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The Splendour & Sustainability of Chapman Tripp – Who Said The Law Office Was Dead?

Headlining NZ, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / November 19, 2020

Chapman Tripp’s new digs in the Commercial Bay development spare little expense, as befits one of the country’s leading law firms who have made 2020 a year to remember (pandemic excepted). The firm, which undertook a mid-year ‘brand refresh’ will undoubtedly be establishing in tangible fashion far more than prestige, class and an appropriate level […]

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Trump Lawyer’s Alleged Harassment From Big Law Kirklands

Headlining, Lawyers, NZ Top in LawFuel, US Law / November 17, 2020

Linda Kerns + Trump voter lawsuit claims

A Philadelphia lawyer running her own firm and representing Donald Trump’s campaign has complained of harassment from Kirkland & Ellis, dropping a lawsuit challenging the election results. Linda Kerns did not give harassment as a reason for dropping out of the lawsuit, but a court filing indicated that a short voice mail from a lawyer

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

Australia Law News, Big Law, Headlining, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News / November 11, 2020

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

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The Attorney Holding Up A Smooth Trump Transition

Headlining, Lawyers, US Law / November 11, 2020

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

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

Headlining NZ, Lawyers, New Zealand Law News / November 5, 2020

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

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The Lower Hutt Boy Who Beat The Pirate of the Caribbean

Headlining NZ, New Zealand Law News / November 3, 2020

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

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Boies Schiller Continues to Make the News . . Some Not So Good

Headlining, Law Firms / November 2, 2020

High flying and aggressive US-based law firm Boies Schiller continues to make the news, the latest interest being around the law firm’s apparent failure to make the raises to associates which was apparently due to be made on October 15, then at the end of the month and now . . The obvious rumors reported

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The QCs Who Handed Eric Watson His Head

Headlining NZ, LawStars, Lawyers, New Zealand Law News / October 28, 2020

The Bitter Legal Fight That Consumed Millions And Sent Eric Watson to Pentonville Prison The 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

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Russell McVeagh Lifts Profile With Women-in-Business Work

Headlining NZ, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / October 24, 2020

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

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

Headlining NZ, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News, NZ Power Law Firms / October 21, 2020

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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