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‘Fake News’, Says Jones Day Over US Election Voter Fraud Challenge . . But The News Remains

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The chaotic US election has been enveloped in the ‘voter fraud’ controversy, which has also largely enveloped Big Law firm Jones Day and their involvement in lawsuits for the GOP.The firm has worked to avoid being drawn into the controvery, any more than it can, that is, by releasing a statement that affirms that it […]

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The Attorney Holding Up A Smooth Trump Transition

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There would not be many people who have heard of Emily Murphy before the presidential election that saw Joe Biden elected as President-Elect, nor the government agency she manages. But things are changing on that front as she hinders the transfer of power to the Biden Administration.But Emily Webster Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA),

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Una’s Joyless Day: Crown Law & Solicitor General Attacked Over Abuse Claims

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The Solicitor General, Una Jagose QC and Crown Law came under vociferous attack during the hearings into historic abuse claims being held presently.Jagose, a LawFuel power list member, had given evidence earlier when she said some cases handled by Crown Law had been poorly handled, but that the office had ‘evolved’ in how it handled

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The Lower Hutt Boy Who Beat The Pirate of the Caribbean

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John Bowie – The Johnny Depp libel trial win for The Sun newspaper was a high stakes gamble by the Murdoch-owned newspaper, but it was also a major test for its primary gossip columnist and executive editor, Lower Hutt-born Dan Wootton who wrote the allegedly defamatory story.The story exposed Depp as a wife beater and

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The QCs Who Handed Eric Watson His Head

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The Bitter Legal Fight That Consumed Millions And Sent Eric Watson to Pentonville PrisonThe bitter and bitterly expensive legal battle between Sir Owen Glenn and Eric Watson has seen some expensive legal talent engaged in the battle. But it was one of Britain’s foremost litigators – Elizabeth Jones QC – who battled the Watson legal

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Russell McVeagh Lifts Profile With Women-in-Business Work

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Russell McVeagh has stepped up to assist women entrepreneurs with a new initiative to provide pro bono legal advice.The iniative is part of former Telecom CEO Theresa Gattung’s SheEO Ventures programme, and comprises a group of “radically generous” women support women-owned businesses.Launched in 2015 in Canada, SheEO operates now in New Zealand as well as

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Law Firms in 2020

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The LawFuel Gender Survey: New Zealand’s Most Female-Friendly Big Law Firms in 2020 Gender equality continues as one of the major objectives for most law firms who seek to equalize female partner numbers to the preponderance of female law graduates, as well as the demand for greater opportunity for women to reach the highest levels

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The Law Firms Get Agile, as Well as Remote

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Law firms seeking to attract quality lawyers have done just about everything short of providing holiday homes in the south of France, although even that has probably been done.There have been attractions like Clifford Chance’s London office bar, The Budgie and a swimming pool overlooking Canary Wharf. There are coffee bars and hairdressers, concierge services

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Bullying At The Bar – The ‘Culture of Fear’ That Pervades The Legal Institution

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Jenna Shay – The English Bar has long been regarded as as bastion of some of the brightest lawyers in the country, but no more, it would seem. Instead, a recent report referred to the ‘culture of fear’ at the bar and the bullying and harassment that occurs.A new report from the UK Bar Standards

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