-published Power List of New Zealand’s 50 most powerful lawyers. >> Latest law jobs on LawFuel’s Jobs Network – The Best Law Jobs Network The former #Metoo activist and
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Foley & Lardner LLP is representing Susan Newman and Nell Newman, daughters of the late actor Paul Newman, in their lawsuit against their father’s charitable foundation, Newman’s Own Foundation. They are seeking $1.6 million in damages for breach of fiduciary duty. The Newman’s Own Foundation, established in 2008, is funded primarily by profits from the Newman’s Own line of food and drink products.
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British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty on 29 December by a federal jury on five charges, including sex trafficking and has received a 20 year sentence along with a fine of $750,000. Maxwell, 60, was found guilty on 29 December by a federal jury on five charges, including for the recruitment and grooming of four girls
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Auckland Crown Solicitor Brian Dickey has resigned his position and intends moving to the Bar this summer. >> Need a new law job? LawFuel Law Jobs have in-house roles, litigation, senior counsel and other roles now Dickey’s departure is the latest in list of litigators who have left Meredith Connell in the past year, including
