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Can The Idea From Some Big Law Firms of Working From the Partners’ Office Actually Work?

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Working from a partner’s office is hardly something most younger lawyers would dare attempt, but it is part of the new, COVID norm apparently. Increasingly there has been debate about just how sacrosanct the partner’s office should be. As Law.com reported, a law firm partner’s identity and bravado can be shaped by many things, including […]

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The Woman In The Midst Of Freshfield’s Latest #Metoo Misery

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The #Metoo movement seems to follow Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer like a very bad smell, but the latest issue involves a Freshfield’s woman partner whose conduct in respect of the investigation of a rape complaint involving a UBS bank employee has come under scrutiny from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The Financial Times reported that Freshfields employment

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Family Lawyer Crisis – The Demand for Family Lawyers Accelerates with Lockdowns . . But Where Are They?

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The well publicised demand for family lawyers after the lockdown last time has simply accelerated a problem that existed some years ago, according to family lawyers. Reports indicate that separation enquiries, among others, have exploded as relationships have buckled under lockdown pressures. As firms have moved away from providing family law services, combined with a

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#DougHive – Who Is The Lawyer Who Would Be The First Male “Second Lady” to Veep Kamala Harris?

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The anointment of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential nominee for presidential candidate Joe Biden sees her husband, a partner at DLA Piper, as the potential, first ever male ‘Second Lady’ at the White House. Douglas Emhoff, 55 has a quarter century legal experience, working as partner at the Century City office of DLA Piper, where

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Tompkins Wake Expands With Addition of Mark Lowndes’ Firm

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In a surprise move, well known corporate lawyer and name partner at his own firm, Mark Lowndes, is to merge his practice with Tompkins Wake in Auckland. Lowndes team is set to join Tompkins Wake Tompkins on 1 September. Lowndes founder Mark Lowndes, Director Kerri Dewe, and Associate Reuben Payne will join Tompkins Wake’s Auckland

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The Up-and-Coming Top Litigators

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14 Litigation Up-And-Comers – LawFuel’s Power List of Emerging Litigators A number of younger lawyers are looking to enter the Power List as New Zealand’s top litigation stars.  LawFuel’s survey showed 14 of the top ‘ones to watch’ on the litigation front. Power Lawyers Write With Staedtler Pens [adrotate banner=”93″] Amanda Hyde The Top-Ranked Emerging

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NBR Appeal To Claim Serious Threat To NZ Media in Heavy Joyce Costs Award With Chilling Effect

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NBR are appealing the award of $269,000 costs award made in favour of former National Minister Steven Joyce, after he had won a defamation case against the newspaper involving a column written by Matthew Hooton and involving Tweets and apologies. Justice Pheroze Jagose heard the case last year and made the decision that Joyce had

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